Indian Jazz Journey With George Brooks, Featuring Mahesh Kale And Bikram Ghosh

Mahesh Kale (vocals), George Brooks (saxophone),

Bickram Ghosh (percussion), Kai Eckhardt (bass), Osam Ezzeldin (piano)

ICMA is excited to collaborate with Stanford Jazz Festival and invites you to join us for Indian Jazz Journey - a unique cross-pollinated, multi-generational jazz with one of India’s most treasured vocalists.

Continuing their sold-out collaboration of last year’s Stanford Jazz Festival, jazz virtuoso George Brooks and Indian classical music star Mahesh Kale reunite for a performance that transcends cultural and musical barriers. Featuring renowned Indian percussionist Bickram Ghosh, this performance of otherworldly sounds creates an intriguing blend of jazz energy and Indian ragas and rhythms. Mahesh is a phenomenon around the world, beloved for his enchanting, soaring voice and his unique ability to interweave classical and popular music. Saxophonist George Brooks has a colossal tone, intuitive creative leaps, and a commanding technique. The go-to horn-master for blues giants like Etta James and Albert Collins, he helped to create the electrifying genre of Indian/jazz fusion with world-class virtuosi such as Zakir Hussain, John McLaughlin, and the late Larry Coryell. Together, Mahesh, George, Bickram, and their world-class rhythm section of bassist Kai Eckhardt and keyboardist Osam Ezzeldin, will conjure otherworldly sounds steeped in Indian ragas and rhythms, creating an intriguing blend of jazz energy and Indian traditions.

When/Where:

Date/Time: 24 June 2018 (Sunday) 4 pm Concert

Venue: Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University