conscious artistic management of creative identities
arun ghosh
Conceived in Calcutta, bred in Bolton, matured in Manchester and now living in London, Arun's musical vocabulary and vision reflects his rich geographical heritage. Using the spirit and language of jazz, with the sounds and styles of hip-hop, Indian classical and folk, western classical, rock, pop and avant-garde, Arun's music is full of lyrical melodies and searching harmonies, down to earth directness and psychedelic ambient introspection.
His Indo-Jazz sextet play original music of South Asian origin with a
contemporary jazz attitude, rocking urban beats and the passion of punk.
Sweet and timeless melodies give birth to soaring improvisations and raag
explorations, driven by a heady mix of dub-reggae bass, tabla trickery and
ferocious drum explosions.
The stellar line up consists of:
Arun Ghosh - clarinet
Idris Rahman (Soothsayers, Zoe Rahman) - tenor saxophone
Dr Das (AsianDubFoundation) - bass
Aref Durvesh (Nitin Sawnhey, Susheela Rahman) - tabla and dholak
Kishon Khan (Dele Sosime) - piano
Myke Wilson (Texas, Swing Out Sister) - drums
The band rocked the Southbank at their debut gig at the London Jazz Festival
in November 2007 - you can view footage of the gig on
http://www.youtube.com/camocivision
In addition to leading his own groups, Arun plays clarinet in the
Balkan/Gypsy Beats band, Forty Thieves Orkestar.
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