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Trilok Gurtu & Arké String Quartet at Garda Jazz Festival 2024

by Danilo Codazzi
Travel: Travel

by Chris M. Slawecki
Travel compiles a musical travelogue through eight cities from Istanbul (Turkey) through Oslo (Norway) to Tokyo (Japan), rendered in the acoustic quartet sound of trumpet, piano, bass, and percussion. Composers Marco Vezzoso and Alessandro Collina don't paint strikingly different portraits but reflect each geography through the same sort of quietly intense music, and tuck an almost unbelievable amount of beautiful sound into 41 minutes. Lead and solo voices Vezzoso (trumpet and flugelhorn) and Collina (piano) receive great assistance ...
Continue ReadingElemental, Erik Escobar, Jasper Van't Hof, Nguyen Le and Trilok Gurtu

by Len Davis
We go to Europe with Jasper Van't Hof't and Nguyen Le. The exciting music of Trilok Gurtu and Ranjit Barot, both extraordinary drummers. Jean-Luc Ponty brings African rhythms, and Brazilian bassist Michael Pipoquinha with his album Lua.Playlist Elemental Dig" from Elemental (Blue Canoel) 00:00 Erik Escobar Homenaje al Gran Maestro Gonzalo" from Erik Escobar (Self Produced) 06:24 Jasper Van't Hof Blue Balls" from Blue Corner (ACT Music) 12:46 Nguyen Le Funk Rai" from Maghreb & Friends (ACT Music) ...
Continue ReadingTrilok Gurtu, Dewa Budjana, Tigran Hamasyan and more

by Len Davis
John McLaughlin Sandeep Chowta, Trilok Gurtu, Marcus Klossek Electric Trio and more. Playlist Gavin Harrison-Antoine Fafard Proto Mundi" from Chemical Reactions (Historical Heresey) 00:00 Scott Jones Long Night" from Fictional Characters (Self Produced) 07:20 John McLaughlin Inside Out" from Floating Point (Abstract Logix) 14:36 Sandeep Chowta Yetto Velli chapter four" from Yetto Velli Diaries (Namma Music) 22:01 Trilok Gurtu Kathak" from Kathak (Escapade) 29:14 Dewa Budjana Kmalasana" from Kmalasana (Mehsada Indonesia) 36:32 Tigran Hamasyan The Grid" from Mockroot ...
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