Carlton Kitto

Carlton Kitto (c. 1942 – 28 November 2016) was a Bebop jazz guitarist from Kolkata, India.[1][2][3][4] He was born in Bangalore, where he started working in the railways in his early days.[4] Kitto later started his music career in Chennai in the 1960s.[3] He moved to Kolkata in 1973 and became a part of the band Jazz Ensemble in Moulin Rogue, an upscale restaurant in Park Street, Kolkata.[2][4] After two years he started playing in another restaurant named Mocambo in the same locality. He was a teacher of jazz and classical guitar at the Calcutta School of Music and also performed in some of the restaurants and pubs, such as the Chowringhee Bar, Trincas, Blue Fox and Someplace Else in Kolkata.[2][2][5] Kitto had the distinction of playing along with other legendary jazz musicians such as Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, David Leibman, Larry Coryell, Chico Freeman and Charlie Byrd. He died on 28 November 2016 at the age of 74 after a long illness.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "All that jazz". The Telegraph. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Song sung blue". The Telegraph. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Kitto's jazz yatra". Frontline. 1 July 2006. Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 "Those Were the Days, My Friend". Indian Express. 25 December 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "All that jazz". Times of India. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/jazz-musician-carlton-kitto-dies-at-74/
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