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This project brings together some of today’s finest accompanists and soloists in various styles to create a truly remarkable musical journey. With a firm Indian Classical Raga influence, the album draws on strong modern jazz improvisational roots to heighten the creative energy and spectrum of possibilities.
Press Quotes
“…original music that brings together another brilliant bridge-building ensemble that combines East and West Coast and Eastern and Western musical traditions.” – KQED https://www.kqed.org/arts/13838939/sameer-gupta-brings-his-brooklyn-meets-bollywood-jazz-to-the-bay-area
“…the eight-piece ensemble navigated the pieces with supple grace, performing each piece as a journey with unexpected vistas and quiet interludes.” San Francisco Classical Voice https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/freight-salvage-coffeehouse/circling-up-with-sameer-gupta
“Sameer Gupta played through his arrangements of…songs with sitar, cello and viola appended to a jazz trio. The crowd roared its applause.” – Ben Ratliff (New York Times 1/10/2011)
“Not since Trilok Gurtu’s stint in Oregon has a percussionist sounded as commanding in both Indian classical tabla styles and straight-ahead swing drumming as Sameer Gupta” – Timeout New York (MARCH 15 2012)
“Percussionist Sameer Gupta is cut from a global cloth.”
– NPR Jazz (January 2011)“Brave , bold and globally conscious music created by an artist that has both feet planted in many traditions and both hands reaching out for infinite possibilities …”
– Karsh Kale (March 2017 re: A Circle Has No Beginning)
A Circle Has No Beginning
by Sameer Gupta