Photo by Fabrice Bourgelle
Jazz Stroud teamed up with Tarsier Creative, d&b audiotechnik and SVA with funding through the PRS for Music Foundation to produce a series of pre-recorded performances from Jazz Stroud artists. These artists were orginally booked to play in 2020, but Jazz Stroud was forced to take 18 months off live events due to the pandemic.
The Goodshed Sessions include performances by Yelfris Valdes, Sarathy Korwar, Ishmael Ensemble, Griz-O, JSSO, Mermaid Chunky, Waldo's Gift, Roella Oloro, Tim Davies will be released throughout November.
Check www.jazzstroud.org for updates on release dates
Sarathy Korwar on drums with Al MacSween on keys, Jack Stephenson-Oliver on keys and Tamar Osborn on Sax
Filmed live at the Brunel Goods Shed on 10th November 2020 by Tarsier Creative
Director and cam op - Callum Chaplin
Cam op - Motz Workman
Recording - Rob Pemberton
Sound tech - Jack Page
Coordination - Neil Walker
Sarathy Korwar
Release: 8th November 2022
Sarathy Korwar is a US-born, Indian-raised, London-based drummer, producer, composer and bandleader. Sarathy has established himself as one of the most original and compelling voices in the UK jazz scene.
He has released music on the record labels Ninja Tune, The Leaf Label, Gearbox Records and Nightdreamer Records to critical reception and has collaborated/ toured with the likes of Kamasi Washington, Shabaka Hutchings, Yussef Kamal and Moses Boyd.
His music is predominantly based in jazz and indian classical music but also incorporates elements of hip-hop, electronic music and more.
Sarathy has been mentored by the likes of Gilles Peterson, Fourtet, Floating Points and Emanative through the Steve Reid Foundation and has performed at venues/events such as Royal Albert Hall, Dekmantel, SXSW and Boiler Room.
“Korwar takes in the political and radical history of jazz as a voice of the disenfranchised, and applies it to the Indian diaspora experience in contemporary Britain" — The Vinyl Factory