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You learn a lot, you know, by doing new things.

Everywhere in the world, if someone is a musician,

I feel that he he self is myself.

Is it Mejeed isn't your typical pensioner. A London-based father of three, he could have enjoyed a restful

retirement after a successful career in private equity, but that was never on the cards.

Isett is a driven man.

He doesn't rest easily.

And that's why on retiring from his day job,

he decided to dedicate himself full time

to his lifelong passion for jazz music. And more than that, he wanted to create

jazz music performed by some of Pakistan's most talented and most neglected musicians. My name is Rumor and you're listening to My Pakistani Jazz Orchestra on BBC World Service. Isat is the founder of the satchel jazz ensemble.

The Ensemble's seven core members are not, it's fair to say, in the first flush of youth.

But here in lies the group's great significance.

They're exporting Pakistani jazz to a worldwide audience at a time when Pakistan's culture has

been sidelined by the country's socio-political issues and they're doing it with some of the

country's most skilled musicians.

Musicians who, by and large, were previously unable to earn a living, playing the music they loved.

However, the journey to this point has not been entirely smooth.

The first problem was finding a place in Lahore

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