Founder of the critically acclaimed SF based Improvisational Ensemble The Supplicants, Sameer Gupta is an original musical voice in jazz, world, and fusion music. He has studied percussion for most of his life, beginning in Tokyo, Japan 1985, and since then has performed on drumset at Jazz at Lincoln Center, tabla at Asagiri Jam in Japan and various Jazz and World music festivals across the nation and abroad playing both tabla and drumset simultaneously. Sameer began his studies of North Indian Classical Tabla in 2002, and has the honor of studying with tabla maestro Pandit Anindo Chatterjee. Sameer has the honor of being associated with many great artists including Marc Cary, Prasant Radhkrishnan, David Ewell, Pt. Chitresh Das, Parijat Desai, Stephen Kent, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Sekou Sundiata and numerous other fine artists.
"Gupta’s tender, undulating piece “Taiwa” reclaims the set’s sense of spirituality, finding strength not so much from volume or rhythmic drive as from somewhere deep within the souls of the artists." - Jazz Observer, Monterey Jazz Festival 2008
"Gupta is also an accomplished tabla player, and uses his knowledge of...cross-rhythms to create astonishingly original percussive." - India Currents 2007
"Sameer Gupta and David Ewell of the Supplicants soar with the fiery grace of A Love Supreme-era Coltrane." - San Francisco Bay Guardian
"...entirely blown away by drummer Sameer Gupta...I honestly doubt there’s a better jazz drummer working today… I cannot conceive of an improvement on the drumming I heard tonight." -acetylene dot net
"Sameer's incomparable skills as a drummer are nicely complimented by
his gifts as a composer." - The Jazzhouse
JAZZWISE AUGUST 2006
Ewell is an excellent bassist and Gupta, simultaneously playing tabla and cymbals on some tracks, is a real find, bringing sharp rhythmic commentary to the leader's strident melodies. - Andy Robson
GUITAR WORLD'S BASS GUITAR SEPTEMBER 2006
Upright bassist David Ewell and drummer Sameer Gupta seem attached at the brain,….- Bill Murphy
"Gupta's kit work, pops in and out of the box on the rhythm, breaking it, double- and triple-timing it with a restrained hand, adding to the dancing, swing feel of the cut." All Music Guide Dec 2007 re: Grachan Moncur III - Inner Cry Blues
"Gupta was particularly impressive, bringing cyclical Indian rhythms to
his kit work which he augmented on occasion with tabla forays…" -Insights, Reviews & Interviews
By Willard Jenkins
"improvising and engaging in sophisticated interplay with bassist David Ewell and drummer-percussionist Sameer Gupta. Highlights include the rippling, Ahmad Jamal-esque "Walk With Me," the gospel-tinged ballad "So Gracefully" and the atmospheric, tablas-accented excursion "A Long Walk Home." Gupta contributes another standout, the brush-stroked meditation "Taiwa." -
2007-01-26
Washington Post
"...Sameer Gupta’s wire brushes suggested a field of silvery light for [Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards] to dance in." - danceviewtimes.com, 10/03/2007 re: Chitresh Das India Jazz Progression 2007
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