INDIAN TIME CYCLES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN A JAZZ QUARTET with Oded Tzur, Vardan Ovsepian and Sam Bevan at California Jazz Conservatory

This masterclass will explore methods with which time, and particularly Indian rhythmic cycles, can be internalized and provide room for the flexibility contemporary improvised music calls for. Oded's quartet will perform and discuss their approach to internalizing this material.

Oded Tzur is a New York City based saxophonist, composer and bandleader. His work draws on Indian classical music and jazz, and explores fundamental connections between different musical traditions. Vardan Ovsepian is an Armenia-born pianist/composer who has performed with Mick Goodrick, Peter Erskine and Jerry Bergonzi...

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This masterclass will explore methods with which time, and particularly Indian rhythmic cycles, can be internalized and provide room for the flexibility contemporary improvised music calls for. Oded's quartet will perform and discuss their approach to internalizing this material.

Oded Tzur is a New York City based saxophonist, composer and bandleader. His work draws on Indian classical music and jazz, and explores fundamental connections between different musical traditions. Vardan Ovsepian is an Armenia-born pianist/composer who has performed with Mick Goodrick, Peter Erskine and Jerry Bergonzi. Dave Robaire has become one of the most in-demand young bassists on today's jazz scene and has worked alongside a diverse collection of artists including Wynton Marsalis, Helen Sung, Gilad Hekselman, Greg Osby, Jacky Terrasson, John Ellis, and Dave Liebman. Hamir Atwal is an up-and-coming American drummer/composer based in the Bay Area. Hamir has played and/or recorded with saxophonists Joe Lovano, Greg Osby, and Patrick Wolff; Bassist/Producer Bill Laswell; and clarinetist Ben Goldberg.

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