Amit Heri(guitar);Matthew Garrison (bass); Matt Renzi (sax);Pete Rendi (Fender Rhodes);Marko Djordevic(drums);Praveen Rao (tablas)
Berklee alum Amit Heri is one of the exciting guitarists out of the Indian Subcontinent. On his debut outing he teams up with his friends from Berklee College of Music presenting a smoking of set of jazz with a tinge of world fusion. Thoughtful compositions, and killing playing by everyone. Matthew Garrison on the bass delivers along with everyone else.
mit Heri grew up listening to the blues, indian & western classical, rock & jazz. The objective of the AMIT HERI GROUP is to share a personal journey through music that highlights the commonality between musical cultures. One of a few Indian musicians to perform at major international music festivals (Berlin Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival, Paris Jazz Festival, Rome World Music Festival, WOMAD Festival, World Social Forum and many more), Amit Heri studied on a scholarship at the Berklee College of Music, USA and has performed with various internationally known artists including Charlie Mariano, Aka Moon, Zakir Hussain, Ramamani & the KCP, Trilok Gurtu, Matt Garrison, Robert Miles, Salif Keita & Angelique Kidjo. He has scored music for feature films (including MORNING RAGA), dance and theatre productions. AMIT HERI'S albums include: AMIT HERI GROUP (Earth Music, India), MORNING RAGA (Music Today, India), Charlie Mariano "Bangalore" (Intuition, Germany), Louis Banks "Music for Romance" (Music Today, India) & Trilok Gurtu "Beat of Love" (Universal, USA). |
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