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"...he's an open-minded musician who embraces jazz, Indian classical music, abstract improvisation and Asian pop, a dazzling percussion virtuoso, an accessible entertainer."

Latest Release - “Spellbound”

…every single sound on the CD is an expression of Trilok Gurtu’s great admiration for the man and musician Don Cherry. After all, it was the American trumpeter who, in the first half of the 1970s, encouraged the young percussionist, freshly arrived in Europe, i.e. Italy, from his homeland of India, to pursue his vision of an intuitive music which is open to the world and embraces the world, and to realise this vision.

And even more. With every track on “Spellbound” Trilok Gurtu has turned to the instrument that Cherry himself played: the trumpet. This brass instrument is practically a symbol for Gurtu’s own musical vision.

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Trilok Gurtu back in the UK!

Trilok Gurtu is back in the UK with a string of shows in the north of the country appearing in a trio setting with renowned Italian Trumpeter Paolo Fresu and Cuban Pianist Omar Sosa. The dates and venues are…

2013

28 April The Sage Gateshead » more details

29 April Concert Hall Perth » more details

30 April Old Fruitmarket Glasgow » more details

1 May Music Hall Aberdeen » more details

2 May Eden Court Inverness » more details

3 May Queens Hall Edinburgh » more details

4 May Carnegie Hall Dunfermline » more details

Trilok records with Adriano Celentano

27 Sept 2011 - Trilok has recorded a track with Adriano Celentano for Adriano's new album which is due for release this winter.

Adriano Celentano is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, film director and TV host, who has released forty albums.