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Tomchess Trio
Tomchess- oud, ney Will McEnvoy - contrabass Ravi Padmanabha - tabla, percussion
"Multi-instrumentalist and composer Tomchess is a superfine improviser with total command of his instruments and an extraordinary musician who has traveled the world to study and perform with the best and brightest. He's also an accomplished jazz guitarist, having spent quality time with tenor saxophonists like Dewey Redman and Pharaoh Sanders. Chess formulates a hybrid, world-music/jazz state of affairs morphing North African and East Indian modalities into a forum for jazz-tinted improvisations.” -All About Jazz
Bio:
NYC/Pittsburgh based Multi-instrumentalist/improviser/composer Tomchess has played and recorded with some of the most esteemed players in theimprovisational and Jazz scene (Dewey Redman, Butch Morris, Pharoah Sanders, Drew Gress, Ronald Shannon Jackson), as well as Morrocan SintaristHassan Hakmoun. Having deeply studied the Near Eastern, and North African traditions his syncretic sound encompasses the tonal palette, rhythms, andforms of these traditional musics as well as focusing on the transcendent unity of all human culture while never losing sight of his American roots and theimportance and freedom of improvisation. He has performed in Africa, Canada, Holland, France, Switzerland, Turkey, India and Italy. He has performed atLincoln Center, The David Rubinstein Atrium, The Turkish Embassy, The Pakastani Embassy, the Asian Society, The Natural History Museum, TheMetropolitan Museum, The Himalayan Museum of Art and The United Nations among countless other venues in NYC and the United States. He hasperformed on NPR and PBS. He has played on Grammy Nominated recordings. He has been awarded grants from the Turkish American Society and TheMaryland Council For The Arts. He has been nominated for an Independent Music Award. He is a founding member of The American Sufi Project.
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