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	Trilok Gurtu: biography (page 1 of 4)
		Although Trilok Gurtu’s music can not be held between boundaries of classic jazz, I doubt there was a single jazz-fan on this concert that did not feel joy and excitement from unique blend of traditional Indian music and contemporary jazz that secures a special place for Trilok Gurtu in today music, no matter of genre.
		Trilok Gurtu was born on 30 October 1951 in Bombay, India.
		Trilok Gurtu is coming from a musical family; his mother Shobha Gurtu is a celebrated vocalist of khayyal and thumri, and his grandfather was a concert sitar player and musicologist and his older brothers, Narendra and Ravi are percussionists.
	members.tripod.com /~MarioMendes/trilok.html (282 words)

	Trilok Gurtu - Biography - AOL Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gurtu was a member of acoustic jazz fusion group, Oregon, from 1984 to 1988.
		In the summer of 1993, Gurtu toured Europe in a duo with Josef Zawinul and recorded an album, Crazy Saints, with Zawinul and Pat Metheny.
		Gurtu continues to teach drum clinics and perform at classical events with modern dancer Carolyn Carlson.
	music.aol.com /artist/trilok-gurtu/6638/biography (338 words)

	Amazon.ca: African Fantasy: Music: Trilok Gurtu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Trilok Gurtu's evolution from mere percussion wizard to innovative composer of global jazz fusion takes a quantum leap forward on this remarkable collection of African, Indian, American, and Asian music.
		Gurtu also reprises the song "You, Remember This" with his mother, the legendary singer Shobha Gurtu, and he teams up with vocalist Angelique Kidjo on two of the less adventurous tracks.
		Trilok Gurtu with his new work is not only afirming his place as the best jazz drummer/percussionist, he is also getting a place as a really important musican.
	www.amazon.ca /African-Fantasy-Trilok-Gurtu/dp/B00004VVYF (516 words)

	Drummerworld: Trilok Gurtu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Indian composer and master percussionist Trilok Gurtu was born into a highly musical family in Bombay, India where his grandfather was a noted sitar player and his mother, Shobha Gurtu is a classical singing star and constant influence.
		From 1984 through 1988 Trilok toured the world with the highly respected jazz ensemble Oregon and was also a important member of the quartet that L. Shankar led with Jan Garbarek and Zakir Hussain.
		Audiences were enthralled by Trilok's compositions which linked subtle Indian rhythms and Indian singing with elements of modern jazz and rock.
	www.drummerworld.com /drummers/Trilok_Gurtu.html (387 words)

	culturebase.net \| The international artist database \| Trilok Gurtu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Trilok Gurtu is a master of Indian music, tabla, percussion, and Western drumming.
		Gurtu's music is often accompanied by famous players and singers, like the Malian vocalist Salif Keita, the Benin born chanteuse Angelique Kidjo, and also his mother, Thumri singer Shobha Gurtu (now in her 70s).
		"Gurtu's easy cohabitation with the music of his roots as well as American jazz gives his accompaniments an exhilaratingly bumpy energy, the meticulous precision of Indian percussion patterns at high speeds constantly nudged and disrupted by explosive cymbal sounds and whiplash offbeats", John Fordham wrote in Guardian, 31.10.2000.
	www.culturebase.net /artist.php?1210 (594 words)

	Trilok Gurtu: biography (page 2 of 4)
		At that time Trilok Gurtu was also exposed to jazz, soul and rock&roll music of such musicians as John Coltrane, James Brown, The Supremes and Jimi Hendrix.
		Back then Trilok Gurtu could not afford himself a drum kit of his own so he had to borrow it from a friend’s father and in exchange he had to bring buckets of water from a community tap for the family.
		In 1973 Trilok Gurtu left India and toured Europe with a Waterfront, and later as part of R.D. Burman and Asha Bhosle's troupe.
	members.tripod.com /mariomendes/trilok_2.html (370 words)

	Goose bumps - Dedicated to Trilok Gurtu
		Trilok Gurtu was born in Bombay on october 30th, 1951.
		Trilok's reputation does not stop increasing and its significant collaboration with the group of progressive jazz Oregon made known him internationally.
		Trilok turned a lot with his group among which the originality melts itself around a composed drum kit on the floor and consisted of cymbals, charleston, snare drum, tone and cashbook, banked, dhols, gongs, blocks, stupid, without forgetting abominable sound bathes of water where it immerses instruments to create surprising effects...
	perso.wanadoo.fr /shortcut/bio.htm (218 words)

