Badal Roy
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Badal Roy (born Amarendra Roy Chowdhury in Comilla
, eastern Bengal
, India
, 1945) is a tabla
player, percussionist, and recording artist known for his work in jazz
, world music
, and experimental music.
family in a predominantly Muslim
eastern Bengal region of India (which later became East Pakistan
, then Bangladesh). He speaks the Bengali
, English
, Hindi
, and Urdu
languages. His father was a government official who served in the distinguished position of Joint Secretary. His nickname, Badal (meaning "rain," "cloud," or "thunder" in the Bengali language), was given to him by his grandfather after he began crying in the rain as a baby.
An early inspiration for Roy was American popular music, and he particularly enjoyed the music of artists such as Elvis Presley
, Pat Boone
, and Nat King Cole
. His first exposure to jazz came when he saw a concert by Duke Ellington
and his 60-member orchestra at the Metropole Hotel in Karachi
, West Pakistan
in 1959; he and his brother were the only Pakistanis in attendance (the rest of the audience was white).
Roy received a master's degree in statistics
. He came to New York City
in 1968 to work on a Ph.D. With only eight dollars in his pocket, he began working as a busboy and waiter in various Indian restaurants, including Taste of India and Raga. He later settled in East Brunswick Township
, New Jersey
.
at a Manhattan restaurant called Raga, eventually attracting the attention of Miles Davis
. Davis invited Roy to join his group, and he recorded on Davis's albums On the Corner
(1972), Big Fun (1969–72; released 1974), and Get Up with It
(1970–74). Roy subsequently performed and recorded with many leading jazz musicians, including Davis, Dave Liebman
, Pharoah Sanders
, John McLaughlin
, Herbie Hancock
, Herbie Mann
, Pat Metheny
, Lester Bowie
, Airto Moreira
, Charlie Haden
, Purna Das Baul, Yoko Ono
, and Ornette Coleman
(playing in Coleman's electric band Prime Time). In the 1990s Roy began performing with the Brazilian guitar duo Duofel
. He has also collaborated with Ken Wessel and Stomu Takeishi
in a fusion trio named Alankar. They currently have one album entitled Daybreak.
Roy has appeared and offered workshops at RhythmFest, the Starwood Festival
, and at the SpiritDrum Festival, a special tribute to the late Babatunde Olatunji
(co-sponsored by ACE and Musart) with Muruga Booker
, Jim Donovan
of Rusted Root
, Halim El-Dabh
, Richie "Shakin'" Nagan, Jeff Rosenbaum and Sikiru Adepoju
, among others. He often plays with Muruga Booker
in the Global Village Ceremonial Band, and with Michael Wolff
& Impure Thoughts. In 2004, Roy worked with Richie Havens
on the album The Grace of the Sun. In the first half of 2006, Roy traveled to Japan
in order to appear in a tribute for David Baker, his recently deceased recording engineer and friend.
In addition to tabla, Roy also plays a variety of percussion instruments including shakers, bells, rain stick, and flexatone
. His notable students include Geoffrey Gordon.
In 2008 the album Miles From India, a tribute to Miles Davis on which Roy appeared, received a Grammy nomination.
system of Indian rhythm. He often plays a set of up to eight tabla (tuned to different pitches) and two baya at a time, which he plays melodically as well as rhythmically.
With Ornette Coleman
With Miles Davis
With Bill Laswell
With John McLaughlin
With Yoko Ono
With Mike Richmond
With Pharoah Sanders
With Lonnie Liston Smith
With Steve Turre
With Michael Wolff
Comilla District
The district of Comilla consists 4543 mosques, 379 temples, 98 churches, 34 Buddhist temples and six tombs.-Places of interest:Important landmarks include Kotbari, a cantonment, or military installation and Kandirpar, considered the heart of the Comilla district...
, eastern Bengal
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, 1945) is a tabla
Tabla
The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...
player, percussionist, and recording artist known for his work in jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, world music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
, and experimental music.
Biography
Roy was born into a HinduHindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
family in a predominantly Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
eastern Bengal region of India (which later became East Pakistan
East Pakistan
East Pakistan was a provincial state of Pakistan established in 14 August 1947. The provincial state existed until its declaration of independence on 26 March 1971 as the independent nation of Bangladesh. Pakistan recognized the new nation on 16 December 1971. East Pakistan was created from Bengal...
