Teed Rockwell, touchstyle veena; Jesse Sheehan, saxophone; Andy
Graham, didgeridoo & drums Australian Bebop Ragas (also known as ABR)
features original compositions and improvisations based on Hindustani
Ragas. The combination of Indian scales and rhythms with unique
Western-influenced instruments creates a sound which is both
accessible and global. Teed Rockwell learned these Ragas from over a
hundred classes with Ali Akbar Khan, and from dozens of classes with
Sitar Maestros Shahid Parvez and Habib Khan. Teed is the only person
in the world to play in this musical tradition on the Touchstyle
Veena, a unique customized instrument which has a guitar-like
fretboard played by tapping the strings simultaneously with both
hands. For more info on Teed please visit his website. Jesse Sheehan
is one of the very few saxophonists trained in the Hindustani musical
tradition. He understands that keeping the rules of the raga gives a
special kind of freedom that is as powerful, but importantly different
from, the freedom of jazz improvisation. He studied tabla in India for
years with living legend Pandit Nayan Ghosh, and also performed with
many of India’s finest musicians. For more information on Jesse
please visit his website. Andy Graham plays (Australian) didgeridoo
and (Bebop) drums simultaneously, using a unique rack mounted system
that he designed and built himself. He played with Teed in the popular
Sonoma county band DyaTribal, and is widely known as the inventor of
many unique musical instruments. He is especially known for the
slaperoo, which is played by musicians as diverse as Stevie Wonder and
Indian Percussionist Shivamani. For more information on Andy please
visit his website.
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