Arohi (Raga Jazz rhythms & soundscapes)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) September 21, 2011 -- at Eagle Rock Music Festival ~ Dublab Global Stage
Colorado Blvd. between Argus and Eagle Rock Blvd.
Eagle Rock (NELA)

International performing artist Paul Livingstone is one of the leading sitarists in America today. He has been rigorously trained for the past 25 years in India and the US under the late Amiya Dasgupta, Rajeev Taranath and the living legend Pandit Ravi Shankar. Paul has performed and taught Indian classical and ragajazz music around the US, Mexico, Europe & South Asia and has just returned from a major concert tour in Nepal, India, Czech & Germany.

Dave Lewis is sought after for his sharp musicality and proficiency as a drummer, as well for his extensive experience as ianist and composer. From an early age, he studied classical and jazz piano, African drumming and drum set. At fourteen, he was featured on his first CD and at sixteen, became the youngest member of First Circle, a popular San Francisco Bay Area

band. He attended the Berklee College of Music as a scholarship recipient. He recently completed his studies there and continues to compose, produce and perform his original works as well as recording and performing with many others in Boston and in the San Francisco Bay Area. Along with Arohi ensemble, Dave has performed with Joe Lovano, Sheila E., Jetro da
Silva, Victor Mendoza, Bryan Baker, Jerome Kyles, Thaddeus Hogarth and Walfredo Reyes Sr.,as well as his own quartet, and the Boston based alternative rock group, A'tris. Dave online: www.davelewismusic.com

Cellist Peter Jacobson is a performer with eclectic influences ranging from his western classical training, Indian music, to reggae, hip hop and other popular music styles. He has toured across the US, Mexico, Japan and Southeast Asia in a variety of settings from rock to classical. He performs regularly with chamber music ensembles and orchestras and has also studied the classical music of India for the past 8 years. He performs regularly with Southwest Chamber Music, Arohi Ensemble, DAKAH Hip Hop Orchestra and the Los Angeles String Collective. He is blessed and inspired to have recorded and performed with some of the finest hip hop producers, rock bands and jazz players. At USC he studied cello with the late, great Eleonore Schoenfeld and at Cal Arts with Indian master Rajeev Taranath.

A disciple of world-renowned Tabla master Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, Javad's comprehensive approach to the instrument reflects his training at the hands of one of the finest Tabla artists alive today. In addition to his impressive technique, Javad's overall musicality, expressed equally in solo performance and accompaniment, leaves a lasting impression on listeners and has made him an in-demand young artist.

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