Jazz Articles about Arvind Ramdas

About Arvind Ramdas

Album Review

As an album title, Here We Go presages the sort of intense, no-holds-barred session wherein everyone digs in as hard and as often as he can to help carry out its purpose. And that is more or less the norm on East Indian-born, Canadian-based drummer Arvind Ramdas' debut album, which doesn't often eclipse the sound barrier but swings boldly regardless of catalyst or tempo. Ramdas has a lot to do with that, as does his section mate, bassist ...

Album Review

Arvind Ramdas: Here We Go

Read "Here We Go" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 4, 2026

Arvind Ramdas emerges as a fresh voice in the jazz drumming world, hailing originally from India before planting roots in Vancouver, Canada. With his debut album, Here We Go, Ramdas pays homage to the bebop pioneers who shaped his musical DNA. This collection serves as both a personal milestone and a nod to the Black American jazz tradition, blending respect for the masters with the vitality of a young artist finding his groove. The album leans ...

Album Review

Atley King: Unconditional

Read "Unconditional" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
February 9, 2024

Unconditional is the debut recording as leader by Atley King who is described in a press release as “Canada's leading young jazz vibraphonist." While that portrayal may or may not be true--not to mention gratuitous--King is very good, as are the members of his admirable quintet. Besides playing splendidly, King wrote the first eight of the album's nine selections, closing with John Coltrane's soulful “Naima." His compositions are fine, albeit more or less generic--that is to say, ...