, then Bangladesh). He speaks the Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
, and Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
languages. His father was a government official who served in the distinguished position of Joint Secretary. His nickname, Badal (meaning "rain," "cloud," or "thunder" in the Bengali language), was given to him by his grandfather after he began crying in the rain as a baby.
An early inspiration for Roy was American popular music, and he particularly enjoyed the music of artists such as Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
, Pat Boone
Pat Boone
Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone is an American singer, actor and writer who has been a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He covered black artists' songs and sold more copies than his black counterparts...
, and Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
. His first exposure to jazz came when he saw a concert by Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
and his 60-member orchestra at the Metropole Hotel in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, West Pakistan
West Pakistan
West Pakistan , common name West-Pakistan , in the period between its establishment on 22 November 1955 to disintegration on December 16, 1971. This period, during which, Pakistan was divided, ended when East-Pakistan was disintegrated and succeeded to become which is now what is known as Bangladesh...
in 1959; he and his brother were the only Pakistanis in attendance (the rest of the audience was white).
Roy received a master's degree in statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
. He came to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
in 1968 to work on a Ph.D. With only eight dollars in his pocket, he began working as a busboy and waiter in various Indian restaurants, including Taste of India and Raga. He later settled in East Brunswick Township
East Brunswick Township, New Jersey
The town is located southwest of New York City and 48 miles northeast of Philadelphia.Lawrence Brook, a tributary of the Raritan River, runs along the western border of the township...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
.
Musical career
Roy began playing the tabla at age 10 or 11, studying with his uncle. After coming to New York, he began performing with Steve GornSteve Gorn
Steve Gorn is a master bamboo flautist and saxophone player.Gorn has performed Indian classical music, jazz and new American music on the bansuri bamboo flute and soprano saxophone in concerts and festivals throughout the world...
at a Manhattan restaurant called Raga, eventually attracting the attention of Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
. Davis invited Roy to join his group, and he recorded on Davis's albums On the Corner
On the Corner
On the Corner is a studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis, recorded in June and July 1972 and released later that year on Columbia Records. It was scorned by critics at the time of its release and was one of Davis's worst-selling recordings...
(1972), Big Fun (1969–72; released 1974), and Get Up with It
Get Up with It
Get Up with It is an album collecting tracks recorded between 1970 and 1974 by Miles Davis. Released on November 22, 1974 as a double LP, it was Davis' last studio album before five years of retirement from music....
(1970–74). Roy subsequently performed and recorded with many leading jazz musicians, including Davis, Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman is an American saxophonist and flautist. In June 2010, he received a NEA Jazz Masters lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts.-Biography:...
, Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders is a Grammy Award–winning American jazz saxophonist.Saxophonist Ornette Coleman once described him as "probably the best tenor player in the world." Emerging from John Coltrane's groups of the mid-60s Sanders is known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on...
, John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin (musician)
John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...
, Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
, Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann
Herbert Jay Solomon , better known as Herbie Mann, was a Jewish American jazz flutist and important early practitioner of world music...
, Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
, Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Biography:...
, Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Airto is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.-Biography:...
, Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
Charles Edward Haden is an American jazz musician. He is a double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman...
, Purna Das Baul, Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...
, and Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s....
(playing in Coleman's electric band Prime Time). In the 1990s Roy began performing with the Brazilian guitar duo Duofel
Duofel
Duofel is an acoustic guitar duo from Brazil. The duo, consisting of Fernando Melo and Luiz Bueno, was founded in 1977 and has released several recordings. They have collaborated with the tabla player Badal Roy....
. He has also collaborated with Ken Wessel and Stomu Takeishi
Stomu Takeishi
Stomu Takeishi is a Japanese jazz bass player. He generally plays fretless five-string electric bass guitar, as well as a Klein five-string acoustic bass guitar. He often uses looping or other electronic techniques to enhance the sound of his instrument.Takeishi began as a koto player...
in a fusion trio named Alankar. They currently have one album entitled Daybreak.
Roy has appeared and offered workshops at RhythmFest, the Starwood Festival
Starwood Festival
The Starwood Festival is a seven-day Neo-Pagan, New Age, multi-cultural and world music festival presented in mid- to late July. Approximately 1,500 people attend including staff, speakers and entertainers. The Starwood Festival is a camping event which holds workshops on a variety of subjects...
, and at the SpiritDrum Festival, a special tribute to the late Babatunde Olatunji
Babatunde Olatunji
Babatunde Olatunji was a Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist and recording artist.- Biography :Olatunji was born in the village of Ajido, a small town near Badagry, Lagos State, in southwestern Nigeria. A member of the Yoruba people, Olatunji was introduced to traditional African music at...
