UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance is set to present an upcoming performance of As We Speak by renowned international artists, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer featuring Rakesh Chaurasia on Saturday, November 18 at 8 pm at Royce Hall.
As We Speak, the quartet’s latest album released in May 2023, presents the group’s versatility, composed by virtuoso musicians coming together to present different musical genres: bluegrass for Fleck, Indian classical music for Hussain and Western classical music for Meyer. Rakesh Chaurasia, a master of the bansuri, an Indian bamboo flute, will add to the magic.
The trio, with Fleck on the banjo, Hussain on the tabla and Meyer on the bass, offers Indian rhythm and funk music with Chaurasia joining on the flute. The show will be improvised in part, covering each artist’s various musical genres.
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