Photo Credit: Sean O’Neill
Newest album “Worldview” nominated for a Juno Best Album of the Year: Group
A recipient of the Toronto Jazz Festival’s Special Projects Initiative award for 2016, and with gracious support from the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts, the music of Avataar marries classical Indian music, modern jazz, Brazilian lyricism, atmospheric textures and ambiance, Javanese gamelan, and contemporary improvisation. Cleverly layered and cinematic in scope, the music drives and swirls through a vast sonic palette and has drawn comparison to Mahavishnu Orchestra, Charles Lloyd, Keith Jarrett with Jan Garbarek, late Coltrane, and Oregon. The resulting confluence is a mesmerizing blend of rhythmic hypnotism, sonic landscapes and soaring melody that marries ancient and modern musical sounds.
Sundar Viswanathan-saxophone
Felicity Williams-vocals
Michael Occhipinti-guitar
Justin Gray-bass
Max Sennit-drums
Dhaivat Jani-tabla
Check out: “Infinite Open”
