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Aki Kumar has been playing blues harp since 2003. He takes lessons from Harp Guru Dave Barrett at the School Of The BluesAki Kumar sits in with various bands. He also fronts the newly formed Turnaround Blues band
Here's a nice montage of Aki Kumar sittin' in with Kenny Blue Ray and Friends at The Mojo Lounge in Fremont, CA (clip courtesy Artie Chavez):
Here is a clip of Aki and Gary Smith, the King of Tone, at a SwingShift gig at Gordon Biersch, San Jose:
Here is a cool clip of Aki jamming with the mighty Dave Barrett.. (thanks Rich Perez!)
Clip of Aki (courtesy Peter Brown) sitting in with SwingShift, featuring Sid Morris, Kid Andersen, Jack Sanford, Marc Carino, Jimmy Mulleniux :
Another clip (courtesy Peter Brown) of Aki sitting in with SwingShift, featuring the fantastic Kid Andersen :
When Aki Kumar isn't playing, he's listening to music by Little Walter, The Sonny Boys, Junior Wells, James Cotton, George Smith, Paul Butterfield, Kim Wilson, Gary Primich, Gary Smith, Mark Hummel, R.J. Mischo, Jason Ricci, Mitch Kashmar, Dave Barrett, Jerry Portnoy, Rod Piazza, Rick Estrin, Magic Dick, Charlie Musselwhite... and so on and so forth.