Indian Train Ride

Glow of Benares is a collaborative studio album released on November 24, 2017, under the Dacapo label. The project merges Indian classical music with Western jazz and orchestral traditions. The album features tabla player Abhijit Banerjee, violinist Kala Ramnath, saxophonist Hans Ulrik, the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra, the Randers Kammerorkester, and clarinetist Lars Møller as primary contributors. The release adopted a digital media format with no confirmed physical edition.

The fourth track, Indian Train Ride, spans 9 minutes and 22 seconds. The composition integrates rhythmic patterns reminiscent of a moving train with improvisational elements from both Indian and jazz frameworks. Banerjee provided tabla percussion, while Ramnath contributed violin melodies rooted in the Hindustani classical tradition. Ulrik and Møller expanded the harmonic texture with saxophone and clarinet respectively. The Aarhus Jazz Orchestra and Randers Kammerorkester supplied orchestral arrangements, blending brass and string sections with the core ensemble.

The album title references Varanasi (Benares), a cultural and spiritual center in North India, though the specific thematic or compositional links to the city remain undocumented in available sources. The collaboration marked a cross-genre exploration, with Banerjee and Ramnath representing the Indian classical lineage and the Danish musicians contributing contemporary jazz and classical orchestration. No additional details regarding recording locations, producers, or live performances associated with the release are publicly verified.