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John McLaughlin and 4th Dimension , The Mahavishnu Project, Trilok Gurtu and Garaj Mahal

Read "John McLaughlin and 4th Dimension , The Mahavishnu Project, Trilok Gurtu and Garaj Mahal" reviewed by Len Davis


Music with Eastern and Indian influences with John McLaughlin, Trilok Gurtu, Garaj Mahal, Joe Zawinul and Weather Report. Playlist John McLaughlin “Panditji" from Black Light (Abstract Logix) 00:00 The Mahavishnu Project “Eternity's Breath" from Return To the Emerald Beyond (Cuneiform) 08:44 Trilok Gurtu “Kathak" from Kathak (Escapade) 17:24 Garaj Mahal"Celtic Indian" from Blueberry Cave (Harmonizer) 26:07 Joe Zawinul “Cafe Andalusia" from Faces And Places (Escapade) 34:49 Weather Report} “125th Street Congress" from Forecast Tomorrow (Columbia) 43:35 ...

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Garaj Mahal: More Mr. Nice Guy

Read "More Mr. Nice Guy" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


There is different, and there is distinct. Either can describe More Mr. Nice Guy by Garaj Mahal, although the latter is probably more telling. Several genres of music are mixed, matched and pushed around in this effort. Garaj Mahal features guitar and sitar virtuoso Fareed Haque, bass master and educator Kai Eckhardt, gospel-inspired keyboardist Eric Levy and drummer Sean Rickman. The group blends jazz with rock, Middle-Eastern sounds and funk. The members have associated with a number of ...

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Garaj Mahal: More Mr. Nice Guy

Read "More Mr. Nice Guy" reviewed by AAJ Staff


American funk, jazz, African-based rhythms and Middle Eastern modalities are all part of the collective sound of Garaj Mahal's More Mr. Nice Guy. That, perhaps, is the “nicest" characteristic of this CD, where there's a multitude of voices sounding from the corners of our blue marble--although “smoking hot" might be a better description. Reminiscent of Return to Forever, fusion and world music, these musicians have a vast tapestry of stories to tell.

The Flat Earth Ensemble, ...

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Garaj Mahal: Blueberry Cave

Read "Blueberry Cave" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


The fifth studio release from this San Francisco quartet embodies the modern instrumental jam band movement and preserves the freewheeling legacy of 1970s progressive rock along the way.

Alan Hertz (drums), Eric Levy (keyboards), Kai Eckhardt (bass), and Fareed Haque (guitar) came into Garaj Mahal from varied backgrounds: Eckhardt played in John McLaughlin's trio, for example, while Haque served as an occasional musical sparring partner for the late drummer Tony Williams and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. But one thing ...

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Garaj Mahal: Live, Vols. 1-3

Read "Live, Vols. 1-3" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Individually and in combinations, the members of Garaj Mahal - Eric Levy (keyboards), Alan Hertz (drums), Kai Eckhardt (bass) and Fareed Haque (guitar) - have accompanied Dizzy Gillespie, Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola, Steve Smith's Vital Information, and the John McLaughlin Trio. These three simultaneous (individually packaged) live sets fish with hip young bait in the hopes of making a big splash in the same free-flowing, neo-hippie college radio jam band waters in which such bands as Phish and Widespread Panic ...

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Garaj Mahal - More Mr. Nice Guy, Plus a Bonus from Fareed Haque! (2010)

Garaj Mahal - More Mr. Nice Guy, Plus a Bonus from Fareed Haque! (2010)

Source: Something Else!

By PicoRight about a year and a half ago, jam band extraordinaire Garaj Mahal wowed us with their nimble, creative offering w00t, which made 2008's “Best Of" list of fusion records, and contained a killer track I thought topped all other songs in the fusion jazz category. Now in their tenth year of existence, this quartet of jazz-rock-world music maestros recently followed up with another CD More Mr. Nice Guy (on sale since March 9), an album that ...

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Moog Music Presents Garaj Mahal's "Discovery", Showcasing the Moog Guitar

Moog Music Presents Garaj Mahal's "Discovery", Showcasing the Moog Guitar

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations

DISCOVERY: Garaj Mahal and Fareed Haque Present The Moog Guitar When top musicians play innovative instruments, magic happens ASHEVILLE, N.C. (March, 2010) - Take the guitar considered by many to be the most innovative instrument of the decade; put it in the hands of a musical visionary and you're sure to embark on a voyage of discovery. Moog Music did just that and the soundtrack to this musical journey has been captured on a new CD titled DISCOVERY, Garaj Mahal ...