(co-sponsored by ACE and Musart) with Muruga Booker
Muruga Booker
Muruga Booker is an American drummer, recording artist, and Orthodox priest.- Biography :Booker was born Steven Bookvich in Detroit, Michigan on December 27, 1942 and is of Serbian decent. His father, Melvin Bookvich, was a shoemaker who played accordion. He has a wife, Shakti; a son, Aaron; and a...
, Jim Donovan
Jim Donovan (musician)
Jim Donovan is a professional drummer and percussionist, a recording artist, writer, teacher and lecturer. He is best known as the drummer and one of the founding members of the band Rusted Root. He plays both standard drum kit and African hand drums such as the djembe, ashiko and talking drum...
of Rusted Root
Rusted Root
Rusted Root is a band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania known for their unique fusion of acoustic, rock, world and other styles of music, with a strong percussion section that draws from African, Latin American, Native American, and Indian influences...
, Halim El-Dabh
Halim El-Dabh
Halim Abdul Messieh El-Dabh is an Egyptian-born American composer, performer, ethnomusicologist, and educator, who has had a career spanning six decades...
, Richie "Shakin'" Nagan, Jeff Rosenbaum and Sikiru Adepoju
Sikiru Adepoju
Sikiru Adepoju is a percussionist and recording artist from Nigeria, primarily in the genres of traditional African music and world music. He plays a variety of instruments and styles.- Background :...
, among others. He often plays with Muruga Booker
Muruga Booker
Muruga Booker is an American drummer, recording artist, and Orthodox priest.- Biography :Booker was born Steven Bookvich in Detroit, Michigan on December 27, 1942 and is of Serbian decent. His father, Melvin Bookvich, was a shoemaker who played accordion. He has a wife, Shakti; a son, Aaron; and a...
in the Global Village Ceremonial Band, and with Michael Wolff
Michael Wolff
Michael Blieden Wolff is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, actor, and jazz educator. He was the bandleader and musical director of The Arsenio Hall Show...
& Impure Thoughts. In 2004, Roy worked with Richie Havens
Richie Havens
Richard P. "Richie" Havens is an African American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense, rhythmic guitar style , soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.-Career:Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children...
on the album The Grace of the Sun. In the first half of 2006, Roy traveled to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
in order to appear in a tribute for David Baker, his recently deceased recording engineer and friend.
In addition to tabla, Roy also plays a variety of percussion instruments including shakers, bells, rain stick, and flexatone
Flexatone
The flexatone is a modern percussion instrument consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle. -History, construction and technique:...
. His notable students include Geoffrey Gordon.
In 2008 the album Miles From India, a tribute to Miles Davis on which Roy appeared, received a Grammy nomination.
Musical style
Unlike many tabla players, Roy does not come from a family of professional musicians and is essentially self-taught, although he studied with his late maternal uncle Dwijendra Chandra Chakraborty as a child, and also studied briefly with Alla Rakha. Consequently, his playing is freer than that of many other tabla players, who adhere more strictly to the talaTala (music)
Tāla, Taal or Tal is the term used in Indian classical music for the rhythmic pattern of any composition and for the entire subject of rhythm, roughly corresponding to metre in Western music, though closer conceptual equivalents are to be found in other Asian classical systems such as the notion...
system of Indian rhythm. He often plays a set of up to eight tabla (tuned to different pitches) and two baya at a time, which he plays melodically as well as rhythmically.
As leader
- 1997 - One in the Pocket (Nomad Records)
- 1998 - Daybreak - Alankar
- 2002 - Kolkata Rose (with Geoff Warren)
- 2002 - Raga Roni (with Perry RobinsonPerry RobinsonPerry Morris Robinson is an American jazz clarinetist and composer. He is the son of the noted composer Earl Robinson. -Biography:...
& Ed SchullerEd SchullerEdwin G. Schuller is an American jazz bassist and composer.Schuller was born in New York City; his father is Gunther Schuller and his younger brother is drummer George Schuller. Schuller learned clarinet and guitar as a child and switched to bass at age 15; that same year he had his first...
) Geeta
With Ornette ColemanOrnette ColemanOrnette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s....
- 1995 - Tone DialingTone Dialing (album)Tone Dialing is an album by the American jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman recorded in 1995 and released on the Harmelodic/Verve label.-Reception:...
