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Pt. Debashish Bhattacharyya, “Calcutta Chronicles”
One of the most exciting names in slide guitar, Debashish, who has played with Shakti and John McLaughlin is considered amongst the top slide guitarists in the world along with Jerry Douglas and Derek Trucks. Debashish is the recipient of the BBC Radio3 World Music Award in 2007.
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Broto Roy, “American Raga”
Broto plays the tabla and leads a jazz ensemble in USA. From a musically inclined family, Broto brings Indian themes alive with American Raga features guitarist Jeff Bollenbeck and TK Smith. Roy is regarded highly in USA and is one of the few musicians of Asian background who have played live at the Lincoln Centre, [...]
Karnatriix, “Namaste”
This Chennai band led by guitarist John Anthony was inspired by Saint Thyagaraja’s hyms. Anthony fuses his guitar with Faiyaz Ahmad Khan’s soulful sarangi to create some brilliant mood music, backed up with bass and percussion. Released in November 2008.
Henrik Andersen, Pete Lockett and Shashank, “RØR”
Henrik is a multi-talented artiste from Denmark. If he was not playing the guitar or doing the konakol, he would have been a stand up comic or a cartoonist. But his guitar skills make him one of the best in the business in Europe. Henrik was the soloist in John McLaughlin’s Concerto for Guitar & [...]
Pete Lockett and Amit Chatterjee, “Taalisman”
A brand new jazz fusion effort by one of the hardest working percussionists in the world, Pete Lockett and virtuoso guitarist Amit Chatterjee. Pete’s sounds range from funk, jazz, Hollywood soundtracks to Carnatic and Japanese rhythms. Chatterjee has been a guitarist with Nu Jazz legend Josef Zawinul for a decade and later played with Trilok [...]
Sanjay Mishra, “Blue Incantation”
This is a 1995 classic featuring Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead in his last studio appearance. What is the kind of music? This is more of a rock album which has a world sound to it. Mishra is a guitarist trained in western classical music. This album has tracks composed by Mishra on which Garcia [...]
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IndiaBeat is the home of Indo-fusion music. We trace the origins of Indo-fusion from the early 1960s to the present. Indo-fusion music includes the distinct influences of classical as well as jazz and world music sounds. Indiabeat spreads from the experimenting works of John Handy and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Pandit Ravi Shanker with John [...]