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Sameer Gupta

Sameer Gupta- Drums, Tabla, Composer

Founder of the critically acclaimed SF based Improvised Jazz Ensemble The Supplicants, Sameer has becoming a remarkable musical talent. His influences range from Elvin Jones and Tony Williams to Ustad Allah Rakha. He has had the pleasure to play with many great musicians including Marc Cary, Grachan Moncur III, Victor Goines, Vincent Gardner, Sekou Sundiata, Sonny Simmons, Marcus Shelby, Calvin Keys, Richard Howell, Dayna Stephens, and Julian Lage.

Sameer's artistic work today is an attempt to build bridges. In some cases, such as the Carnatic Jazz group, vidyA, the bridge is plainly between American Jazz, and South Indian Classical music. In Kosmic Renaissance, the bridge is large, covering musical genres like electronic music, hiphop, avant-jazz, and world music. Marc Cary’s Focus Trio, bridges cultures from Native American, modern day D.C. GoGo, to Asia and Africa. The Supplicants, reveals a bridge not as obvious but strongly felt in how building pure improvisations results in the consciousness of an entire audience being elevated. This is creating a bridge between separated people when they witness the beauty that can result from collective creativity built from trust and support. When people see The Supplicants create beautiful pieces as if from thin air, and when they understand the significance of its true spontaneity, their own spirit is lifted and possibly changed for the better in the process, which can be the most important work of all.

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Asheville Percussion Festival Announces 2014 Schedule Of Events

Asheville Percussion Festival Announces 2014 Schedule Of Events

Source: Mason Jar Media

The third annual Asheville Percussion Festival returns to Western North Carolina on June 20-22, 2014. Hosted by renowned multi-percussionist River Guerguerian and Jazz recording artist Lizz Wright, the three-day percussive arts festival will feature workshops, panels and performances led by acclaimed musicians from a variety of drumming concentrations. The event takes place in the scenic mountain town of jny: Asheville, NC – a city noted for creativity, art, and collaboration. The Asheville Percussion Festival invites percussionists of all levels and ...

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Recording

Sameer Gupta - Namaskar (2010)

Sameer Gupta - Namaskar (2010)

Source: Something Else!

By Pico One of the bigger regrets I've had with this site was missing the opportunity to review Rudresh Mahanthappa's Kinsmen when it was released two years ago, because this saxman of Indian descent did such a brilliant job in combining traditional Indian music with traditional jazz. Last week, the debut album by another Indian-American, the percussionist and tabla player Sameer Gupta. It's another creative blend of Indian and American jazz music forms, but this time, there are more modern ...

"Gupta was particularly impressive, bringing cyclical Indian rhythms to his kit work which he augmented on occasion with tabla forays…

- WILLARD JENKINS' INDEPENDENT EAR THE INDEPENDENT EAR Insights, Reviews & Interviews By Willard Jenkins

"Gupta is also an accomplished tabla player, and uses his knowledge of Hindustani cross-rhythms to create astonishingly original percussive textures on his jazz trap set" - Teed Rockwell, India Currents March 2007

"Sameer Gupta’s wire brushes suggested a field of silvery light for [Dormishia Sumbry-Edwards] to dance in." - danceviewtimes.com

Primary Instrument

Tablas

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Sameer’s proficiency and real-world experience performing, composing and teaching music make him a valuable asset to any student of drumset and percussion. He has experience in all styles of drumming from rock, and funk to jazz. His specialties include drumset, tabla, and symphonic percussion. As a student you will find Sameer to be talented, creative, friendly, supportive, fun and who is easy to work. After receiving his B.A. in Music from Santa Clara University in 1998, Sameer moved to San Francisco and then New York City to develop his career as a free-lance music performer, producer, and instructor

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Of Earth And Sky

Self Produced
2016

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Jazz Carnatica

Self Produced
2014

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Marc Cary's Focus Trio

Motéma Music
2006

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Balance

Isotope Records
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