Word: tabla
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...David Horn: I don't have much musical training. I just learnt the guitar a little bit and I studied the recorder in school. And then I studied the sitar and tabla, and I taught myself Tuvan throat singing, supposedly...
There are signs, though, that the occasion may be collapsing, or at least sagging, under the weight of its own hyperbole. Many of New York City's trendiest eateries have decided to opt out entirely. Gramercy Tavern, Balthazar, Vong and Tabla, for instance, will all close for NYE-Y2K. And according to a poll conducted by National Family Opinion Research, a majority of Americans are planning to spend this New Year's Eve with their family at home...
...broaden the Latin jazz palette beyond Cuba to embrace the entire hemisphere. And why stop there? In one cut, the 32-year-old pianist works in motifs from his native Panama as well as Brazil, Cuba, the Middle East (via Spain) and, thanks to the contributions of a tabla player, India. Perez sees a pendulum effect at work: after a period of retrenchment, jazz, as it often has been in the past, is in a more acquisitive mood. "It's like religion," Perez says. "We are all looking for the oneness in music. To me that's the force that...
...name. Among the singers, Devi SenGupta '98 gave a beautiful and captivating performance; accompanying herself instrumentally, she sang a ghazal and a nazrul geeti, traditional songs (in Urdu and Bengali respectively) about unrequited love, backed by Vivek Jain '96 on guitar and Peter Johnson playing a set of lively tabla drums. Bina Gogineni '98, an eloquent and multi-faceted performer, not only sang a meera bhajan--a Hindu devotional song--but later danced a beautiful individual solo in the ancient kathak style. And Mattar Bhattacharya '98, co-president of SAA, gave a splendid recital in traditional Hindustani style...
Traditional Indian musical instruments, including the harmonium and the tabla, were accompanied by Western keyboards and violins. Fried samosas were sold next to cans of Diet Coke at intermission. And the show itself, which began with classical South Indian dance, ended with a techno take on a Punjabi folk dance...