All songs written and all percussion, santoor, wood flutes, piano, and harmonium, by Jim Feist..... Voices on Yaad Bhagavati by Beth Merkle
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Song pictures were taken from the walls of the Keshava temple at Somanathpura India by Jim Feist in 2001. The temple dates back to A.D. 1268
Jim Feist has been performing and teaching the tabla for the last 18 years. He has traveled to India several times to learn tabla from the late, legendary Ustad Allah Rakha, and Vibhav Nageshkar. Jim is currently under the tutelage of Ustad Allah Rakha's celebrated disciple, Yogesh Samsi. He has studied stateside from Sukvinder Singh Namdhari, Samir Chatterji, Anand Badamakar, Uttam Chakrabarty, Giri Shankar, and a handful of other notable players. Jim has been recorded on albums by composer Kanniks Kannikeswaran for two all India releases, and the group he co-founded Mohenjo Daro ( "Baksheesh" on Tandem Records and "Rajdhani Express" also on Tandem records ). In 2003 and 2004, Mohenjo Daro won back to back "Cincinnati Entertainment Awards" for "Best World Band". Jim also composed the music and performed all the percussion on his debut solo disc INDUS RED. As a session tabla player Jim has been recorded on many discs over the years. He also performed in the critically acclaimed Indian show Shanti last year (2004) in Cincinnati Ohio. He composed and performed music for the documentary "India the Movie". He has performed with the "Chapman stick" artist Greg Howard (Dave Matthews Collaborator )and Ashiq Khan where he performed in Rajasthan India. He has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on several occassions, and at the Montreal Jazz-Festival with Mohenjo Daro. He has shared the stage with many fusion stalwarts. ( including The Buddy Rich Big Band bassist Dave Larocca) He has also performed solo tabla with his teacher Yogesh Samsi. Jim has also accompanied Budhadev Das Gupta, Laxmi Shankar, Kankana Banerjee, Anupama Sharma, Rajeshree Ghosh, Manu Srivastava and many other Indian classical musicians who travel through and near the mid-west.
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Hello from France Indus Red. I love your music, it's a real pleasure to listen you on myspace. Your music is a gate to a world of spirituality and love, I feel good when I listen it.
thanks for the add man! Took me a minute to get back to you, and say hello. Really enjoyed your sounds. Can hear that you're a serious student. Nice blend of instruments and arrangements as well. I'll be checking back for more music!
Greetings from Brooklyn!
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Thanks for add! I hope you enjoyed my music as much as I enjoyed yours! You are great!!!! I love tablas!!!
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