Asia Jazz Web Sites

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Filipino Jazz

In America, jazz gets
an Asian flavor

Wikipedia
Jazz Festivals in
Asia and Middle East

Mount Fuji, Jazz Festival, Japan

Kathmandu, Nepal Jazz Festival,
October 12th-20, 2006
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Representative musicians

(Note: since some of the musicians listed below live outside their native country, or are foreign born, the country identification is not always relevant)

Argentina
Sergio Bulgakov

Azerbaidjan
Bakustik Jazz Group, Rauf Sultanov, Emil Ibrahim, Orient Express Group, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh Vagif Mustafa Zadeh

Bali
Wayan Balawan

Hong Kong
Tsang Tak Hong Group, Tommy Ho Quartet

India
Trilok Gurtu, L. Subramaniam,
Zakir Hussain, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Guitar Prasanna, Kalyan Pathak

Korea
Lazy Monday

Indonesia
Farid Ali

Japan
Makoto Nakamura, Makoto Ozone, Tetsuro Kawashima, Yutaka Shiina, Kaoru, Nakasone, Yosuke Yamashita, Masayuki Takayanagi, Steve Hashimoto, Yoko Noge, Soul Food Cafe, Taku Akiyama,ng, Tatsu Aoki, Jen Shyu Trio, Glenn Horiuchi, Tatsu Aoki, Glenn Horiuchi, Miya Masaoka, Gerald Oshita

Lebanon
Rabih Abou-Khalil

Pakistan
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Ustad Bashir Khan

Phillippines
Mon David,

Singapore
Jeremy Monteiro

Turkey
Muvaffak Falay, Kerem Görsev,
Önder Focan, Kaçkar Illusion, Habbecik, Tuna Ötenel, Yildiz, Ibrahimova, Okay Temiz, Erkan Ogur, Ílkin Deniz, Turgut Alp Bekoglu, Balkan Messengers, Kamil Erdem, Tahir Aydogdu, Yahya Dai, Zafer Gerdanli

West Indies(Curaçao)
Izaline Calister

USA
 Anida Yoeu Esguerra, Francis Wong,
Robbie Kwock Melecio Magdaluyo Sextet
Avotcja,Theo Gonzalves, Charlie Bing, Jimmy Biala, Rudy Tenio Jazz Vocal Trio, Flip Nunez. Jon Jang, Fred Ho, Jason Kao Hwang, Anthony Brown, Jiebing Chen, Gene Ess, Fred Ho, Susie Ibarra, Vijay Iyer, Mark Izu, Jon Jang, Liu Qi-Chao, Melecio Magdaluyo, Hafez Modirzadeh, Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bhavani, Curandero

Many jazz musicians in the Western world broadened the pallet of their musical styles integrating Indian or Oriental traditional themes, while Asian musicians experimented with Afro-American jazz rhytms and melodies.
There have beeen well known pioneers of this style of jazz, but everyday new generations enter the scene playing a large variety of ethnic jazz fusions and mixtures.



Ravish Momin (India/USA)
Percussionist and composer

Band leader, composer and percussionist Ravish Momin is a very special musical personality. While standing firmly into his profound native culture he is continously looking to innovate with various forms of music, rhytmic treatments and techniques. Last year his talented Trio recorded "Five Nights", a collection of 5 "tales" or musical explorations. Whether one calls this music fusion or world fusion, the result is quite impressive.
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The Brown Indian Band (India/Goa)
Ethno-jazz fusion

The Brown Indian Band has been formed by bassplayer Colin D'Cruz and features accomplished Indian classical musicians in concert with jazz musicians.The Brown Indian Band uses the best of both forms of improvisation to create a very funky sound of world music.
 
Natraj-Meet Me Anywhere
Dorian Recordings /1994

A jazz-oriented fusion of Indian, African and post-bop.
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Farid Ali-Turning Point
2005

Sensual fusion of traditional Malay dance songs and jazz!
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Kalyan Pathak-Shape of Ragazz to Come
Kalyan Pathak/2000

An acoustic fusion oh high intensity feeling between traditional jazz and ragas performed by 12 experienced musicians. Virtuoso percussionist Kalyan Pathak at his best!
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Erkan Ogur, Ílkin Deniz, Turgut Alp Bekoglu - Telvin(Turkey)
Kalan Müzik/2006

A 2 CD recording of a great harmonic beauty. Master Turkish guitarist Erkan Ogur and his band created a superb melodic poem where the oriental feeling is enhanced by subtle contemporary jazz themes.
 
Wayan Balawan-Magic Fingers
Sony-BMG Music Indonesia/2005

Magic Fingers is truly a showcase of Balinese guitarist Wayan Balawan ability in arranging, composing and his unique blend of musical styles which collaborating between great guitar playing mix with the traditional instruments of Bali.
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Featured Artist
Zakir Hussain


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Zakir Hussain is an acclaimed traditional tabla percussionist in his native India, and also a musical phenomenon in the Western hemisphere. In 1975 he was one of the founding members of supergroup, Shakti.

His versatility, intuition and brilliant power of improvisation, brought him closer to personalities such as: John McLaughlin, Tito Puente, or Billy Cobham, but his work is not limited to jazz.

Over the years he played with Mickey Hart, George Harrison, Van Morrison, Jack Bruce, Yo-Yo Ma, Ravi Shankar, the Hong Kong Symphony and the New Orleans Symphony, he also composed music for ballets and films.

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CD: Selects(2002)


Selected discography:
Making Music/1986
Tabla Duet/1988
Zakir Hussain & The Rhythm Experience/1991
Memorable Tabla Duet /1991
Music of Deserts, Vol.4/1994
Magical Moments of Rhythm/1995
Elements: Space/1996
Sambandh/1998
Essence of Rhythm/1998
Selects/2002
Drums of India/ 2003
In Memory of Alla Rakha: Wizard of Tabla: Live, Vol. 2/2005