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Flushing Town Hall Presents Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition With Rez Abbasi & Dan Weiss

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Saturday, December 3rd 2011, 8PM

(from left to right: Rez Abbasi, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Dan Weiss)
Photo credit: Jordan Hemingway

The Indo-Pak Coalition, led by critically-acclaimed Indian-American saxophonist and Guggenheim fellow Rudresh Mahanthappa, with Pakistani-American guitar virtuoso Rez Abbasi and rising tabla star Dan Weiss, synthesizes jazz with the astutely improvised musical forms of South Asia, transcending any preconception of Indo-jazz fusion. This ambitious trio will be appearing on December 3rd at the Flushing Town Hall.

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Fully Altered Media Client Release Schedule Summer & Fall 2009

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

August

Ben Perowsky Quartet – Esopus Opus (Skirl) – August 11
w/ Perowsky (drums), Chris Speed (tenor sax, clarinet), Drew Gress (bass), Ted Reichman (accordion, keyboards)

The Waitiki 7 – Adventures in Paradise (Pass Out Records) – August 18
w/ Zaccai Curtis (piano), Tim Mayer (saxes, flutes), Randy Wong (bass), Lopaka Colón (birdcalls, percussion), Jim Benoit (vibes), Helen Liu (violin), Abe Lagrimas, Jr. (drums, vibes, percussion) + special guest Mike Dease (trombone)

Stefon Harris & Blackout – Urbanus (Concord Jazz) – August 25
w/ Harris (vibraphone, marimba), Marc Cary (keyboards, piano, effects), Ben Willams (bass), Casey Benjamin (alto sax, vocoder), Terreon Gully (drums)

Rez Abbasi – Things to Come (Sunnyside) – August 25
w/ Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto sax), Vijay Iyer (piano), Dan Weiss (drums), Johannes Weidenmuller (bass) + Kiran Ahluwalia (Hindustani vocals), Mike Block (cello)

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New Rez Abbasi Disc, “Things to Come” out August 25 on Sunnyside

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

"Things to Come" cover

Pakistani-American Guitarist Rez Abbasi
Releases Things to Come,
August 25th on Sunnyside Records

Album Features Stunning Composition and Improvisation
From Culturally Diverse Top New York Musicians
(Rudresh Mahanthappa, Vijay Iyer, Johannes Weidenmueller, Dan Weiss
+ Special Guests Kiran Ahluwalia and Mike Block)

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Tags: guitar, Rez Abbasi, rudresh mahanthappa, South Asian jazz, Sunnyside, Vijay Iyer
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