TRILOK GURTU
TRILOK GURTU BAND
Currently touring to great critical acclaim, Trilok's live band will be producing a new CD later in the year. The line-up features Trilok Gurtu on percussion and vocals, Carlo Cantini on violin, melodica and keyboards, Phil Drummy on sax, flute, santoor and didgeridoo, Roland Cabezas on guitar and Stefano Dall´Ora on bass.
FERDINAND FÖRSCH CREATES NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FOR TRILOK
The instrument, designed by Ferdinand Försch is called the Trilok Gurtu Basic I. It was used extensively on the soundtrack of the Australian movie "Lucky Miles" and Trilok will also be featuring it on his new CD.
"TWENTY YEARS OF TALKING TABLA" - 2CD Set released 13th August on Union Square Music
Twenty Years of Talking Tabla is a 20-year journey through Trilok Gurtu’s career. Rita Ray of BBC Radio described him as “a serial collaborator” – this carefully chosen compilation shows exactly that side of him. As a world class virtuoso, now in his mid fifties, Trilok has attracted a world class set of collaborators; these started with John McLaughlin in whose trio Trilok flourished as the featured soloist for 4 years, other jazz greats continued this path – Joe Zawinul, Jan Garbarek, Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders were all attracted to Trilok’s burning sense of rhythm. Of course he is deeply rooted in the Indian tradition, so it is no surprise to see that collaborations also took place with the glitterati of Indian musical society – his mother, Shobha Gurtu, Zakir Hussain, L. Shankar, Shankar Mahadevan and Sultan Khan. World music has become an established genre in which Trilok has further “ploughed his own furrow” to great effect, collaborating with Salif Keita, Oumou Sangare, Angelique Kidjo, Neneh Cherry, Tuvan throat singers Huun Huur Tu, the Malian musicians from the Frikywa family and the Italian, Arke String Quartet.
Trilok is obviously obsessed with colours, tones and rhythms while never neglecting melody, and as such, he is a musician who brings passion, vision and craft to his compositions and performances that make them immediately accessible. » more info
Trilok Gurtu is a master of Indian music, tabla, percussion, and Western drumming -- who plays a unique hybrid East-West drum set up.
He is also a visionary composer whose musical adventurousness has led him to creative fusions of Indian music with jazz, rock, classical, and ethnic music from all over the world. Well known in the jazz community through his collaborations with Don Cherry, John McLaughlin, Joe Zawinul, and Pat Metheny, Gurtu first became known to US audiences as a member of the world/jazz fusion band Oregon.
Trilok has recorded many albums and received numerous prestigious nominations and awards including:
» Best Artist - Asia/Pacific Nominee, BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards 2002, 2003, 2004
» Carlton Television's Multicultural Music Award 2001
» Best Percussionist in DownBeat's Critics Poll 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000 & 2001
» Best Percussionist in Drum Magazine Readers Poll 1999
