Pandit Ravi Shankar had already departed from from his Hotel after a successful Berliner Museumsinsel concert, when Tanmoy Bose one of Ravi Shankar’s tabla players decided to stay and check out the local Berliner Club-scene.
Destiny took it’s course and Tanmoy Bose met and jammed with four exceptional musicians whom are all deeply rooted in Berlin’s Jazz-scene.
Five months later, the four Berliners were invited to India to play a five-week tour with Tanmoys Taal Tantra. Taal Tantra is a very ambitious project which uniquely combines Classical/ Traditional Indian music with European Jazz.
Due to the success of this project, two greatly received follow-up tours in India and a couple of gigs in Europe have taken place and in the meantime a very close friendship between the tabla virtuoso and the Berliners has evolved. Exceptional Indian guest soloist such as The Violin Brothers from Calcutta, Debashish Bhattacharya (Shakti) or famous West-Bengalian Baul Singer Basu Dev are often part of the Taal Tantra experience.
The CD “Taal Tantra” can be found by Times Music India and a second CD „the sixth sense“ which has already been recorded is due to be released soon.
The Musicians: Tanmoy Bose, Andreas Weiser, Kai Bruckner, Max Hughes, Tilmann Dehnhardt
http://www.myspace.com/taaltantra
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