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About Work Collaborated Performed World Journey brass, groove, and a sense of humour

Trombonist • Saxophonist • Multi-instrumentalist

Rahul Joshua Thomas

Live brass, touring stages, and a healthy disrespect for easy keys.

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Anirudh Ravichander Benny Dayal Funktuation The Hornflakes Madboy/Mink Raghu Dixit Project Clown With A Frown The Ska Vengers SaxBox Hukum World Tour KSHMR Arjun Kanungo
Anirudh Ravichander Benny Dayal Funktuation The Hornflakes Madboy/Mink Raghu Dixit Project Clown With A Frown The Ska Vengers SaxBox Hukum World Tour KSHMR Arjun Kanungo
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Rjt Rahul Joshua Thomas portrait RJT playing saxophone

Most people hear a trombone and think jazz club.
He took his into arenas.

Rahul Joshua Thomas — better known as RJT — is one of India's rare contemporary trombonists. A multi-instrumentalist who plays six instruments, DJs, produces, and has collaborated with over 50 artists across the country and around the world. Touring since 2014, with over 1,500 live shows and counting.

He's the brass behind Anirudh Ravichander's Hukum World Tour, filling arenas from London's O2 to Sydney's Qudos Bank. He's who Benny Dayal trusts on stage night after night. He co-founded Clown With A Frown — India's only pop/funk brass outfit — and SaxBox, because why not mix beatbox with horns.

From the Commonwealth Games in Australia to Lollapalooza India, from Coke Studio sessions to the Bombay Chamber Orchestra — RJT moves between worlds with the kind of fluency that only comes from genuine musical depth.

Trombone Saxophone Trumpet Clarinet Guitar DJ & Producer
One instrument,
a thousand ways to move a crowd
Listen & Watch

Featured Work

Stage clips, studio sessions, and the occasional proof that brass can do things people don't expect.

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YouTube
Funky Lambo
Benny Dayal ft. Funktuation & The Hornflakes
Live
Live Performance
RJT on stage — brass, groove, presence
TEDx
TEDx
TEDx GRD Coimbatore
On music, movement & the unexpected
Instagram
Live Session
@wheresrjt
Spotify
Clown With A Frown
Stream now →
SoundCloud
SaxBox
Beatbox meets brass →
Listen on Spotify

Film & Television

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Manjummel Boys poster
Manjummel Boys
"Kuthanthram" — Sushin Shyam, Vedan
Saxophone & Trombone
Raghu Thatha poster
Raghu Thatha
"Aruge Vaa" — Sean Roldan
Trombone
The Pet Detective poster
The Pet Detective
5 Tracks — Rajesh Murugesan
Saxophone & Trombone
Nathicharami poster
Nathicharami
"Vasundhare" & "Desire" — Bindhumalini
Trombone
Vaazha 2 poster
Vaazha 2
"Aaja Raja" — Ashwin Aryan
Saxophone & Trombone
Back Bencherz
2024
Back Bencherz
Title Track — Vijay Prakash, Nakul Abhyankar
Saxophone & Trombone
Loopd
2025
Loopd
"Solo King" — Varun Sunil, Naveen Bharathi
Saxophone & Trombone
ASHANA
2025 · Album
ASHANA
"Pageyta Pugey" — Alva Kuuto
Saxophone & Trombone
ICC Women's World Cup
2025
ICC Women's World Cup
"Bring It Home" — Shreya Ghoshal, Andrea Jeremiah
Saxophone & Trombone
Every city sounds different
when you're on that stage

Postcards from the Road

Kansas City
Kansas City
Chicago
Chicago
Seattle
Seattle
Morocco
Morocco
Portland
Portland
Backstage
Backstage
Collaborated With

The Company He Keeps

Over a decade of working with artists, bands, orchestras, and projects across every genre that'll have a trombone.

Anirudh Ravichander Benny Dayal KSHMR Sushin Shyam Neeti Mohan Jonita Gandhi Arjun Kanungo Brodha V Andrea Jeremiah Raghu Dixit Vijay Prakash Madboy/Mink Shakthisree Gopalan Aditi Singh Sharma Asha Puthli Jordindian Akriti Kakar Prakriti Kakar Smokey The Ghost Sean Roldan Bindhumalini Mathangi Jagadish Sanjeev Thomas Shreya Ghoshal Nakul Abhyankar and more...
Performed With

On Stage Together

The artists and ensembles RJT has shared the live stage with.

