simakDialog

Indonesian jazz fusion outfit simakDialog were formed in Jakarta in 1993 by Riza Arshad, a mainly self-taught keyboardist skilled in a variety of styles including jazz, prog rock, and global traditional musics, along with drummer/percussionist Arie Ayunir and electric bassist Indro Hardjodikoro. Tohpati Ario Hutomo, a classical and jazz guitarist, also joined simakDialog that year -- transforming the group from a trio to a quartet -- and like Arshad became a key member of the ensemble over the next two decades. While the influences of such jazz and fusion pioneers as Miles Dav...