Searching for Mena Silas, the man who wrote 'Taj Mahal: A Foxtrot', 1936

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 03:35:29 +0000

My book, Taj Mahal Foxtrot, takes its name from the tune below recorded in April 1936 by Crickett Smith and his Symphonians, the gents in that photo. They had been booked by the management of Taj Mahal hotel in Apollo Bunder to perform there for the 1936 summer season.