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Snake Charmer

Label: Earth Sounds
Released: 2006
Track listing: Snake Charmer; Pearl; Tantra; Motherland; Kismet; Rumi; Blood Orange; Thanks for Nothingness.

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Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer

Read "Snake Charmer" reviewed by Ollie Bivens


Los Angeles-raised and New York-resident guitarist Rez Abbasi states that “with my music I want to hold onto the the traditional aspects of each form (Indian music and jazz) and unite the best elements of both." The guitarist demonstrates prodigious chops throughout his fourth album, Snake Charmer, an eight-song, sixty-minute journey into jazz-rock fusion, grounded in ...

Album

Snake Charmer

Label: Earth Sounds
Released: 2005
Track listing: Snake Charmer; Pearl; Tantra; Motherland; Kismet; Rumi; Blood Orange; Thanks for Nothingness.

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Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer

Read "Snake Charmer" reviewed 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 ...

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Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer

Read "Snake Charmer" reviewed 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 ...

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Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer

Read "Snake Charmer" reviewed 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 ...

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Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer

Read "Snake Charmer" reviewed 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 ...

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Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer

Read "Snake Charmer" reviewed 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 ...

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Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer

Read "Snake Charmer" reviewed 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 ...


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