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RAHUL SHARMA
RAHUL SHARMA – Rahul was born in the U.S. shortly after his parents emigrated from Kenya. He has performed blues, funk, and reggae for many years. He has more recently studied sitar and tabla, studying with Zakir Hussain and the Ali Akbar Khan School of Music. Rahul has also completed his doctorate in Clinical Psychology, [...]
JASC Tsukasa Taiko
JASC TSUKASA TAIKO – JASC Tsukasa Taiko is the leading taiko ensemble in the Chicago area, established as Tsukasa Daiko in 1996 by head Sensei (Instructor) Hide Yoshihashi. In 2004, Tsukasa Daiko, Asian Improv aRts Midwest, and the Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) initiated a collaborative program, establishing the renamed group as a resident arts [...]
Tatsu Aoki
TATSU AOKI – Bassist Tatsu Aoki is a prolific and accomplished musician, composer and educator. He works in a wide array of musical styles, ranging from traditional Asian music to jazz to experimental music and is a much in-demand artist performing on both contrabass and the shamisen (Japanese 3-stringed lute). He has recorded over 100 [...]
JEFF CHAN
JEFF CHAN – Chicago saxophonist/composer Jeff Chan is dedicated to advancing the understanding of the Asian American experience through music. He has worked with many of the leaders of the Asian American creative music movement, including saxophonist Francis Wong, pianist Jon Jang and bassist Tatsu Aoki. A recipient of awards from Meet The Composer, the [...]
Hiromi Uehara
Hiromi Uehara first mesmerized the jazz community with her 2003 Telarc debut, Another Mind. The buzz started by her first album spread all the way back to her native Japan, where Another Mind shipped gold (100,000 units) and received the Recording Industry Association of Japan’s (RIAJ) Jazz Album of the Year Award. The keyboardist/ composer’s [...]
Krakatau – Ethno Jazz
Krakatau was founded in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia in 1985. The band started when bassist Pra Budidharma returned from Seattle. Washington, USA to begin a jazz career in Indonesia. The personnel and concept for Krakatau took shape during weekly jam sessions sponsored by the “Jazz Break” program in Bandung, a city known throughout Indonesia for [...]
Rez Abassi – Guitar
Born on the Indian sub-continent, removed at the age of four to the driving sounds of Southern California, schooled at the University of Southern California and the Manhattan School of Music in jazz and classical music, as well as a pilgrimage in India under the tutorial of master percussionist, Ustad Alla Rakha, Rez Abbasi is [...]
Rudresh Mahanthappa – Saxophonist
Guggenheim fellow Rudresh Mahanthappa is one of the most innovative young musicians and composers in jazz today. Named a Rising Star of the alto saxophone by the Downbeat International Critics Poll for the past four years, #2 in 2006, Rudresh has incorporated the culture of his Indian ancestry and has fused myriad influences to create [...]
Yuri Mahatma – Guitarist
Yuri Mahatma was born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1972. Moved to Bali in 1980 until now. He got the first music influences from his sister, Dian Pratiwi, a professional Jazz singer. Studied guitar since he was 12-year old (self-tought). After finished high school, Yuri intensively studied jazz music privately from many guitarists, among them is [...]
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