Results for "Aditya Balani"

Aditya Balani

Aditya Balani is an eclectic guitarist, composer and songwriter from New Delhi, India. He has worked with bands like Advaita, Aritistes Unlimited, Crimson, Think Floyd and Incognito as a songwriter and guitar player. His performance credits include international artists like Kenwood Dennard, David Fiuczynski, Carl Clements, Dhruv Ghanekar and Shubha Mudgal to name a few. Aditya is constantly looking for ways to break new ground and broaden his artistic sensibilities. In 2006 he moved to Boston to study at the Berklee College of Music, where he received the Berklee Achievement Scholarship and has performed at various celebrated events like the International Folk Music Festival and Guitar Night

Khamira: Undod/Unity

by Ian Patterson
February 14, 2023

Khamira was born when Welsh jazz-folk band Burum--trumpeter Tomos Williams, bassist Aidan Thorne and drummer Mark O'Connor--toured India in 2015. There they collaborated with guitarist Aditya Balani, sarangi player & vocalist Suhail Yusuf Khan and tablaist & vocalist Vishal Nagar. The blend of Welsh traditional melodies, Hindustani classical music and jazz enthused all; two years later ...

Tarun Balani Collective: Dharma

by Dave Wayne
August 19, 2016

Drummer / composer Tarun Balani's previous album, Sacred World (Self Produced, 2013), offered audiences a fresh look at the synthesis and Indian music and jazz. On Dharma, Balani steps back a bit from the music of his homeland. The result is still an invigorating listen. Balani's composing here makes extensive use of hypnotic, propulsive ostinati. Conceptually, ...

Tarun Balani: Sacred World

by Dave Wayne
January 31, 2014

Jazz fans of a certain age were most likely introduced to the world of Indian music via the recordings of John McLaughlin who, with the group Shakti, introduced American listeners to the dazzling virtuosity of musicians such as violinist L. Shankar, and percussionist Zakir Hussain. Shakti's music extended the compositional style that characterized his previous group, ...