Re-Orient

Jazz Orient, (or Re-Orient, as they are known on their ARC label albums) are one of the most amazing bands on Earth. A unique blend of 3 distinctive artists from different musical backgrounds dedicated to working together to make wonderful new music.   There is no dogma, just a meeting and celebration of each others music and a desire to create something greate than the sum of it's parts.They regularly tour the country and work with guest musicians expanding the sound. They have recorded 7 internationally released CDs together... Jazz Orient / Re-Orient are... Baluji Shrivastav Multi-instrumentalist uniquely recording classical CDs on sitar, surbhahar, and dilruba. Performed all over the world and worked with many famous western artists - Massive Attack, Soul II Soul, and Annie Lennox to name a few.   Linda Shanovitch A unique vocal artist, combining her interest in jazz, opera and studies in Indian Classical music and dance and years spent living in Mexico to make a unique musical palette from which she draws amazing performances.   Chris Conway A multi-instrumental wizard, active in the jazz, world music, new age and folk worlds. He has many years experience in Indian fusion music having worked with Dr L Subramanium, Ramesh Mishra, Gavin Bryars, and others. Special guests have included Talvin Singh - tabla Sakari Kukko - saxophone, piano Ustad Faiyaz Khan - tabla Andrew Platt - bass Michael Parker - drums, tabla Gerry Hunt - saxophone, guitar, flute, violin Clive Bell - bansuri Partho Mukherjee - tabla Guy Barker - trumpet Andy Sheppard - saxophone Hossam Ramzy - percussion Eric Junkes - saxophone Yousuf Ali Khan - tabla