CD RELEASE PARTY @ Atmananda Centerpoint Yoga Studios - Srinivas Reddy and Sameer Gupta
11.23.08 | 7pm
New York City, NY, USA
Srinivas Reddy & Sameer Gupta
Hemant & Jog CD Release Party
Sunday 11.23
New York City, New York

Come and enjoy an exciting live concert in celebration of Srinivas Reddy and Sameer Gupta's debut CD Hemant & Jog. The evening will feature Indian classical music by Srinivas Reddy (sitar) and Sameer Gupta (tabla) along with the groundbreaking Latin-Indian fusion of The Tollywood Allstars. Chai, Biscuit, Snacks and Drinks provided!

Srinivas Reddy (www.srinivasreddy.org) Srinivas Reddy is an Indian-American sitarist, guitarist and composer. In 1998 he came under the tutelage of Sri Partha Chatterjee, a direct disciple of the late sitar maestro Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Since then Srinivas has rigorously trained with his teacher in the traditional guru-shishya style. Srinivas is a professional concert sitarist and has given numerous recitals in the US and India. He is also an experienced teacher and educator, he holds a BA from Brown University, an MA from UC Berkeley, and is currently teaching at UMass Dartmouth.

Sameer Gupta (www.sameergupta.com) 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 in 1985. Since then Sameer has performed on jazz drumset at Lincoln Center, tabla at Asagiri Jam in Japan and various Jazz and World music festivals across the nation and abroad. Sameer began his study of North Indian classical tabla in 2002 and is currently studying with tabla master Pandit Anindo Chatterjee.

The Tollywood Allstars (www.tollywoodallstars.com) Formed in “Tollywood”, the film district in Kolkata, India, The Tollywood Allstars are a groundbreaking Latin-Indian fusion band. The Tollywood Allstars are a collective of musicians with sound backgrounds from around the world fused together into an unique acoustic sound. Influenced by Indian Classical, South American and Cuban music, The Tollywood Allstars have a distinctly original flavor, authentically combining moods, subtleties and rhythms.
Camila Celin Spanish and electric guitar | Eric Fraser Indian Bansuri flutes, beatboxing | Ehren Hanson Tabla, Cajon, percussion |
Rich Stein Percussion | Greg Richardson Bass

Lilypad w/ Srinivas Reddy - CD Release Party
12.05.08 | 7:30pm
Cambridge, MA, USA
Srinivas Reddy - Sitar, Sameer Gupta - Tabla.

Berklee College of Music w/ Srinivas Reddy
12.05.08 | 2pm
Boston, MA, USA
Srinivas Reddy - Sitar, Sameer Gupta - tabla

Barrington Public Library w/ Srinivas Reddy
12.10.08 | 7:30pm
Barrington, RI, USA
Srinivas Reddy - Sitar, Sameer Gupta - Tabla

Brown University w/ Srinivas Reddy
12.11.08 | 8pm
Providence, RI, USA
An Evening of Classical Indian Music

On Thursday December 11, 2008, at 8pm, in Smith-Buonano 106

Gallery X w/ Srinivas Reddy
12.12.08 | 7:30pm
New Bedford, MA, USA
Srinivas Reddy - Sitar, Sameer Gupta - Tabla

Sarva Dev Mandir w/ Srinivas Reddy
12.13.08 | 7pm
Oxford, MA, USA
Srinivas Reddy - Sitar, Sameer Gupta - Tabla

UMass Dartmouth w/ Srinivas Reddy
12.14.08 | 4pm
Dartmouth, MA, USA
Srinivas Reddy - Sitar, Sameer Gupta - Tabla

The Stone w/ Srinivas Reddy
12.25.08 | 8pm
New York City, NY, USA
Srinivas Reddy and Sameer Gupta

Smoke Jazz Club w/ Marc Cary
01.02.09 to 01.03.09

8pm, 9:30pm, 11pm
New York City, NY, USA
Marc Cary's Focus Trio

Music and Practice w/ Guruji in India
01.13.09 to 03.01.09

24 hours a day
Kolkata, India
I will be in India for what is hoping to be yearly trip to India.

Rose Brooklyn w/ Neel Murgai Ensemble
11.13.08 | 9 pm
New York, NY, USA
Neel Murgai Ensemble w/ Mat Maneri
indo-chamber jazz combines Neel’s sitar with the downtown stylings of viola player Mat Maneri,
Cost: No cover
myspace.com/neelmurgai After being a side man in such groups as Mission: on Mars and Dhafuzion for years, Neel Murgai is now presenting his own unique vision. This ensemble combines Neel’s sitar with the downtown stylings of viola player Mat Maneri, along with Sameer Gupta on tabla and Greg Heffernan on cello. This indo-chamber jazz group performs a new kind of music that combines Indian melody and rhythm, with experimental compositional techniques, orchestral textures and free improvisation. Their sound ranges from droning minimalism as Neel uses his overtone singing techniques, to intricate arrangements, mathematical rhythmic structures and ecstatic flights of fancy. Imagine Ravi Shankar meeting Bartok while listening to John Coltrane.

Cayuga Vault w/ ABR
11.08.08 | 8pm
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
details tba

Red Poppy w/ The Supplicants
11.07.08 | 8pm
San Francisco, CA, USA
David Boyce, Sax
David Ewell, Bass
Sameer Gupta, Drums

Sangati Center w/ Matt Rahaim
11.06.08 | 7pm - Vocal, 8pm - Tabla
San Francisco, CA, USA
Matt Rahaim - Vocal
Sameer Gupta - Tabla

Sangati Center w/ Tablacentric
11.02.08 | 4pm
San Francisco, CA, USA
TABLACENTRIC
Sunday November 2nd
tabla solos and duets with three of the bay area's next-generation tabla talents
4:00pm
$10 - $20 (sliding scale)

Robin Sukhadia - tabla
Jason Ranjit Parmar - tabla
Sameer Gupta - tabla

DeYoung Museum w/ Kosmic Renaissance
10.31.08 | 8pm
San Francisco, CA, USA
Shing02 - Faderboard, ARP, efx
David Boyce - Sax, Microkorg, efx
Sameer Gupta - Drumset, Tabla