Английская Википедия:Avataar (band)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox musical artist Avataar is a Canadian jazz ensemble from Toronto, Ontario, whose album Worldview won the Juno Award for Jazz Album of the Year – Group at the Juno Awards of 2022.[1] Worldview was also earmarked by CJRT-FM as one of the 25 best jazz albums of 2021.[2]
Led by saxophonist, flutist, composer and vocalist Sundar Viswanathan, the band performs a blend of jazz with world music styles such as Bossa Nova, Indian classical music and gamelan.[3] Viswanathan, a native of Sudbury, Ontario, is currently a professor of music at York University in Toronto, and has also played with the world music combo Jaffa Road.[4]
The group's debut album Petal was released in 2016.[5]
Other members of the band are vocalist Felicity Williams, tabla player Ravi Naimpally, guitarist Michael Occhipinti, bassist Justin Gray and drummers Giampaolo Scatozza and Max Senitt.[6]
References
- ↑ Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, May 14, 2022.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Mary Katherine Keown, "Q and A with Sudbury's Sundar Viswanathan". Sudbury Star, March 20, 2016.
- ↑ Justin Skinner, "Jaffa Road creates music that reflects diversity of Toronto". Toronto.com, May 27, 2012.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ "The Jazz Club returns for another season". Revelstoke Mountaineer, October 1, 2019.
