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Trilok Gurtu

Trilok Gurtu

Trilok Gurtu has been played on NTS shows including Tropic of Love w/ Mafalda , with Milo first played on 3 May 2015.

Trilok Gurtu (born in Mumbai (Bombay) on 30 October 1951) is an Indian percussionist. His mother, singer Shobha Gurtu, started him on the tabla, and he later studied the instrument with Abdul Karim. He started playing the Western drum kit in the 1970s, and became interested in jazz. In the 1970s he played with Oregon,Charlie Mariano, John Tchicai, Terje Rypdal, and Don Cherry.

In the 1980s he played with John McLaughlin and since the 1990s he has been a solo artist, sometimes with a band called Crazy Saints. He co-created an album with Robert Miles entitled Miles Gurtu.

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Trilok Gurtu

Trilok Gurtu has been played on NTS shows including Tropic of Love w/ Mafalda , with Milo first played on 3 May 2015.

Trilok Gurtu (born in Mumbai (Bombay) on 30 October 1951) is an Indian percussionist. His mother, singer Shobha Gurtu, started him on the tabla, and he later studied the instrument with Abdul Karim. He started playing the Western drum kit in the 1970s, and became interested in jazz. In the 1970s he played with Oregon,Charlie Mariano, John Tchicai, Terje Rypdal, and Don Cherry.

In the 1980s he played with John McLaughlin and since the 1990s he has been a solo artist, sometimes with a band called Crazy Saints. He co-created an album with Robert Miles entitled Miles Gurtu.

Original source: Last.fm

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Raag Bhupal Todi
Pandit Kamalesh Maitra, Trilok Gurtu
Smithsonian Folkways, International Institute for Traditional Music1996
Saris E Capulanas
Maria João, Mário Laginha, Trilok Gurtu, Wolfgang Muthspiel
Verve Records1998
Shobharock
Trilok Gurtu
CMP Records1997
Sunday Palaver
Family Of Percussion, Peter Giger, Trilok Gurtu, Doug Hammond, Tom Nicholas, Wolfgang Dauner, Alan Skidmore
Någarå1980
Circulus Aquae
Family Of Percussion, Peter Giger, Trilok Gurtu, Doug Hammond, Tom Nicholas, Wolfgang Dauner, Alan Skidmore
Någarå1980
Armadillo
Family Of Percussion, Peter Giger, Trilok Gurtu, Doug Hammond, Tom Nicholas, Wolfgang Dauner, Alan Skidmore
Någarå1980
Milo
Trilok Gurtu
CMP Records1988
Raag Deen Todi
Pandit Kamalesh Maitra, Trilok Gurtu
Smithsonian Folkways, International Institute for Traditional Music1996