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Drummer Ranjit Barot Interviewed at All About Jazz...and More!
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All About Jazz
Ranjit Barot is a well-known figure in India's music industry, where for many years he has written film scores, produced Indie pop, and, more recently, composed and directed the music for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which were held in Delhi. Barot, who spent the first 12 years of his life in England, came to a wider audience as the drummer on guitar icon John McLaughlin's outstanding Floating Point (Abstract Logix, 2008). McLaughlin—who knows a ...
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Liudas Mockunas and Ryoji Hojito - Vacation Music (Nobusiness Records, 2010)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
This is an interesting album, two musicians from different cultures who find common ground in improvisation and make an exciting and thought provoking album in the process. Japanese pianist (also using percussion and voice) Ryoji Hojito met saxophonist and bass clarinetist Liudas Mockunas for an compelling musical dialogue. Recorded half in the studio and half in concert the performance begins with “Sunday" which is a short prelude for saxophone or bass clarinet and piano, with the music developing in a ...
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Ranjit Barot to Release Debut Record on Abstract Logix
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Big Hassle
Visionary composer, drummer, producer, and improviser explores his own personal hybrid of East and West
New York, NY: After decades spent honing his craft in a staggering array of roles, from composing award-winning music for films (including 2009's Yeh Mera India and 2004's Main Hoon Na) to producing other artists, to working as a sideman in a variety of contexts, Ranjit Barot is at last making his debut as a performing bandleader with Bada Boom, to be released by Abstract ...
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Fujitsu Jazz Festival Presents "Hearts And Flowers "Celebrate Valentine's Day With Al Jarreau And Dee Dee Bridgewater
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All About Jazz
Contact: Marshall Lamm [email protected] 510.928.1410 FUJITSU JAZZ FESTIVAL PRESENTS “Hearts and Flowers" Celebrate Valentine's Day WITH AL JARREAU DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER REGINA CARTER HARRY ALLEN & CHANTICLEER WITH THE AL JARREAU BAND Thursday, February 16, 2006, 8:00PM Davies Symphony Hall 201 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA (415) 864-6000 Produced by Pat Philips & Ettore Stratta (Oakland, CA - December 6, 2005) -- Legendary New York event producers Pat Philips and Ettore Stratta come to San Francisco with a Valentine's ...
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