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A composer, musician, drummer and
percussionist reflecting a journey through multi-cultural life experiences in his music and
vision.
"...fleet
finger virtuosity..." as described by Chicago Tribune Arts Critic Howard Reich
Instruments Kalyan Plays
Drumset, Tabla, Dholak, Percussion of all kinds; Conga, Djembe, Frame
drums, Dumbek, and also Orchestral Percussion
Personalized combination Drumset using any and all of the above... click
on any image to view a larger image in this site
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Styles Kalyan Plays
Jazz, Rock, R n B, Fusion, Funk, Latin, Indian Classical, Hindi Pop,
Traditional Indian Folk, Klezmer and Symphonic Western Classical
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Performed alongside/with
Fareed Haque, Kahil El'Zabar, Joe Beck, Mwata Bowden, Willy
Schwarz, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Lyon Leifer, Ron Dewar, Ken Haebich and Jim
Gailloreto, Pacifica String Quartet, Karl Denson's Tiny
Universe, Alberto Mizrahi, Theodore Bikel, Howard Levy, Paul Wertico, David Amram, Amelia
Cuni, Steve Kimock Band, John Scofield, Anders Osborne, Goran Ivanovic and
many more ...
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Active in the bands
"Jayho Jazzmata": Raga
and Jazz, Blues and Indian Folk: Kalyan plays Drumset, Tabla,
Dholak and composes for this band"Fareed Haque
Group": Acid Jazz Bhangara:
Kalyan plays Tabla, Dholak, percussion and often sings Tabla syllables
with this group
"Titiko": Middle
Eastern music meet jazz Supergroup: With
Alberto Mizrahi, Stuart Rosenberg, Howard Levy, Paul Wertico, Mo Jennings,
Hicham Chami.....Kalyan plays, Tabla, Percussion, and sometimes switches
to drumset
"Tribe": Ethnic & World
Jazz: Kalyan plays Tabla, Dholak, Dumbek, all percussion and some singing with
this band, also at times he plays percussion combination drumset with this
band
"The Ken and Jim Show": Spontaneous
Improvisations: Kalyan plays, sings, and
mixes everything he knows in order to hang with Ken Haebich and Jim
Gailloreto, who never tell Kalyan what they are 'looking for' from him
musically or otherwise. Their music is familiar yet
unexpected, dangerous, whimsical, ephemeral and, of course, twisted.
"Lingua Musica": Classical
Chamber Music with world music language: Kalyan plays tabla,
middle eastern and orchestral percussion and sometimes sings with this
very fine Chamber Music Group led by pianist and composer, Donald Neale
"Just Friends": Contemporary Jazz, Soul, R n
b, Funk: Kalyan plays drumset
"Saregama": Hindi Pop and Garba:
Kalyan plays Drumset and sometimes Tabla, Dholak
"Rhythmunity Ensemble": World
Percussion: Kalyan plays everything he knows in this group,
Djembe, Conga, Rada, Framedrums, Tabla, Kanjeera, and the whole shabang...
"Discolour": Funky Guitar Jazz: Kalyan plays drumset, and percussion
combination drumset with this band
"Chris Greene Trio/Quartet" and
"LPG Trio": Jazz,
Funk and everything in between: Kalyan
plays drumset, and percussion combinations drumset
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In demand to play drumset for Jazz,
Fusion, R n B, Funk, and many other types of music, including Klezmer, Latin
and Hindi Pop |
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In demand to bring his expertise in Tabla, Dholak and Indian music to a variety of situations of live
performances, recordings and collaborations with other dancers, artists and
poets |
| Actively composing for his own band Jayho Jazzmata, and has also scored and performed music for independent films |
| Since January 1999, playing tabla for Fareed Haque Sextet, and also playing with Fareed as a member of Indo-Pak
Coalition, Fareed Haque Trio, Quartet, Quintet or Duo |
"Jazzmata" is Kalyan
Pathak and Elizabeth Basta with "Ken and Jim Show" ….to learn more about Kalyan and his musical journey, please visit all the pages in this website.
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