	Trilok Gurtu - Drum Solo Artist
		From 1984 until 1988 Trilok toured the world with Oregon, the highly respected jazz group and was an important part of the quartet that L. Shankar led with Jan Garbarek and Zakir Hussain.
		For the next four years Trilok played an integral part in the John McLaughlin Trio, cutting two albums and playing alongside John as the featured soloist on all their enormously successful tours across the world.
		Trilok's unique instrumentation and singing became an important focus in that group's set; "when John and Trilok trade licks the audience is inevitably drawn to such a climax that encore follows encore", as New York audiences know well from their Blue Note club appearances.
	www.drumsoloartist.com /Site/Drummers/Trilok_Gurtu.html (371 words)

	Four Quarters Entertainment, Inc.
		Trilok Gurtu was born into a highly musical family in Bombay, India where his grandfather was a noted sitar player and his mother, Shobha Gurtu is a classical singing star and constant influence.
		Considered to be one of the greatest percussionists in the world, Trilok Gurtu revisits his roots to release The Glimpse (SSD 1082) Available in stores on August 19, 1997 in North America, The Glimpse features guest musicians including Geetha Bennett, Lars Danielsson, Jaya Deva and Teodosii Spassov.
		It showcases a set of compositions Trilok Gurtu, a musician and composer well known for seemlessly blending Indian rhythms to contemporary western rock and jazz.
	www.fourquartersent.com /bios/trilokbio.html (591 words)

	Trilok Gurtu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Trilok Gurtu (born in Bombay on 30 October 1951) is an Indian percussionist who has also crossed over into jazz rock fusion.
		His mother, singer Shobha Gurtu, started him on the tabla, and he later studied the instrument with Abdul Karim.
		Some of the unusual aspects of his kit and playing include Trilok playing without a drum stool in a half-kneeling position on the floor, with a non-traditional kick drum that resembled a large drum head with a kick-pedal, and a mix of tablas and western drums.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trilok_Gurtu (396 words)

	E.J.N. - TRILOK GURTU
		Eventually Trilok travelled to Europe, joining up with trumpeter Don Cherry (father of Neneh and Eagle Eye) for two years; touring worldwide with Oregon, the highly respected jazz group and was an important part of the quartet that L.Shankar led with Jan Garbarek and Zakir Hussain.
		Trilok’s unique instrumentantion and singing became an important focus in that group’s set; “when John and Trilok trade licks the audience is inevitably drawn to such a climax that encore follows encore”, as New York audiences know well from their Blue Note Club appearances.
		Band tours continued annually establishing Trilok Gurtu as a regular and popular visitor to many European and US cities; his group called The Glimpse was formed in 1996 which grew from his musical roots in India’s timeless acoustic tradition.
	www.ejn.it /mus/gurtu.htm (1070 words)

	Amazon.de: Remembrance: Musik: Trilok Gurtu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Trilok Gurtu, der seit vielen Jahren in Deutschland lebende Tabla-Spieler indischer Herkunft, gilt weltweit als einer der innovativsten und kreativsten Schlagwerker.
		Gurtu selbst bezeichnet sein eigenes Spiel bescheiden lediglich als "Medium".
		Gurtus 77-jährige Mutter - Königin des Thumri, eines tanzorientierten hinduistischen Stils - ist ebenfalls dabei.
	www.amazon.de /Remembrance-Trilok-Gurtu/dp/B00006K06J (712 words)

	Trilok Gurtu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Drawing on his background in Indian classical music and jazz, percussionist Trilok Gurtu dives into the African bag and comes up with a set of evocative pieces, even a few pearls.
		Gurtu's tablas and other drums power through these tracks, and Ravi Charry's sitar is a near-constant element.
		But for the most part, Gurtu's African excursion is heartfelt and powerful, and graced with strong, memorable melodies.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/00/11/02/OTR/TRILOK_GURTU.html (218 words)

	Vimoksha - Indian classical music and dance portal - Fusion music dead in the West: Trilok Gurtu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gurtu, the Hamburg-based son of late legendary Thumri (a style of light Indian classical music) exponent Shobha Gurtu, said the main reason for fusion's decline was that nobody wanted to look out for genuine music.
		Gurtu, who demonstrated his talent with tabla at the age of six, is also a master of Indian music, percussion and western drumming and plays a unique hybrid east-west drum set-up.
		Gurtu said that the fundamental difference between Western and Indian classical music is in "the formula".
	www.vimoksha.com /frontpage/fusion-music-dead-in-the-west-trilok-gurtu.html (960 words)

