Member Since: 5/18/2005
Band Website: classicaltabla.com
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jim feist has been performing and teaching the tabla for the last 18 years. He has traveled to India several times to learn tabla from the late, legendary Ustad Allah Rakha, and Vibhav Nageshkar. For the past 7 years Jim has been lucky enough to be under the tutelage of the inimitable Pandit Yogesh Samsi. He has also learned from Sukvinder Singh Namdhari, Samir Chatterji, Anand Badamakar, and a handful of other great teachers. Jim has been recorded on albums by composer Kanniks Kannikeswaran for two all India releases, and an album of pure Dhrupad music called "Banaras" released in March '06. He has also recorded with the group he co-founded Mohenjo Daro ("Baksheesh" on Tandem Records and "Rajdhani Express" also on Tandem records). In 2003 and 2004, Mohenjo Daro won back to back "Cincinnati Entertainment Awards" for "Best World Band". Jim also composed the music and performed all the percussion on his debut solo disc Indus Red. As a session tabla player Jim has been recorded on many discs over the years. He also performed in the critically acclaimed Indian show Shanti (2004,2006) in Cincinnati Ohio. In late 2007 he had the priviledge of performing for the President of Bangladesh. He composed and performed music for the documentary "Made in India?". He has provided music for an important video for the organization "Saathi" (Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India). He has also played on the 2006 c.d. "Sri Venkata Ramaniyamu Vol. 5" for the Sri Venkataramaniyamu Welfare Society where
all proceeds benefit the underpriviledged in India. Jim has performed with the famed vocalist Ashiq Khan in Rajasthan, India. He is a frequent performer with the Bhajan group Aradhna. He has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on several occassions, and at the Montreal Jazz-Festival twice (2002 and 2005) with Mohenjo Daro. He has shared the stage with many fusion stalwarts including The Buddy Rich Big Band bassist Dave Larocca and Fareed Haque. He has also performed solo tabla with his teacher Yogesh Samsi. Jim
has also accompanied Bollywood giant Mahendra Kapoor, Budhadev Das Gupta, Laxmi Shankar, and Kankana Banerjee, and a host of other Indian Classical musicians. As an educator Jim has held very successful clinics and
lec/dems all over the mid-west in colleges and high schools. He has been a featured clinician at Marshall University and has lectured at Taylor University among many others. He has had successful solos at Washington
University, and Indiana University to name a few. He was awarded the American Institute of Indian Studies grant forperforming artists in 2006 and became affiliated with the University of Mumbai Hindustani Music Department. He
teaches privately in Dayton and Cincinnati Ohio. Jim shares his time between Cincinnati, Ohio and Pune, India.
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Record Label: Smokin Samosa
Type of Label: Indie