Andrew Kay is an acclaimed musician and composer from Toronto, Canada, writing and performing music ranging from Indo-Jazz, World Music, and Indian Classical Raga Music to Contemporary Jazz and Improvised Music. He is among one of the first musicians in the world to perform Indian Classical music on the Alto Saxophone after spending more than a decade living and studying in the traditional Guru-Shishya parampara system with his Guru in Kolkata, India. He has also pioneered a unique set of tuned Himalayan Singing Bowls that he performs with, as well as using tuning forks, various woodwinds, and hand percussion. He is a seasoned performer with dozens of feature concerts around the globe with world-renowned maestros and is the co-leader of many successful creative musical projects. 

A skilled jazz saxophonist hailing from Toronto, Canada, Jonathan Kay embarked on a unique musical journey in pursuit of non-western musical knowledge. He relocated to Kolkata and Santiniketan for a decade, immersing himself in the guru-shishya paramparic tradition under the guidance of vocalist Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharyya and esraj player Abir Singh Khangura. Kay became the pioneer in performing the full form of vocal raaga music (vilambit khayal) on the shrutiphone, a saxophone he customized to adhere to raaga temperament. Additionally, he stands out as one of the rare boro esraj players, following the tantra-kari style in the lineage of Ranadhir Roy. Fusing his experiences in jazz and raaga music,  Kay is shaping a transcultural approach to experimental improvisation with his bands Monsoon, Kayos Theory, and The Coltrane Sutras.