A world class, virtuoso percussionist, now in his mid fifties, Trilok has attracted a world class set of collaborators over a long career; these started with John McLaughlin in whose trio, Trilok ...

Well, it's been a good couple weeks since the last Rediscovery, leaving the pile of potential choices even higher than usual. So what better way to resume operations than to revisit an album that ...

There is a popular theory of mathematical probability, that if you put a typewriter in front of a monkey, it will, through a process of trial and error, eventually produce a play of William ...

After decades of wind-chilled ­Nordic meditation, saxophonist Jan ­Garbarek has started rocking out, as if ­discovering what he might have missed as a ­Coltrane-obsessed teenager. The ­Norwegian ...

There's a certain logic underlying the union of percussionist/composer Trilok Gurtu and the NDR Big-band, as both have proved themselves open to musical exploration over the years. Gurtu, in ...

No musician has done more than Trilok Gurtu to blend the subtleties of Eastern and Western music to create something original, dynamic and compelling. no musician has done more than trilok gurtu to ...

The many musics of India and Africa are complex, vibrant and life-affirming. The two regions’ musical styles are somewhat intertwined due to centuries of trade and travel, and Trilok Gurtu has created ...

It's easy to read "The Way to Banganga", from percussionist Trilok Gurtu's new Broken Rhythms CD, as a literal travelogue. The path, so to speak, rises out of morning mists, here represented by ...

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Out of the whole of Gurtu's recorded catalog, his two CMP albums with his Crazy Saints configuration—featuring guitarist David Gilmore, bassist Chris Minh Doky and here, pianist Daniel Goyone—stand ...

Percussionist Trilok Gurtu belongs to that elevated group of musicians who, along their careers, have not only acquired a uniqueness of sound, but have also contributed to the widening of the notion ...

Trilok Gurtu has had the trumpet on his mind a lot lately. The Mumbai-born percussionist, who has become famous for increasing gongs and shakers' sonic possibilities by dropping them in a bucket of ...