Gupta, Sameer / Namaskar
Album: Namaskar   Collection:World
Artist:Gupta, Sameer   Added:Oct 2010
Label:Motema Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2010-11-07 Pull Date: 2011-01-09 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Dec 19 Dec 5 Nov 21 Nov 14
Airplays: 1 2 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 29, 2013: It's Hollywood, It's Bollywood
Salaam
4. Dec 14, 2010: At the Cafe Bohemian
Salaam
2. May 17, 2011: Spotlight On w/ Shara
Walk With Me
5. Dec 04, 2010: Music Casserole
Walk With Me
3. Mar 04, 2011: No Cover, No Minimum
Walk With Me
6. Nov 30, 2010: At the Cafe Bohemian
Salaam

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2010-11-07
Indian inspired American Jazz/Jazz fusion paying homage to traditional Indian music & Bollywood. Sameer Gupta percussion & tablas & Marc Carey acoustic piano, keyboards.
***1: 4:34 slow to mid sarangi fast tabla with Jazz acoustic piano.
****2: 6:08 mid to faster. Cool sounding locked percussion Bollywood fusion, sultry sax
****3: 5:05 mid to faster locked groove, drum kit & keyboards
***4: 5:21 fast Bollywood fusion
*****5: 5:59 pounding deep locked acoustic piano riff. fast hyperdrive Indian percussion. *****
***6: 5:02 more traditional Jazz with great acoustic piano.
****7: 7:24 keyboards, sax nice bass riff. mid to faster. 10 sec fade at end.
***8: 6:25 sarangi/tabla groove then keyboards, slow
***9: 2:50 sarangi (slow)/drum kit ( fast fast) groove
****10: 4:03 real nice piano-tabla groove/riff, mid to faster Jazz. D  Farrell 11/2010

Track Listing
1. Aaye Na Balam   6. Puriya Harlem Dhanashree
2. Salaam   7. Attachment
3. Love's Lying Story   8. Thumri
4. Jangle   9. Raga Shivarajani In Mishra Tala
5. Walk With Me   10. Colours