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Navin Chettri's Goonj at DROM
Courtesy of Alba Roman | Posted on June 14, 2017
When
Sun, June 25, 2017
9:00 pm
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Musicians
Jamie Baum
fluteKenny Warren
trumpetPawan Benjamin
saxophone, sopranoMatt Moran
vibraphoneTrifon Dimitrov
bassAbout
“Goonj" is an idea initiated by Navin Chettri to explore elements of Nepali folk/classical music, West African influences and jazz with some of New York’s finest musicians from various musical backgrounds. The project is an opportunity to exchange musical energies with artists and friends who have been to Kathmandu Jazz Festival (Jazzmandu) and the collaborations they made in Nepal is something they wanted to recreate and share in NYC. In 2015 the band’s performance at the Nepal Earth Quake Relief concert in NYC with Davie Liebman as a featured artist was received with great enthusiasm.
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