Rez Abbasi

Award-winning guitarist and composer Rez Abbasi manifests an uncommon gift for creating original sounds in settings influenced by traditional forms. Born in Kurachi, Pakistan but raised in Southern California, Abbasi is equally comfortable in settings including rock, fusion, hard- and post-bop, and traditional music from the Indian sub-continent. His debut, 1999's Modern Memory, was lauded as the work of an innovative stylist and inventive composer. On more than a dozen subsequent albums he's led trios, quartets, and quintets while continuing to collaborate with musicians who ...