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I have played percussion for 20 years but the TABLA won my heart in 1995. Allready feeling blessed to play this amazing instrument I was blown away on meeting my Bansuri (Flute ) Guru, Ashok Kumar in Varanasi in 2003. I then realized I had to seriously learn the Flute as well as Tabla .Varanasi in North India has always been my base for learning Indian music, traveling back and forth there since 1991.
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I've had the blessing of working with some wonderful musicians including Ashok Kumar metha, Baluji Shrivastav, Chloe Goodchild, Rollin Rachelle and more. I also tour with some of the worlds top Kirtan-Chant artists including Bhagavan Das, Dave Stringer and Arjun Baba.
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Within Nada Yoga and Sacred sound work I run workshops and retreats in collaboration with Yoga teachers throughout Europe and the U.S combining therapeutic music, restorative yoga and voice work. In the U.K i am working closely with Narayani Devi on yoga and Kirtan projects. ____________________________________________________________
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Composing and performing music for Contemporary dance is a real passion. I will be touring two different pieces throughout 2009 with Company Decalage, one of the U.Ks top dance companies - (Dates above and videos below)______________________________________________________
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I also perform solo concerts and give sound Journeys on Tabla and Bansuri. Other Instruments I play include Cojan, Daff, Didge (in therapeutic sound), Jew harps, GopiChand and sing overtones .I really owe the blessing of music to my SatGuru and eternal guide AMMACHI (above left) , to Ashok Kumar and my other great music teachers. ____________________________________________________________
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Quotes:
" KALIDAS PLAYS FROM THE HEART DRUM PULSE OF PURE DEVOTION
" BHAGAVAN DAS_________________________________________________________
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"INSTANT CHEMISTRY, J'S PLAYING IS SIMULTANEOUSLY FLUID AND
FIERY, EARTHLY AND ETHEREAL" DAVE STRINGER____________________________________________________
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All instruments in tracks above played by Jason kalidas ...more info and
music available to purchase @ www.jasonkalidas.com.
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VIDEO OF JASON KALIDAS in Collaboration with DANCE COMPANY DECALAGE "Appel"
Breaking Point from marso riviere on Vimeo .VIDEO OF JASON KALIDAS in Collaboration with DANCE COMPANY DECALAGE "Breaking point"
(volume is very low on this recording)
