Badal Roy
Badal Roy ( Amerendra Roy Choudhury ; * 1945 in Kumilla , British India , today Bangladesh ) is a tabla player who is active in the field of improvisational music and jazz.
Act
Badal Roy emigrated to the USA in 1968, where he initially earned his living as a waiter in Indian restaurants. He then appeared as a raga player with Steve Gorn in a Manhattan restaurant, where Miles Davis became aware of him.
After recording with Davis ( On the Corner , Get Up with It ) and John McLaughlin , he worked with musicians such as Herbie Mann , Dave Liebman , Don Cherry , Pharoah Sanders , Perry Robinson , Jon Hassell , Dizzy Gillespie , Lonnie Liston Smith , Andreas Vollenweider , Yoko Ono and Nana Simopoulos together. In 1988 he became a member of Ornette Coleman's band Prime Time , of which he was a member until 2000. He has also worked with the Brazilian guitar duo Duofel since the mid-1990s .
Discography
- One in the Pocket with Jim Bowie , Amit Chatterjee , the Duo Duofel, Steve Gorn , Mike Richmond , Glen Velez
- Badal Roy & Amit Chatterjee Art of the Duo: Endless Radiance , 1993
- Ashirbad
- Kolkata Rose with Geoff Warren , 1997
- Passing Dreams with Richie Beirach , Sultan Khan , David Liebman, Frank Tusa , Jeff Williams , 1975, 1998
- Badal Roy / Ken Wessel / Stomu Takeishi Daybreak with Tarun Bhattacharya , Bikram Ghosh , Tim Ries , Satoshi Takeishi , 1999 (rec. 1996–97)
- Raga Roni with Perry Robinson, Ed Schuller , 2001
- Badal Roy, Anonymous, Robert Vijay Gupta Suryodaya (2012)
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roy, Badal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Choudhury, Amerendra Roy (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bengali tabla player and percussionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kumilla |