(Harmelodic/Verve)
With Miles DavisMiles DavisMiles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
- 1974 - Big Fun (2xLP) Columbia Records, 2xCD Columbia (reissued 2000)
- 1974 - Get Up With It (2xLP) Columbia Records 1974 (2xCD Coline 1991, 2000)
- 1988 - Miles Davis: The Columbia Years 1955 - 1985 (Box set, also 4xCD) Columbia
- 1993 - On The Corner (CD, Album) Columbia Records, (Legacy reissued 2000)
- 1997 - Miles Davis In Concert: Live At Philharmonic Hall, Legacy
- 1998 - Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974
With Bill LaswellBill LaswellBill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
- 1998 - Sacred System: Nagual Site (CD) BMG
- 2000 - Lo. Def Pressure (LP & CD) Sub Rosa
With David Liebman
- 1974 - Lookout Farm (LP) ECM Records
- 1975 - Passing Dreams (reissued 1998, 2002)
- 1975 - Drum Ode (LP) ECM Records
- 1975 - Sweet Hands
- 1975 - Ashirbad (reissued 2002)
- 1976 - Father Time
With John McLaughlinJohn McLaughlin (musician)John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...
- 1999 - My Goals Beyond Knit Classics (Ryko)
With Yoko OnoYoko Onois a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...
- 1982 - It's Alright (I See Rainbows)
- 1992 - Onobox
- 1992 - Walking on Thin Ice
With Mike RichmondMike Richmond (musician)Mike Richmond is an American jazz bassist.Richmond played guitar as a youth but picked up bass during high school. He attended Temple University and taught and played locally in the late 1960s...
- 1988 - Basic Tendencies (with Glen VelezGlen VelezGlen Velez is an American percussionist, vocalist, and composer, specializing in frame drums from around the world. He is largely responsible for the increasing popularity of frame drums in the United States and around the world....
) Music of the World - 1994 - Asian Journal (with Nana VasconcelosNaná VasconcelosNaná Vasconcelos is a Brazilian Latin jazz percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, most notable for his works with Pat Metheny, Don Cherry, Egberto Gismonti, and Gato Barbieri....
& Steve GornSteve GornSteve Gorn is a master bamboo flautist and saxophone player.Gorn has performed Indian classical music, jazz and new American music on the bansuri bamboo flute and soprano saxophone in concerts and festivals throughout the world...
)
With Pharoah SandersPharoah SandersPharoah Sanders is a Grammy Award–winning American jazz saxophonist.Saxophonist Ornette Coleman once described him as "probably the best tenor player in the world." Emerging from John Coltrane's groups of the mid-60s Sanders is known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on...
- 1972 - Wisdom Through Music (Impulse! Records)
- 1974 - Love In Us All (CD) Universal Music (Japan)
With Lonnie Liston SmithLonnie Liston SmithLonnie Liston Smith, Jr. is an American jazz, soul, and funk musician who played with important free jazz artists such as Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis before forming Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes, recording a number of albums widely regarded as classics in the fusion / Quiet Storm /...
- 1973 - Golden Dreams
- 1973 - Astral Traveling - (LP) Flying Dutchman (reissued Bluebird Jazz 2002)
With Steve TurreSteve TurreSteve Turre is a trombonist, recording artist, arranger, and educator. In 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2006 he won the Down Beat Reader's Poll for best trombonist....
- 1992 - Sanctified Shells
- 2000 - In the Valley of Sacred Sound - Harold E. Smith
With Michael WolffMichael WolffMichael Blieden Wolff is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, actor, and jazz educator. He was the bandleader and musical director of The Arsenio Hall Show...
& Impure Thoughts
- 2000 - Impure Thoughts Indianola Music
- 2001 - Intoxicate Indianola Music
- 2004 - Dangerous Vision Artemis Records
- 2006 - Love & Destruction Rong Records
With other artists
- 1967 - Virgo Vibes - Roy AyersRoy AyersRoy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...
Atlantic (reissued 2002) - 1979 - Earthquake Island - Jon HassellJon HassellJon Hassell is an American trumpet player and composer. He is known for his influence in the world music scene and his unusual electronic manipulation of the trumpet sound.-Life and career:...
(Tomato Music) - 1984 - Mood Swing - The NailsThe NailsThe Nails were a six piece New Wave band that formed in Boulder, Colorado, during the mid 1970s. In Colorado, they were originally named The Ravers, and their roadie, Eric Boucher, later became known as Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys.-History:...
