Raga for the Rainy Season
Product Description This is the debut CD by the duo Pran, consisting of trombone virtuoso Greg Powers with veteran new music composer Stuart Dempster on brass didgeridu. On this recording, they improvise around a traditional Indian dhrupad raga meant to be played during the rainy season. The music is built up out of long deep drones and melodies, culminating in an exciting virtuosic rhythmic improvisation. About the Artist Stuart Dempster has recorded for numerous labels including Columbia, Nonesuch, and New Albion. His recording "In the Great Abbey of Clement VI at Avignon" has become a cult classic. He has toured extensively as a founding member of the Deep Listening Band. One of the Northwest's busiest trombonists, Greg Powers has performed everything from salsa to swing, as well as plenty of free jazz and new experimental music. He has been studying traditional Indian music (and adapting it to trombone) since 1986, first at the University of Washington and then as a Fulbright Fellow in India. His recording credits include "Underground Overlays from the Cistern Chapel" with Stuart Dempster on New Albion Records.
PRAN  (Performer),     Stuart Dempster  (Performer),     Greg Powers  (Performer)    &                   0                  more   Format: Audio CD
{"Manufacturer": "Sparkling Beatnik Records", "Original Release Date": "1999", "Date First Available": "January 19, 2007", "Label": "Sparkling Beatnik Records", "Number of discs": "1"}