Purbayan Chatterjee’s latest album Saath Saath, featuring 7 ragas for morning and night and recorded in Mumbai March 2022, is set for release September 9, 2022. Co-written with flautist Rakesh Chaurasia, the record is being performed and toured in both the United States and United Kingdom throughout September and October. The debut album performance took place at New York’s Carnegie Hall, August 14.
Purbayan’s music aims to bridge cultures as he searches for new voices, interpreting the classical approach in new and innovative ways, a press release said, and was inspired by his immersion in Indian classical music of masters like Ustad Ali Akbar and jazz greats like Ornette Coleman.
Saath Saath was recorded with lifelong friend Rakesh Chaurasia, and features Ojas Adhiya on tabla and Taufiq Qureshi in a small chamber orchestra environment in one or sometimes 2 takes. The album’s progress follows the passing of day and night, with the first half of the album dedicated to the more soothing morning ragas and the latter night ragas, building to a crescendo.
Purbayan began his life in music at 5 years old, when his father, the guru Shri Parthapratim Chatterjee gave him a sitar and introduced him to the music of Nikhil Banerjee from the school of Baba Alauddin Khan.
Full tour dates here
14th August New York City, Carnegie Hall
15th to 17th Sept Charlotte, North Carolina
17th Sept Irvine, Barclay Theater (only Rakesh ji)
23rd Sept Richmond, Indiana, Earlham College
24th Sept Austin, Bates Recital Hall
25th Sept Boston, TBA
30th Sept Chicago, World Music Festival
1st Oct Scranton, PA,The theatre
2nd Oct Sunnyvale, CA TBA
7th Oct Houston, Matchbox4
8th Oct Los Angeles, Herrick Memorial Chapel
9th Oct Minneapolis, Recital Hall of St. Catherine
University, Minnesota
16th Oct London, Darbar Festival Barbican (UK)
21st Oct Seattle, Eastside Baha’i Center
22nd Oct Boulder, Colorado, The Dairy Center
23rd Oct New York City, Merkin Concert Hall
