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Snake Charmer
By Rez Abbasi
Label: Earth Sounds
Released: 2005
Track listing: Snake Charmer; Pearl; Tantra; Motherland; Kismet; Rumi; Blood Orange; Thanks for Nothingness.
Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer
by Jerry D'Souza
Indian music has been integrated into jazz in many ways. It has been subject to the harmony of jazz and has also taken the leading role, with jazz harmony in support. There are been many essayists of this fusion, and Rez Abbasi is one of them. But there is something that sets Abbasi apart: his exquisite ...
Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer
by Woodrow Wilkins
A native of India who migrated to Los Angeles and later New York, Rez Abbasi marries elements from both sides of the world on Snake Charmer, the guitarist's fourth album as a bandleader. He's accompanied by a small ensemble: Gary Versace on organ, Danny Weiss on drums and tabla, Dave Liebman on soprano saxophone, and Kiran ...
Rez Abbasi in Ottawa, Canada
by John Kelman
Rez Abbasi The Bayou, Ottawa, Canada Saturday, March 19, 2005 New York-based guitarist Rez Abbasi rolled into town on Saturday, March 19, 2005 for a performance at Ottawa's The Bayou, in support of his latest release Snake Charmer. Using the same line-up as the album, with the exception of the ...
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 ...
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