PARRAMASALA FESTIVAL, Australia – Nov 5 2011 (John Shand 8/11/11):

"Gurtu continually bent the mind with surprise; with a level of invention that redefined the potential of the drummer/percussionist, even as it intensified the music"  Full review:  Sydney_Morning_Herald

 

QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, London – Sept 27 2011 (Financial Times, Mike Hobart 27/9/11)

Trilok Gurtu is one of the world's great fidgets.  He can tap, rattle, scrape and bang any object into a sublime symphony of rhythm – at this gig, even the sloosh and drip of water in a fire bucket had musical purpose.  As the likes of Jan Garbarek and John McLaughlin can testify, he is a natural scene-stealer.   Gurtu, a Kashmiri, was born in Mumbai and has visibly fused the music of the Indian subcontinent with a host of other music.  Tablas nestle by a full drumkit, there are things to crash and shake and a box drum to sit on when required.  But though he may be a scene-stealer, he is no showboater.  Gurtu's vision is complete and, as a short solo spot confirmed, his soundscapes are sensuous and understated.

Here he was teamed with the Armenian piano prodigy Tigran Hamasyan, who, like Gurtu, brings the music of his homeland to a jazz-inflected world fusion…… Hamasyan's somewhat episodic approach gained considerably from Gurtu's direction and support.  The long duet was freely developed – there was many a nod and mutual glance – and the pianist's tricks and fancies sat well over chattering tablas, brushed snare and full-on drum kit rock.  There were set-piece endings, synchronised stabs and a highlight vocal duet with Gurtu scatting tabla rhythms to Hamasyan's human beatbox pulse – lines were swapped, argued over and finally brought to heel.  The finale, a slow-burning climax, won the encore, which, as Gurtu accurately explained, "was the same again, but done differently'.

 

OFFERINGS

 

TRILOK GURTU BAND
- Trio or Quartet
  Carlo Cantini (Violin); Roland Cabezas (Guitar);
  Leandro Saint-Hill (Saxophone); Johann Berby (Bass)

 

TRILOK GURTU WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
- Jan Garbarek
- Oumou Sangare
- Paolo Fresu
- Shankar Mahadevan
- Niladri Kumar

 

TRILOK GURTU IN DUET
- Nils Petter Molvaer
- Tigran Hamasyan

 

TRILOK GURTU INDIAN BAND
- Sitar/Bansuri/Sarod + Kathak Dancer

 

TRILOK GURTU ORCHESTRA
- Band + Classical Septet (performing Bartok, Bach, Philip Glass, Takemitsu, Gurtu)

 

TRILOK GURTU + NDR BIG BAND
- Trilok's compositions accompanied by 26 piece Big Band

 

TWENTY YEARS OF TALKING TABLA
- In Conversation – Trilok's music and life within a Workshop setting

 

SOLO PERCUSSION RECITAL

 

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SCHEDULE

13 Aug     Berchidda Festival, Sicily, Italy (with Paulo Fresu, Alessandro Haber)
14 Aug     Berchidda Festival, Sicily, Italy (with Paulo Fresu, Omar Sosa)

24 Jul       La Mar du Musicas, Cartegena (with Oumou Sangare & Jan Garbarek)
21 Jul       Ravello, Italy (with Jan Garbarek)
20 Jul       Lungolago la Palazzola, Stresa. Italy (with Jan Garbarek)
19 Jul       Czech Republic (with Jan Garbarek)
18 Jul       Abbaye du Neumunster, Luxembourg (with Jan Garbarek)
13 Jul       Algiers, Algeria
11 Jul       Lublin, Poland
10 Jul       Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Germany (with Martin Grubinger)
1   Jul       Sibu, Romania (with Jan Garbarek)

7  Jun       Patras Jazz Festival, Greece

3 May       Bologna, Italy 
2  May      Basel Festival, Switzerland 

21 Apr      Strasbourg, France (with Arke String Quartet)
14 Apr      Cully Jazz Festival, Switzerland (in duet with Tigran Hamasyan)

29 Mar      Leeds University, UK – Solo Performance
29 Mar      Leeds University, UK – Keynote Speaker Jazz Education Conference
13 Mar      World Music Festival, Dubai
10 Mar      St Malo, France

29 Feb      Namur University, Belgium
24 Feb      Istanbul, Turkey (with Jan Garbarek)

 

 

BIOGRAPHY
read it here

 

 

>CURRENT RECORDINGS

21 Spices
Released March 2011 Art Of Groove AOG80012
Collaboration with Simon Phillips (drums), Michel Alibo (bass), Roland Cabezas (guitar), NDR Big Band conducted by Jorg Achim Keller

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Massical
Released 2009 BirdJam BHM 1037-2
Featuring Jan Garbarek (Saxophone), Kai Eckhardt (Electric Bass), Ravi Chary (Harmonium), Sabine Kabongo (vocals)

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Twenty Years of Talking Tabla
Released 2007 Union Square Music MANTDBL517
As a world class virtuoso, Trilok has collaborated with some of the greatest jazz and world music artists of today, many of whom feature on this 2 cd collection.  Amongst them Joe Zawinul, John McLaughlin, Pharoah Sanders, Salif Keita, Zakir Hussain with a remix track by Talvin Singh

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Arkeology
Released 2006 Promo Music PM CD 006
Collaboration with Arké String Quartet: Carlo Cantini (Violin, Dilruba, Kalimba), Valentino Corvino (Violin), Sandro di Paolo (Viola), Stefano Dall'Ora (Double Bass, Ukulele, Eminence Bass/Aptflex)

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Farakala
Released 2006 Navarre 1763
Collaboration with Frederic Galliano's Frikywa Family

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Broken Rhythms
Released 2004 Mintaka Records MINT001
Featuring Gary Moore, Huun Huur Tu, Arke String Quartet

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Remembrance
Released 2002 Universal 066 876-2
Featuring Shankar Mahadevan, Sultan Khan, Zakir Hussain

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The Beat Of Love
Released 2001 Blue Thumb 314 549 7452
Featuring Salif Keita, Angelique Kidjo, Wasis Diop, Wally Badarou

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African Fantasy
Released 1999 ESC 03664-2
Featuring Oumou Sangare, Angelique Kidjo, Sabine Kabongo, Kai Eckhardt

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Kathak
Released 1998 ESC 03655
Featuring Neneh Cherry, Shobha Gurtu, Steve Lukather, Theodosii Spassov

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The Glimpse
Released 1996 CMP CD85
Featuring Theodosii Spassov, Lars Danielsson

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