Jazz Articles about Trilok Gurtu

Elemental, Erik Escobar, Jasper Van't Hof, Nguyen Le and Trilok Gurtu

by Len Davis
August 15, 2021

We go to Europe with Jasper Van't Hof't and Nguyen Le. The exciting music of Trilok Gurtu and Ranjit Barot, both extraordinary drummers. Jean-Luc Ponty brings African rhythms, and Brazilian bassist Michael Pipoquinha with his album Lua.Playlist Elemental “Dig" from Elemental (Blue Canoel) 00:00 Erik Escobar “Homenaje al Gran Maestro Gonzalo" from Erik Escobar (Self Produced) 06:24 Jasper Van't Hof “Blue Balls" from Blue Corner (ACT Music) 12:46 Nguyen Le “Funk Rai" from Maghreb & Friends (ACT Music) ...

Trilok Gurtu, Dewa Budjana, Tigran Hamasyan and more

by Len Davis
December 15, 2020

John McLaughlin Sandeep Chowta, Trilok Gurtu, Marcus Klossek Electric Trio and more. Playlist Gavin Harrison-Antoine Fafard “Proto Mundi" from Chemical Reactions (Historical Heresey) 00:00 Scott Jones “Long Night" from Fictional Characters (Self Produced) 07:20 John McLaughlin “Inside Out" from Floating Point (Abstract Logix) 14:36 Sandeep Chowta “Yetto Velli chapter four" from Yetto Velli Diaries (Namma Music) 22:01 Trilok Gurtu “Kathak" from Kathak (Escapade) 29:14 Dewa Budjana “Kmalasana" from Kmalasana (Mehsada Indonesia) 36:32 Tigran Hamasyan “The Grid" from Mockroot ...

Chamoisic Festival 2018

by Antonio Baiano
August 11, 2018

The talking tabla of Trilok Gurtu at Folkclub

by Antonio Baiano
March 31, 2018

Trilok Gurtu: Bad Habits Die Hard

by John Kelman
April 16, 2015

Trilok GurtuBad Habits Die HardArt of Groove2014 (1996) Well, it's been a good couple weeks since the last Rediscovery, leaving the pile of potential choices even higher than usual. So what better way to resume operations than to revisit an album that already sounded terrific when it was first released in 1996 but, remastered 18 years later as part of Art of Groove's Collectors Premium Jazz series, now sounds even better? The Collectors Premium Jazz ...

Trilok Gurtu: Spellbound

by John Kelman
June 13, 2013

In a 35-year career that's stretched from Oregon and saxophonists Jan Garbarek and Charlie Mariano, to violinist Shankar and guitarists John McLaughlin and Nguyên Lê, Trilok Gurtu has established a very specific talent. Few kit drummers are as adept as Gurtu on tabla and the Indian konnakol vocal percussion tradition; conversely, few tablaists/konnakol experts are as capable as Gurtu on kit. Gurtu's entire career has been predicated on cross-genre boundary busting that's resulted in a small but distinctive discography, from ...

Trilok Gurtu: Where East Meets West

by Adriana Carcu
December 5, 2012

Percussionist Trilok Gurtu belongs to that elevated group of musicians who, along their careers, have not only acquired a uniqueness of sound, but have also contributed to the widening of the notion of contemporary music. By crossing genre boundaries, and by mingling styles and ethnic influences, Gurtu has created and performed within the generous sound space he today defines as world music. Throughout his career, Gurtu has played with some of the most remarkable jazz musicians in the world, enhancing ...