	BBC - Radio 3 - Awards for World Music- Trilok Gurtu;
		Long before the UK's infamous Asian Underground scene emerged in the late 1990s, Trilok Gurtu was creating his own experimental fusions between Indian music, rock, jazz and even African styles.
		His grandfather played the sitar and his mother Shobha Gurtu is still a revered singer of Indian classical music.
		Trilok Gurtu's drum kit is a sight to behold at his gigs.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/world/awardstrilok.shtml (373 words)

	Trilok Gurtu : Farakala - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Trilok Gurtu is best known for his percussion work melding Indian music and jazz.
		Interestingly, Gurtu's presence throughout is largely understated, leaving the spotlight to the others, most especially singer Hadja Kouyate, whose vocal and tonal range is nothing less than stunning.
		Gurtu is a past master at knowing what to put in or leave out to enhance a song.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,3478245,00.html (264 words)

	Avantgarde Music. Trilok Gurtu: biography, discography, reviews, links
		Percussionista dell'India, nato a Bombay nel 1951 ma educato a Hamburg e scoperto in Svezia da Don Cherry, Trilok Gurtu nel 1984 sostituì il compianto Colin Walcott negli Oregon e nel 1989 entrò nel trio di John McLaughlin.
		Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu (1951), the son of vocalist Shobha Gurtu, who had played with Don Cherry (1976), with Oregon (1984) and with John McLaughlin (1989), perfected a technique that draws equally from Indian tabla and dhol drums, from jazz music (cymbals, hi-hats) and from other ethnic cultures (gongs, congas, cowbells, snares).
		Widely considered one of his generation's greatest percussionists, Gurtu perfected a technique that draws equally from Indian tabla and dhol drums, from jazz music (cymbals, hi-hats) and from other ethnic cultures (gongs, congas, cowbells, snares).
	www.scaruffi.com /avant/gurtu.html (645 words)

	Trilok Gurtu - Wikipedia
		Gurtu hat in mehreren Interviews berichtet, dass er in der Kindheit ständig Musik um sich herum hatte und dass er von seiner Umgebung zu musikalischen Übungen angehalten wurde.
		Für Gurtu waren das immer noch Zeiten, in denen er sich kein eigenes Schlagzeug leisten konnte und sich daher seine Instrumente bei Freunden leihen musste.
		Trilok Gurtu hat in den Jahren 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 und 2002 den Kritiker-Preis der Zeitschrift Downbeat als bester Perkussionist des Jahres gewonnen.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trilok_Gurtu (1585 words)

	NOVI SAD OLD GOLD JAZZ FESTIVAL 2003 : Trilok Gurtu Trio
		TRILOK GURTU was born (30 October 1951 in Bombay, India) into a highly musical family in Bombay, India where his grandfather was a noted Sitar player and his mother Shobha Gurtu, a classical singing star and constant influence.
		Gurtu and Badarou drew deep inspiration from African Fantasy as they traveled to the capitals of Africa and India, gathering rhythms, street songs, and musical friends, preparing to record the project.
		Recorded in February this year Remembrance is Trilok Gurtu's latest album and first recording made completely in India with Indian musicians, many of whom are giant stars in their own country, including the world renowned Zakir Hussain and Shobha Gurtu.
	jazzns.eunet.yu /jazz03/bend1eng.htm (1387 words)

	BBC - World Review - Trilok Gurtu, Remembrance
		Producer/percussionist Trilok Gurtu has spent the fifteen-odd years since the release of his first solo album Usfret exploring the potential of collaborations between musicians from the Indian, jazz and African traditions.
		Trilok's mother Shoba Gurtu makes her first recording with her son since Usfret.
		Trilok syncopates trap drums beneath the flute and a rolling synthesiser sequence, giving the tune his rhythmic trademark.
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/release/njdp (539 words)

	Rediff On The Net, Life/Style: Trilok Gurtu is the best jazz percussionist in the world today
		In fact, Ravi Gurtu, who in the early 1970s was known in the Bombay film industry as the "king of Bongo", was a major influence in Trilok's life.
		Trilok, who was present, was also invited to play his piece.
		Trilok became an integral part of the McLaughlin Trio and even cut two albums with them.
	www.rediff.com /style/apr/03trilok.htm (1376 words)

	Harmony Central®: Master Percussionist Trilok Gurtu Now Playing Remo World Percussion
		In fact, in producing new instruments to meet Trilok's needs, we have been able to develop several instruments that we think will be of interest to a variety of contemporary drummers and percussionists.
		Born into a highly musical family, Trilok Gurtu began studying Tabla when he was just six years old.
		Trilok's travels took him around the world where he was exposed to Western musical styles which he was able to integrate into a world/fusion drumming style that blended elements of Indian, jazz and classical musical forms.
	www.harmony-central.com /Newp/WNAMM99/Remo/Trilok-Gurtu.html (514 words)

