Posts Tagged ‘South Asian jazz’
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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Tags: Dan Weiss, Flushing Town Hall, Indo-Pak Coalition, Rez Abbasi, rudresh mahanthappa, South Asian jazz
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
Featuring David Gilmore (electric guitar), Rich Brown (electric bass), Damion Reid (drums), and “Anand” Anantha Krishnan (mridangam & kanjira)
Out September 27
For a few fleeting moments in every 24-hour cycle, as day cedes way to night, a curtain seems to lift on the banal everyday to give those lucky enough to pause and notice it a brief glimpse of the otherworldly. Filmmakers refer to it as “magic hour,” those frustratingly fleeting seconds when their cameras can capture that uncanny golden glow.
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Monday, May 30th, 2011
Featuring Prasanna (guitar) & Nitin Mitta (tabla)
The Sanskrit word tīrtha (THEER-tha) literally means a ford, or a shallow place in a river that can be easily crossed over. Within a spiritual context, tirtha denotes a holy place near a body of water —somewhere where everyday struggles fall away, and where one passes easily into a deeper and more profound state of being. Aptly, Tirtha is now also the name of a phenomenal trio featuring three powerhouse musicians who at once honor and traverse the streams of tradition. It is also the name of their exciting new album on ACT Music.
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Tags: ACT Music, Nitin Mitta, Prasanna, Raga, South Asian jazz, Tirtha, Vijay Iyer
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
January
Chris Parrello –Things I Wonder (Stray Dog Music) – January 25
Chris Parrello – guitars, compositions; Karlie Bruce – vocals/lyrics; Ian Young – saxophones; Kevin Thomas – bass; Aviv Cohen – drums; Rubin Kodheli – cello; Greg Glassman – trumpet; Rich Hinman – pedal steel
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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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(from left to right: Rez Abbasi, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Dan Weiss)
