Results for "Melodic Intersect"

Greg Hatza

A native of Reading, Pennsylvania, Greg Hatza’s musical instincts came to him as early and as naturally as the ability to walk, and he was picking out blues and boogie woogie tunes on the piano around age four before starting formal lessons shortly thereafter.  The Hammond B-3 became his life’s obsession as a teenager, when a friend turned him on to records by Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Ray Charles, and Johnny Hammond Smith.  His first professional gig on the instrument came when he was 16, with the Frankie Scott Trio, where he played around small towns in central Pennsylvania.

Enayet Hossain

Enayet is a tabla player born into an Indian musical family and am a third-generation musician.  His father is from India and mother from Bangladesh and Enayet was born in Bangladesh before his family migrated to the United States when he was 6 years old. He learned from his father, Hamid Hossain who is a very well-known Indian music teacher based in the United States, who has taught at UMBC and has trained thousands of students in tabla, sitar and Indian classical vocal music. Enayet is versatile in accompanying North Indian classical music, instrumental, light, and semi-classical music, including thumri, ghazal, and world fusion music, as well as giving solo performances. Enayet started his work in fusion music much later, after felt he had established himself as an Indian classical musician first.

Melodic Intersect: Looking Forward

by Geannine Reid
September 6, 2017

Melodic Intersect has released their 6th studio album, Looking Forward. The ensemble congregates musicians from different backgrounds to create a sound that is unique, with a strong world flavor. Lead by Enayet Hossain, a tabla player that has had years of experience in the realm of Indian classical music and started the Melodic Intersect group to ...