	Amazon.com: The Beat of Love: Music: Trilok Gurtu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Bombay-born tabla master and percussionist Trilok Gurtu has become a fixture on the pop- and world-music scenes, performing with Pat Metheny, Gilberto Gil, and Bill Laswell.
		Trilok Gurtu — Find pics, news, movies, interviews, filmography and more at Moviefone.
		Gurtu is a great session and guest percussionist, but Beat of Love is a surprisingly bland salad of "world beat" clichs and pop synthesized keyboard filler.
	www.amazon.com /Beat-Love-Trilok-Gurtu/dp/B00005B83F (961 words)

	Redhotcurry.com - Music. Miles_Gurtu by Robert Miles and Trilok Gurtu
		Robert Miles and Trilok Gurtu are two of modern music's true pioneers, confounding convention and defying easy categorisation.
		The "fl sheep"" of a famous family of Indian classical musicians, Trilok embodies the world of virtuosic Indo-Jazz fusion and is godfather to the UK's dynamic Asian-Underground scene, lauded and remixed by artists such as Talvin Singh, Asian Dub Foundation and Fun'Da'Mental.
		Playing an appropriately hybrid East/West electro/acoustic drum and percussions set-up, Trilok carried off Jazz-bible Downbeat's 'Best Percussionist Award' five times in the last eight years and his Indo-African CD explorations 'African Fantasy and 'The Beat of Love' were nominated for the BBC Radio 3 World Music Award.
	www.redhotcurry.com /entertainment/music/miles_gurtu.htm (384 words)

	Trilok Gurtu: Beat of Love
		Gurtu and Badarou drew deep inspiration from Gurtu's previous Blue Thumb release, African Fantasy, as they traveled to the capitals of African and India, gathering rhythms, street songs, and musical friends, preparing to record the project.
		The son of one of India's most beloved classical singers, Shobha Gurtu, Trilok first picked up the tabla at the age of six.
		With this new recording, Trilok Gurtu bares his heart to the world, and it seems the whole world is open to him.
	www.jazzitude.com /bltrilok.htm (1132 words)

	trilok gurtu
		Understanding Trilok Gurtu - the person - is like trying to figure out what came first - the chicken or the egg.
		Born in a prominent musical Mumbai family (his mother Shobha is a celebrated vocalist and his grandpa a concert sitar player), Gurtu's fundas began with tabla classes, and progressed to international instruments where he collaborated with the legendary trumpeter Don Cherry, and a band with Shankar, Jan Garbarek and Zakir Hussain.
		Trilok's music is even used as samples in UK's hottest dance clubs today.
	www.jammag.com /music/xclusive/gurtu/gurtu.htm (508 words)

	Trilok Gurtu - Discography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gurtu and Badarou recorded several tracks in India featuring exemplary Indian vocalists and top "Bollywood" musicians, who enter into the marriage of the two cultures with surprising and beautiful results.
		Shobha Gurtu, Trilok's 70-year-old mother, who is a celebrity in India, sings an outstanding vocal for her son.
		Shobha Gurtu's recordings are to be found in the World Music section of record stores throughout the World recognising her household name status in India.
	www.worldmusicnet.net /discography.htm (1499 words)

	Trilok Gurtu, Panjabi MC nominated for BBC awards
		Cesaria Evora, Cheb Khaled and Trilok Gurtu are among the nominees for the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards 2004.
		Gurtu, the globetrotting Indian percussionist who lives in Germany, has been nominated in the Asia/Pacific category.
		Gurtu and singer Alka Yagnik, who were separately nominated last year in this category, lost out to Mahwash and Ensemble Kaboul from Afghanistan.
	www.rediff.com /movies/2003/nov/24sound.htm (539 words)

	Trilok Gurtu - The Beat Of Love - Blue Thumb Records
		Percussion master Trilok Gurtu joyously intermingles eclectic world music traditions on his exuberant, richly textured Blue Thumb debut, African Fantasy.
		Trilok's skill as a composer shines on African Fantasy, an album of 11 pure and danceable tracks laced with poly-rhythmic beats and beautifully exotic melodies.
		All tracks composed by Trilok Gurtu, except: "African Fantasy" by Trilok Gurtu/L. Shankar/A. Kidjo and "Africa con India" by Trilok Gurtu/Angélique Kidjo.
	www.vervemusicgroup.com /product.aspx?ob=e&src=lb&pid=9433 (192 words)

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