My contribution to a student recital in Kolkata (no I did not travel) this coming weekend. A short bandish (composition) in #raag Kafi by my teacher Debashish Bhattacharya.
Kafi is parallel to the Dorian mode in Western music, but with rules for what notes can be "shaken" or glided.
The instrument is my Pushpa Veena, which is sort of a hybrid between slide guitar and sarod.
We were the house band for a few years at a great neighborhood bar in Durham. They encouraged us to play anything we wanted. And so we did! Here’s a long cover of #Zappa’s #KingKong. Some fun with an #EBow on my #SteelGuitar at around the 8 minute mark.
Daily #SteveKimock. He insists—often forcefully—that he doesn’t play #jazz. (I’ll tell a funny little story about that at some point). But this act sure sounds jazzy, even if his playing doesn’t use the conventional harmonic tools of jazz.