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Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
With Snake Charmer, his fourth CD as a leader, guitarist Rez Abbasi overtly draws on his Indian subcontinent heritage. Beneath this conspicuous exterior is a rhythmically charged guitar-organ-drum trio. This was palpable within minutes at the group's CD release party at Joe's Pub, when Abbasi, along with organist Gary Versace, and drummer Danny Weiss, locked into ...
Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer
by John Kelman
There's nothing especially new about fusing jazz with the already rich improvising tradition of Indian music. Guitarist John McLaughlin has pursued it with his Shakti and Remember Shakti projects, while percussionist Trilok Gurtu, most notably on his earlier records, has blended the traditions in a more overtly electric fashion. Even British alto saxophonist Martin Speake has ...
Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer
by Jochem van Dijk
It probably happened to a lot of us. Aspiring to become the next Vincent van Gogh, we once picked up a paintbrush and enthusiastically started mixing colors, only to find out that we ended up with the same drab brown no matter how vibrant the original hues. In music, too, throwing together styles and cultures just ...
Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer
by Jim Santella
In a fusion of contemporary jazz and world music, guitarist Rez Abbasi sets out to bring distant nations together on Snake Charmer. His fiery electric guitars deliver a contemporary punch. With organ and drums, he drives a portion of the session in high gear. His music explodes as the trio explores contemporary jazz from ...
Out of Body
By Rez Abbasi
Label: Feroza Music
Released: 2002
Track listing: To Your Perfection, Out Of Body, Winner's Circle, Phosphor Colors, Ganges, Gold Rush, Half The Battle, Smile At Darkness,Dark Bones
Rez Abbasi: Reziliently Brilliant
by Phil DiPietro
At 36, Rez Abbasi is the latest accomplished and proven musician with a few solo releases and a few sideman appearances in his discography to choose the independent jazz route. Born in Pakistan, raised in the USA since the age of three, and having gone east from west internationally as well as domestically, Abbasi is known ...
Rez Abbasi: Out of Body
by Phil DiPietro
Does Rez Abbasi really need another stellar review? Can I figure out how to say something beyond Bill Milkowski, who says, “Abbasi's unpredictable phrasing and accomplished writing are what sets him apart from hordes of other technically adept plectrists?" Maybe I can be more flowery (better yet, more read ) than JazzTimes, who said “Rez Abbasi ...
Third Ear
By Rez Abbasi
Label: Cathexis Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Resonance, Prana, Memorial Daze, Third Ear, Sheets Of Rain, For The Birds And The Bees, Mood Sketch, A Passage For You
Rez Abbasi: Third Ear
by Glenn Astarita
Third Ear is a reissue of sessions guitarist Rez Abbasi recorded in 1991 & 1992 along with a star studded cast of modern jazz luminaries such as bassist Marc Johnson, drummer Peter Erskine, saxophonist Bob Mintzer and others. Here, Abbasi pursues contemporary jazz with a modern or in some instances hard edge yet not quite as ...
Third Ear
By Rez Abbasi
Label: Cathexis Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Resonance, Prana, Memorial Daze, Third Ear, Sheets Of Rain, For The Birds And The Bees, Mood Sketch, A Passage For You