(LP) RCA - 1989 - Dancing With The Lion - Andreas VollenweiderAndreas VollenweiderAndreas Vollenweider is a Swiss musician. His music has been categorized as World Music, Jazz, New Age and even Classical; two of his albums were number 1 on the Billboard charts simultaneously in the categories Classical, Jazz, Pop and Crossover for more than 11 weeks. His music could be...
(CD) CBS (reissued with bonus tracks 2005) - 1993 - Angel Rodeo - Lisa Sokolov Laughing Horse Records
- 1993 - Prophecy: The Whale & the Elephant Trade Notes on the State of the World - Zusaan Kali Fasteau (Flying Note)
- 1994 - Espelho das Águas - DuofelDuofelDuofel is an acoustic guitar duo from Brazil. The duo, consisting of Fernando Melo and Luiz Bueno, was founded in 1977 and has released several recordings. They have collaborated with the tabla player Badal Roy....
(CD)(Velas) - 1997 - Rising Sun - D. K. Dyson (Ocean Records)
- 1998 - Wake Up And Dream - Ekstasis (CD) CyberOctave
- 2000 - Musica (with Luiz BuenoLuiz BuenoLuiz Pereira Bueno was a race car driver from Brazil. He participated in one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix, on 11 February 1973. He scored no championship points. He also participated in several non-Championship Formula One races.Bueno died of cancer, aged 74.-Complete World...
) MCD World Music - 2001 - Export Quality - Dum Dum Project (2xLP) X-Squared Records
- 2001 - Daughters of the Sun - Nana Simopoulos (Na. Records)
- 2001 - Branching Out - William Cepeda (Blue Jackel)
- 2001 - The Sea To The North - Garth HudsonGarth HudsonEric Garth Hudson is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist. As the organist, keyboardist and saxophonist for Canadian-American rock group The Band, he was a principal architect of the group's unique sound...
Woodstock Records - 2002 - Of Unicorns and Jasmine ...A Lover's Tale - Simirillion (with Cecil Wilson) Canned Air Records
- 2002 - Sacred Spaces - Lee Boice
- 2003 - Rebirth - Children On The Corner (Sonance Records)
- 2003 - Heavy Skies - Roman Kunsman (Downtown Jazz)
- 2005 - Free Funk (with Muruga BookerMuruga BookerMuruga Booker is an American drummer, recording artist, and Orthodox priest.- Biography :Booker was born Steven Bookvich in Detroit, Michigan on December 27, 1942 and is of Serbian decent. His father, Melvin Bookvich, was a shoemaker who played accordion. He has a wife, Shakti; a son, Aaron; and a...
& members of the Global Village Ceremonial Band, Perry RobinsonPerry RobinsonPerry Morris Robinson is an American jazz clarinetist and composer. He is the son of the noted composer Earl Robinson. -Biography:...
& Belita WoodsBelita WoodsBelita Woods is a former lead singer of late 70's R&B group, Brainstorm. Brainstorm had a disco hit in 1977 called "Lovin' Is Really My Game". Their follow-up album, 1978's Journey To The Light featured a more soul-funk sound, anchored by the album tracks "We're On Our Way Home" and "If You Ever...
) Qbico 2005 - 2006 - Vivid (with Barney McallBarney McAllBarney McAll is a jazz pianist and composer.Barney McAll completed a Bachelor of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, studying with pianists Paul Grabowsky, Tony Gould and Mike Nock and with guitarist Doug Devries.He moved to New York City from Australia in 1997 to join...
& Rufus CappadociaRufus CappadociaRufus Cappadocia is a Canadian-American cellist. He is best known for his multiculturally-influenced recordings and performances on a modified cello. He has released albums in collaboration with guitarist David Fiuczynski and singer/songwriter Bethany Yarrow....
) Jazzhead Oz - Songs For Sitar and Tabla (with Arooj Lazewai) Cassette (Music of the World)
- 2007 - Bonfire Dreams - Various Artists, ACE
- 2008 - OrthoFunkOlogy - Free Funk (with Muruga Booker & Perry Robinson) Musart
- 2008 - An die Musik - Nobu Stowe & Alan Munshower with Badal Roy (Soul Note)
- 2008 - Miles From India - Various Artists (4Q/Times Square Records)
External links
- "Badal Roy: Funky Tabla" (Artist Profile from Music of the World site)
- "Tale of A Tabla Nonconformist" by Iris Brooks (November 1997)