Berkeley, CA – 07/03/10

Who
George Brooks Summit CD Release Celebration

When

Saturday, July 3, 2010

8:00pm
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George Brooks Summit CD Release Celebration with Fareed Haque, Kai Eckhardt, Steve Smith, Salar Nader and specal guests
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All Ages

Where

Freight and Salvage
(map)

2020 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA, USA 94704

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Spirit and Spice Review – Flat out wonderful

GEORGE BROOKS SUMMIT/Spirit and Spice: The thing you’re going to like most about this set is that it’s completely nuts. A solid jazzbo with free jazz leanings and world beat interests that isn’t afraid to share the spotlight with a bunch of game raising players, Brooks brings the 60s into the 10s with [...]

Bombay Jazz Review on Jambase

Below is an excerpt from Joe Lang’s review of our Bombay Jazz performance at the Dakota jazz club in Minneapolis.
“For the final set at their four-night stay at Minneapolis’ Dakota Jazz Club, under the banner of “Larry Coryell’s Bombay Jazz” – Brooks, Coryell, Ronu Majumdar (bansuri flute) and Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla) – proceeded to serve [...]

Great Global Fusion

Just returned from Muscat, Oman where I had the pleasure of performing with a stellar group of extraordinary musicians.
The event was hosted by Bank Sarasen Alpen who provided us this rare opportunity to bring together such a talented group from Hungary, India, Iran, Germany. Liberia, Oman and the USA. Check out these photos.

George Brooks – Moscow

B2 Club, Moscow, Russia
Performing with Goatika – Lobotomia Projekt
Photo: Sasha Svet

Hangin’ in Mumbai with the Masters

L-R: GB, John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, and Louiz Banks – Rehearsal for 2008 Mumbai Performance

Kirwani Quartet

Gwyneth Wentink: Harp
Vijay Ghate: Tabla
Hariprasad Chaurasia: Flute
Queen Elisabeth Hall, London

Lasting Impression

“The music on this recording has blown me away. Brooks plays the saxophone with a tone, rhythmic concept and harmonic concept that sounds totally new to my ears. The result is one of the most exciting saxophone records I have ever heard.” Saxophone Journal

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Music Without Boundaries

The musical textures which emerge from the ghatam (a clay pot) under T.H. ‘Vikku’ Vinayakam’s virtuosic hands are breathtaking, and the meditative and flowing rivulets of notes which George Brooks coaxes from the saxophone are pure delight. Larry Coryell’s guitar seems at times beguiled by the East, with exquisite, softly contoured lines.

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Drum Nation, Volume One

Drum Nation Volume 1 features the Worldís Greatest Drummers performing with ensembles or solo. Terry Bozzio; Bill Bruford; Steve Smith and Zakir Hussain; Chad Wackerman; Stanton Moore; Simon Phillips; Josh Freese; Rod Morgenstein; Tim Alexander and Brain; Marco Minnemann; Stephen Perkins and Brooks Wackerman.

Details about “Drum Nation, Volume 1″