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Rez Abbasi's Invocation (Complete)
NEW YORK, December 16, 2016 — Invocation is Pakistani-born American jazz guitarist Rez Abbasi’s sextet featuring pianist Vijay Iyer and saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa. In this performance, the group unveils a new project that explores Carnatic classical music from Southern India through the idiom of jazz. This is the final installment in a triptych made by Abbasi that puts a jazz lens on the musical traditions of South Asia; Invocation previously explored Hindustani music and qawwali in a pair of critically acclaimed recordings. (1 hr., 28 mins.)
Download program notes from the performance.