American guitarist Mark Lettieri and Indian sitarist Purbayan Chatterjee have released the “9000 Miles”. The piece appears on the duo’s superb new album, Feathered Creatures.
Chatterjee shared: “’9000 Miles’ speaks to the literal and emotional distance between my home in Mumbai and Mark’s home in Fort Worth. The piece begins with a simple riff, an idea that arrived almost innocently. But that riff slowly rises and expands, metaphorically covering the 9,000 miles between us. As the composition develops, it moves into jazz-funk territory, where Mark’s deep groove language meets my Indian syncopations and Carnatic-inspired rhythmic thought. It is not just about geography; it is also about convergence.”
Feathered Creatures is a transcontinental creative gathering. Celebrated sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee and multifaceted jazz guitarist Mark Lettieri (Snarky Puppy) weave a fabulous mix of musical genres that include electronic music, Indian classical music, jazz-funk, progressive rock and beyond.
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