shola jo bhadke and eena meena deekaindeed all very nostalgia driven so where does jazz born out of the creativity of an oppressed set of people and the attendant rebelliousness stand today corporate manager ashdin bharucha vouches for jazz to always be around jazz may have shrunk in popularity across the world from its boom period of the 1940s to 1960s but it has attained niche status too it will continue to have its hardcore fans for a long time says the 38yearold who plays in a band called impressions the name picked straight off one of john coltranes best worksjazz makes sense but it doesnt make the big bucks bharucha says jazz is more of a serious hobby and a passion for him than a moneymaking proposition jazz is not glamorous by any standard even in the us so forget about it being a viable source of income here he saysno one knows this better than bharuchas mentor of sorts david mansey 64 a fulltime musician who plays the drums and bass mansey associates with whichever band wants him and doesnt restrict himself to only jazz he cannot he averages a show or two every week but a jazzblues gig comes his way once a month or even once in two monthsmehdi meanwhile rues the intelligentsia outlook of some in all matters jazz i can tell you off the cuff that there is no single person in the world who knows all there is to know about jazz it is such a vast field of music maybe the conceited lot could consider miless words if you understood everything i said youd be me