All that Jazz

In 2013, Zian Bhamgara, stage name Zian B, had just returned from studying jazz vocals in Germany and the Netherlands, under Sabine Kühlich, head of vocals at Conservatorium Maastricht. The release of her first album Take a Chance with her brother, Tizaan Alphonso, led to a contract with record label Crescendo Music, distributed by Universal Music. As part of QuinTiz, a Jazz/Jazz-fusion quintet from Maastricht, Netherlands, with Alphonso on keys and Zian Bhamgara on vocals, life was a song. “These conditions led to numerous hospital visits, tests, procedures, surgery and constant medication over the years,” she says.