[Gbrooks-promo] George Brooks, Alam Khan and Salar Nader at Yoshis October 20th

[George Brooks]

*Dear Friends – *



*On Monday October 20th I will be performing at Yoshis in Oakland with two
wonderful artists, on sarode, Alam Khan <http://www.alamkhan.com/> and on
tabla, Salar Nader. <http://salarnader.com/> Together we will perform the
premiere of Ghalib, my new composition inspired by the writings of 18th
century Sufi poet Mirza Ghalib.  We will also perform works by Alam Khan
and by Alam’s illustrious father Ali Akbar Khan.*



*George Brooks - saxophone*

*Alam Khan  - sarode*

*Salar Nader  - tabla*



*Monday, October 20th 8pm*

*Yoshis - Oakland*

510 Embarcadero West

Oakland, CA 94607

 510.238.9200 <file://localhost/tel/510.238.9200>

http://www.yoshis.com/oakland/jazzclub/artist/show/4492



*Ghalib was commissioned by the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music.*



*Here is a video of our trio performing Ali Akbar Khan’s composition “the
Soul and the Atma” <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsJx_v5Ofv8>*



…and for my friends in South Asia… *Spirit and Spice, *my most recent
Summit recording, has been released by Times Music, India and should be
available throughout South Asia.  A link to the Times of India article
announcing the release is here.
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/music/Times-Music-launches-George-Brooks-Spirit-and-Spice/articleshow/43062535.cms>



I will also be performing at *Sacramento State University* on the *9th of
October* with vocalist Binay Pathak, Vishal Nagar on tabla and Matthew
Montforte (of Ancient Future) on guitar
http://www.csus.edu/music/worldmusic/



And….I am excited to announce that I will be taking part the *INK2014
*Conference
in *Mumbai* on November 1st - http://www.inktalks.com/conferences/ink2014

This promises to be a remarkable event with a host of fascinating
contributors.



I look forward to seeing you soon!



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-- 
George Brooks
www.georgebrooks.com
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