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Kishon Khan is a jazz pianist and keyboard player, based in London. The music of the Bangladeshi born Londoner fuses a medley of world influences with a home-grown London sound, consistently crossing boundaries. His early musical training was in classical piano but as a teenager his passion moved to jazz - and  he supported the likes of the Jazz Warriors, Tom Robinson, and Morrisey and Mullen. By his early 20's he had already performed throughout Europe as well as spending a year touring with a nomadic Baul troop across the melas of Bangladesh and East India. As pianist, arranger and composer, Kishon has worked with a wide array of prestigious world artists, living and collaborating on numerous projects across continents – his music notably influenced by his stays in Cuba, Brazil and South Africa. Collaborations include: Arun Ghosh, Ayub Ogada, Bukky Leo, Bangla, Bushman, Captain Yaaba, Dadi, D C Lee, Fazal Qureshi, Francis Fuster, Indian Ocean, Kim Mazell, Osvaldo Chacon y su timba, Orchestra Imperial de Rio, Os Ritmistas, Paapa J Mensa, Pandit Dinesh, Quito Ribeiro, Richa Sharma, Roberto Pla, Robin Jones and King Salsa, Son Tumbao, Soothsayers, Totonho e Os Cabras, to name a few. Kishon is founder and director of the Cuban funk outfit Motimba as well as Lokkhi Terra - which is the latest music project created by Kishon - combining Bangladeshi music traditions with those from Africa and Latin America - creating a sound that can truly be called "world music'. Kishon has recently finished composing music for the feature film The Last Thakur (Channel 4/Artificial Eye).