Nitin Mitta

Vijay Iyer, Prasanna and Nitin Mitta - Tirtha (ACT Music, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
March 21, 2011

The interaction between jazz and the music of the Indian sub-continent has been percolating for some time now, since John Coltrane's professed admiration for the music of Ravi Shankar and Miles Davis incorporation of Indian instruments into his 1970's electric fusion bands. This group brings together three of the most talented Indian-American musicians on the contemporary music scene, with Vijay Iyer on piano, Prasanna on guitar and Nitin Mitta on tablas. The music that they combine to make is deeply ...
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