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RJT on arena stage with Anirudh
Hukum World Tour 2024
Anirudh Ravichander
O2 Arena, Scotiabank Arena, Qudos Bank, Hallenstadion. Arena brass at scale.
RJT playing saxophone on stage with Benny Dayal
Funktuation · The Hornflakes
Benny Dayal
Benny doesn't just want a trombonist on tour. He wants RJT. There's a difference.
RJT with Madboy/Mink
Electro-Cabaret · Lollapalooza
Madboy/Mink
Electro-funk. RJT adds the thing that makes people actually dance.
RJT playing saxophone at festival
India's Biggest Cultural Export
Raghu Dixit Project
Folk, rock, and everything in between. The horn section that holds it all together.
RJT playing trombone close-up
Ska Ensemble
The Ska Vengers
Commonwealth Games 2018 opening. India's biggest ska ensemble on the world stage.
RJT backstage with trombone - Clown With A Frown
Multi-instrumentalist
Clown With A Frown
India's only pop/funk brass outfit. He co-founded it because nobody else would.
He doesn't just play the notes.
He plays the room.

World Tours

From Bengaluru soundchecks to arena stages on four continents.
Touring since 2014.

India
Bengaluru Mumbai Delhi Hyderabad Kolkata Pune Chennai Jaipur Kochi Nagpur Coimbatore Goa Raipur Alsisar
North America
Toronto New York Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles San Jose Kansas City Portland Seattle New Jersey Penn State Dallas Oakland
Europe
London Zurich Cannes
Australia
Sydney Melbourne Gold Coast Manly
Middle East & Africa
Dubai Abu Dhabi Bahrain Marrakech Seychelles
Asia
Bangkok Hua Hin Kuala Lumpur Singapore Hong Kong Baku Antalya
brass meets the big leagues
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O2 Arena, London/ Scotiabank Arena, Toronto/ Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney/ John Cain Arena, Melbourne/ Hallenstadion, Zurich/ Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad/ Lollapalooza India/ Commonwealth Games 2018/ Sunburn Festival/ NH7 Weekender/ Gaana Music Festival, SF/
O2 Arena, London/ Scotiabank Arena, Toronto/ Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney/ John Cain Arena, Melbourne/ Hallenstadion, Zurich/ Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad/ Lollapalooza India/ Commonwealth Games 2018/ Sunburn Festival/ NH7 Weekender/ Gaana Music Festival, SF/
The Journey

Schooled in brass,
forged on tour

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2004
Frank Anthony Public School Brass Band
Where it started. Classical training under Mr. V. Narayanaswamy. The discipline behind the feel.
2011
India National Youth Orchestra
2nd Trombonist. Orchestral precision meets the first taste of international stages.
2013
Founded Clown With A Frown
India's only pop/funk brass outfit. Nobody was doing it, so they invented it.
2014
Touring Begins
The year the road became home. Averaging 120+ shows a year ever since.
2015
Madboy/Mink & The Ska Vengers
Electro-cabaret meets ska. The kind of range that keeps things interesting.
2017
Benny Dayal & Funktuation
The long-running partnership begins. Toured everywhere. The horn section that defines the sound.
2018
Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast
Opening ceremony with The Ska Vengers. SaxBox co-founded. Coke Studio Tamil.
2022
7-City US Tour
Kansas City to New York. Chicago to Los Angeles. Seattle to Portland. The American chapter.
2024
Hukum World Tour
Anirudh Ravichander. London O2. Sydney Qudos Bank. Zurich Hallenstadion. Arena brass at scale.
Now
Still Moving
Point Blank School, London. Teaching brass. 1,500+ shows deep. The work doesn't stop. It just gets deeper.
The chart looked innocent.
It was not.
— every musician, ever
The trombone is packed.
The passport's current.
The tuner says we're sharp.
Let's make some noise.
@wheresrjt