Indian-jazz hybrid music in the Bay Area

The Bay Area is home to many creative jazz-Indian collaborations. This project explores the link between hybrid music and Indian diasporic identity. What is Indian and what is jazz? Which musicians adjust more? Does fusion music liberate one from one’s usual musical self, or does it reaffirm that self? Is there any music which is simultaneously jazz and Hindustani or Carnatic?
From my interviews and observations, it is clear that diasporic musical identity as expressed through jazz fusion is by no means uniform, but two broad patterns emerged: some musicians view hybrid music as a means to affirm Indian musical identity by way of contrast with jazz, while others experience a holistic, blended musical identity that emerges through collaboration.