Arun Luthra's Konnakol Jazz Project Featuring the Danny Green Trio at Blue Whale

Arun Luthra has long been one of the premiere saxophonists and composers on New York’s jazz scene. He is one of a small group of American jazz musicians of Indian heritage who have continued to explore to possibilities of fusing the modern post-bop sound with elements of Indian classical music - specifically "konnakol", the South Indian classical music discipline of reciting rhythms. Luthra also draws from a wide variety of modern and classic musical influences to create a vibrant new sound and style

In addition to his career as a performer, composer, and arranger, Luthra is also a faculty member at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and has shared the stage and recorded with many of the greatest jazz, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and pop artists in the world, including Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, Mike Stern, Kenny Garrett, Dennis Irwin, Joe Chambers, Charli Persip, Bobby Porcelli, Portinho, Zé Renato, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Frankie Valli, Bobby Short, Lew Soloff, and Bernard Purdie....

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Arun Luthra has long been one of the premiere saxophonists and composers on New York’s jazz scene. He is one of a small group of American jazz musicians of Indian heritage who have continued to explore to possibilities of fusing the modern post-bop sound with elements of Indian classical music - specifically "konnakol", the South Indian classical music discipline of reciting rhythms. Luthra also draws from a wide variety of modern and classic musical influences to create a vibrant new sound and style

In addition to his career as a performer, composer, and arranger, Luthra is also a faculty member at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and has shared the stage and recorded with many of the greatest jazz, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and pop artists in the world, including Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, Mike Stern, Kenny Garrett, Dennis Irwin, Joe Chambers, Charli Persip, Bobby Porcelli, Portinho, Zé Renato, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Frankie Valli, Bobby Short, Lew Soloff, and Bernard Purdie.

Danny Green has been hailed as “one of the important up-and-comers on the scene today” by All About Jazz. He is one of the most prolific and talented jazz pianists in Southern California, and has received Best Jazz Album at the San Diego Music Awards and awarded a music residency at the San Diego Museum of Art. Green developed his own unique style that incorporates a blend of jazz, Brazilian, Latin, and classical elements. Green’s dynamic trio, which includes skillful bassist Justin Grinnell and sensational drummer Julien Cantelm, recently recorded their latest album in New York City, to be released in 2016.

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