When The Roads Meet: Julian Joseph and Alok Verma

A London evening pairing the jazz pianist Julian Joseph with the tabla player Alok Verma, bringing together jazz, classical music and South Asian musical traditions in a duet at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens.

Julian Joseph is a British jazz pianist born in London in 1966. His first album, The Language of Truth, appeared in 1992, and his label is Atlantic Records. Alok Verma is a tabla player, the South Asian drummer whose two hand drums carry the rhythm in classical performance.

The two musicians draw on jazz, classical music and the musical traditions of South Asia. Their duet, titled Silk Road Duet, places the piano of Julian Joseph beside the tabla of Alok Verma, so that each instrument's sound meets the other's. The event is presented as the start of a new collaboration between them and forms part of the November Festival.

The concert takes place at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, a London venue that hosts concerts and shows. The evening is a jazz programme with live performances by both musicians, and it is the first meeting of their partnership on stage.