Sarathy Korwar
Sarathy Korwar (* around 1991 ) is an American jazz musician ( tabla , drums , composition ).
Live and act
Korwar was born in the USA to classical Indian singers, but grew up in Ahmedabad and Chennai , India. He started playing tabla at the age of ten, but when he was 15 he was particularly interested in jazz. At the age of 17 he moved to Puna to study environmental science . In the meantime he intensified his tabla learning under the guidance of Rajeev Devasthali and transferred his skills to western drums to play as a session musician. After completing his studies, he wanted to pursue a career in music and moved to London, where he trained as a classical tabla player under the guidance of Sanju Sahai and graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies with a Masters in 2011 .
Korwar worked in the London jazz scene with Shabaka Hutchings and Cara Stacey and played with the clarinetist Arun Ghosh , but also with Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso ; As a session musician, he was also on tour with Kamasi Washington in 2016 . With a scholarship from the Steve Reid Foundation , he developed the music for his debut album Day to Day (Ninjatune 2016), which incorporated hip-hop from Mumbai as well as Siddi chants and rhythms. In 2018 the live album My East Is Your West followed , on which he reinterpreted works of psychedelic jazz of the early 1970s with the UPAJ Collective , More Arriving in 2019 . He can also be heard on the album Journey to the Mountain of Forever by the duo Binker & Moses and with the group Emanative .
Web links
- Web presence
- Artist Page (Ninjatune)
- Sarathy Korwar at Discogs (English)
- Sarathy Korwar at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korwar, Sarathy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (tabla, drums, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1991 |