The Revelstoke Jazz club kick off another season with an evening of exciting and memorable live music featuring Toronto-based group AVATAAR.
AVATAAR’s music marries classical Indian music, modern jazz, Brazilian lyricism, atmospheric textures and ambiance, Javanese gamelan and contemporary improvisation. The group, who are recipients of the 2016 Toronto Jazz Festival’s Special Projects Initiative, create music that drives and swirls through a vast sonic palette and has drawn comparison to Mahavishnu Orchestra, Charles Lloyd, Keith Jarrett with Jan Garbarek, late Coltrane, and Oregon. The resulting combination is a mesmerizing blend of rhythmic hypnotism, sonic landscapes and soaring melody that marries ancient and modern musical sounds.
AVATAAR’s core personnel includes: Sundar (saxes and flutes), Michael Occhipinti (guitar), Felicity Williams (vocals), Justin Gray (bass and bass veena) , Ravi Naimpally (tablas and percussion), and Max Senitt (drums).
AVATAAR perform at The Jazz Club on Wednesday, Oct. 16. The Jazz Club is located in the Selkirk Room at the Regent Hotel. Doors open at 7p.m., the music runs from 7:30p.m. – 9:30p.m. Admission is by donation.
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