Rez Abbasi

Award-winning guitarist and composer Rez Abbasi manifests an uncommon gift for creating original sounds in musical settings influenced by traditional forms. Born in Kurachi, Pakistan and raised in Southern California from the age of four, Abbasi amassed a wealth of musical inspirations. He is equally comfortable in settings from rock and fusion to hard bop, post-bop, and standards, as well as traditional musics from the Indian sub-continent. His debut offering, 1999's Modern Memory, was lauded as the work of an innovative stylist and inventive composer. On more than a dozen al...