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Garaj Mahal's "More MR. Nice Guy" Released on Owl Studios

Garaj Mahal's "More MR. Nice Guy" Released on Owl Studios

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations

There is always something new and progressive coming from Garaj Mahal. Featuring guitar and sitar virtuoso Fareed Haque, world-renowned bass master and educator Kai Eckhardt, gospel-inspired funky jazz keyboardist Eric Levy, and newly-added drummer/vocalist Sean “the Rick" Rickman, Garaj Mahal creates a sound that's always growing and always smoking hot. Since their formation in 2000, Garaj Mahal continues to earn critical acclaim and to grow their fanbase thanks to their ability to deliver serious “shut-up-and-listen" grooves while simultaneously bringing the ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Oliver Lake Organ Trio with Russell Gunn, Garaj Mahal, Funky Butt Brass Band, and More

Jazz This Week: Oliver Lake Organ Trio with Russell Gunn, Garaj Mahal, Funky Butt Brass Band, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

We're heading into the proverbial holiday home stretch of 2009, and though some local music venues have gone dormant for the holidays (such as the various university-based concert series) and others are deep into Christmas music to the exclusion of all else, there are still some noteworthy events over the next few days in St. Louis for fans of jazz and creative music. Here's a quick look at some of the highlights:Fittingly for the holiday season, the weekend's ...

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Garaj Mahal Performing at 2720 on Friday, December 18

Garaj Mahal Performing at 2720 on Friday, December 18

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

The jam/funk/jazz-fusion group Garaj Mahal is returning to St. Louis on Friday, December 18 to perform at 2720, the performance space and gallery recently opened by the production company Loyal Family in a former furniture store at 2720 Cherokee on the south side.Garaj Mahal features guitarist Fareed Haque, bassist Kai Eckhardt, keyboardist Eric Levy and drummer Sean Rickman, who replaced founding member Alan Hertz. St. Louis guitarist Teddy Presberg and his band will open the show.Tickets ...

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NYE with Critters Buggin and Garaj Mahal

NYE with Critters Buggin and  Garaj Mahal

Source: JamBase

New Year's Eve Ball with Critters Buggin, Garaj Mahal & DJ FunkFuzz 12/31/08 Olympia, WA's Historic Capitol Theatre

Critters Buggin Featuring Critters Buggin and Garaj Mahal, two of the West Coast's most progressive and talented bands, as well as artwork from Cascadia's most talented artists, food from the area's top chefs and with Olympia's Historic Capitol Theatre as the setting, the 1st Annual Olympia New Year's Eve Ball is the Northwest's premier NYE show to attend. Artists from ...

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Recording

Garaj Mahal:woot

Garaj Mahal:woot

Source: JamBase

By: Josh Potter

Ah, remember when funky, instrumental music wasn't simply lumped in with other bands that “jammed" and actually got the credit it deserved for all the crazy influences it drew upon? Garaj Mahal does. It's been no secret amongst Mahalics, either, that the San Francisco-Chicago quartet deals in some of the most perplexing arrangements and rubber-burning grooves of any band around. The band's first release since 2005's Blueberry Cave is proof positive.

Woot (released September 9 on Owl ...

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Music Industry

Garaj Mahal Becomes 6th Act Signed To Harmonized Records In 2002

Garaj Mahal Becomes 6th Act Signed To Harmonized Records In 2002

Source: All About Jazz

Jam Supergroup to Release Several Live CDs on Upstart Label in '03

MEBANE, NC -- Bay Area jazz-jam supergroup GARAJ MAHAL has become the sixth act signed to Harmonized Records, the offshoot label from LEEWAY'S HOME GROWN MUSIC NETWORK, in its first year of operation.

Called “one of the most talked about groups in jazz and jam today" by Mountain Express, GARAJ MAHAL unites one of jazz's most innovative performers, bassist Kai Eckhardt, with acclaimed classical/jazz guitarist Fareed Haque, drummer ...

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

More Mr. Nice Guy

Owl Studios
2010

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Blueberry Cave

Harmonized Records
2005

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Mondo Garaj

Harmonized Records
2003

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Live, Vols. 1-3

Harmonized Records
2003

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