| Amit Heri, Brian Melvin, Karl Peters Trio |
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Sat. 02.02. 6:00 PM : Introduction of Bands 6:15 PM : Brian Melvin-Amit Heri Group (USA/India)  Brian Melvin is an internationally known drummer/percussionist/educator. He has played and recorded with many of the worlds leading musicians. Not limited by styles, he's worked with the late Joe Henderson, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Joe Lovano, Bobo Stenson, Toots Thielemans, Richard Bona, Bob Weir ("The Grateful Dead"), Greg Allman ("The Allman Brothers Band") and many more. One of his main associations has been with the Hall of Fame bassist Jaco Pastorius. They were good friends and made five historic recordings together. One of their most famous was "Standards Zone" (Global Pacific Records,) which was the no. 1 jazz album for 15 weeks. Currently Beatlejazz, a series of recordings in which the Brian Melvin trio has collaborated with the likes of John Scofield, Michael Brecker, and Randy Brecker, has been in the top ten on their first three releases as well. Having lived in New York and Europe, he is no stranger to the international jazz scene. Brian lived and played in New York a few different times, starting in 1987. At that period he was the house drummer at the Blue Note jazz club after hours sessions, along with playing in the Mike Stern trio for two years at the famous 55 bar. It was also during this period where Brian and Dave Kikoski started their long musical and personal friendship, which continues currently in Beatlejazz. In 1998-99 he shared living quarters with Al Foster and played all over New York, and the east coast. Recently Brian has been involved in many great projects, including Beatlejazz, Fog, Geografix, and many European projects as well. Also a resident of Tallinn, Estonia, Brian has been teaching workshops and masterclasses all over Europe as well as playing in numerous musical settings. He is very active in world music and has been playing tablas and various hand drums along with electric percussion.
Karl Peters is the bass guitarist of Amit Heri Group. He is unanimously acknowledged as the numero uno bassist in India. Karl’s virtuosity on the bass, his knowledge of western Jazz harmonies and his grasp of Indian modes and melodic concept makes him an invaluable force in any Indian and International musical group. Karl has performed all over the world with many groups most recently with the Indian Fusion Group - SILK featuring Louis Banks, Shankar Mahadevan, Siva Mani and Shridhar Parthsarthy. Apart from playing with SILK, Karl performs extensively with many groups with varied musical styles. His solos are one of his main features in any band and it is always funky, masterly, lyrical and full of soul & swing and has always been a favourite of the audience. That’s’ Karl, he loves to play and is the most in demand bass player in the country. As the saying goes, when Karl plays he always delivers. A living legend already, every band is richer by his presence.
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