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Out of the Roma Villages of Turkey, Clarinet Reigns Beyond Its Traditions

by Arthur R George
November 7, 2020

The clarinet, foundational for jazz from Sidney Bechet unto Eric Dolphy, remains in strong use in the indigenous Roma music of the eastern Mediterranean. Elsewhere in the world clarinet generally has been moved aside by saxophone's bigger sound. But in the Balkans, Greece, and Turkey, clarinet provides jazz shadings to traditional music, speaks a range of human emotions, and engages in electronically-enhanced experimentation. Clarinetist Barbaros Erköse is Turkish, and Roma: “gypsy," the oft-utilized but less preferred word. He ...

Album Review

John McLaughlin Shankar Mahadevan Zakir Hussain: Is That So?

Read "Is That So?" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
February 3, 2020

When mandolinist Uppalapu Srinivas passed away in 2014 it seemed to signal the end of Remember Shakti. A great loss to music on both scores. Five years later, in early 2019, the band reformed with violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan for a one-off concert in India, sparking a new lease of life for the band. And many, no doubt, will eagerly seize upon this John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain and Shankar Mahadevan project as a scaled down Remember Shakti. After all, from the ...

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Crosscurrents Trio: l'Oriente incontra l'Occidente

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
December 2, 2019

Il Crosscurrents Trio è composto da tre maestri dell'improvvisazione quali Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain e Chris Potter. Emanazione di un progetto in settetto nato da un'idea di Hussain, il trio si fonda sul desiderio di esplorare le connessioni culturali e musicali tra Oriente e Occidente. In questo prospettiva la musica non rappresenta unicamente una forma di espressione personale dei tre artisti, ma un modo per comprendere la realtà attraverso un'intensificazione delle relazioni umane basate sul rispetto e il dialogo reciproco. ...

Live Review

Crosscurrents Trio al Bologna Jazz Festival

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
November 13, 2019

Zakir Hussain, Dave Holland, Chris Potter (Crosscurrents Trio) Bologna Jazz Festival Unipol Auditorium Bologna 8.11.2019 La notte di venerdì 8 novembre presso l'Unipol Auditorium di Bologna va in scena uno dei concerti più attesi dell'edizione 2019 del Bologna Jazz Festival: il Crosscurrents Trio, composto da Zakir Hussain alle tabla, Dave Holland al contrabbasso e Chris Potter ai sassofoni, presenta dal vivo il disco Good Hope (Edition Records, 2019) nell'ambito di un tour europeo che ...

Live Review

Zakir Hussain, Chris Potter and Dave Holland at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
June 28, 2018

Zakir Hussain, Chris Potter and Dave Holland SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA June 16, 2018 A subset of the fusion group CrossCurrents, the trio of Zakir Hussain, Chris Potter, Dave Holland made their first public appearance ever one Saturday evening at SFJAZZ. Hussain, a San Francisco resident, is legendary for his tabla mastery as well as for his participation in a wide variety of musical groups. Potter, a widely acclaimed saxophonist, needs no introduction. Nor does ...

Live Review

Joe Lovano, Joshua Redman and lots more at SFJAZZ Center gala

by David Becker
January 20, 2017

2017 Gala Celebrating Zakir Hussain SFJAZZ Center San Francisco January 18, 2017 When SFJAZZ decides to throw a party, it does not fool around. For evidence, you had to look no farther than the presenter's 2017 gala, celebrating both the 5th anniversary of the organization's impeccable new home smack in the middle of city's cultural district and a lifetime of pioneering work by master percussionist Zakir Hussain, the latest recipient ...

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Live Review

Pure Music: Zakir Hussain & Shivkumar Sharma in Paris

by David Miller
January 8, 2010

Zakir Hussain & Shivkumar SharmaSalle PleyelParis, FranceDecember 12, 2009Indian classical music is all about moods and feelings. It would be possible to describe an otherworldly interplay between Zakir Hussain and Shivkumar Sharma bordering on telepathy. Or to call attention to the sheer virtuosity with which these two extraordinary musicians played, and the way their technical mastery made everything seem so simple. Or to portray their great humility in confronting the sound problems that plagued them ...