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Jazz Orient aka Re-Orient
Jazz Orient, (or Re-Orient, as they are known on their ARC label releases) are one of the most amazing bands on Earth. A unique blend of 3 distinctive artists from different musical backgrounds dedicated to working together to make wonderful new music.

There is no dogma, just a meeting and celebration of each others music and a desire to create something greate than the sum of it's parts.They regularly tour the country and work with guest musicians expanding the sound. They have recorded 5 internationally released CDs together...

Jazz Orient - Re-Orient are...
Baluji Shrivastav
Multi-instrumentalist uniquely recording classical CDs on sitar, surbhahar, and dilruba. Performed all over the world and worked with many famous western artists - Massive Attack, Soul II Soul, and Annie Lennox to name a few.
Jazz Orient / Re-Orient
Special guests have included

Talvin Singh - tabla
Sakari Kukko - sax, piano
Ustad Faiyaz Khan - tabla
Andrew Platt - bass
Michael Parker - drums, tabla
Gerry Hunt - sax, guitar, flute
Clive Bell - bansuri
Partho Mukherjee - tabla
Guy Barker - trumpet
Andy Sheppard - saxophone
Hossam Ramzy - percussion

Linda Shanovitch
A unique vocal artist, combining her interest in jazz, opera and studies in Indian Classical music and dance and years spent living in Mexico to make a unique musical palette from which she draws amazing performances.
Chris Conway
A multi-instrumental wizard, active in the jazz, world music, new age and folk worlds. He has many years experience in Indian fusion music having worked with Dr L Subramanium, Ramesh Mishra, Gavin Bryars, and others.

CDs click on CDs for more info
as Re-Orient
as Jazz Orient

Re-Orient & Baluji Shrivastav - Indian World Music Fusion

Baluji Shrivastav & Re-Orient - Indian World Music Fusion - Seven Steps to the Sun

Re-Orient - Baluji Shrivastav & Re-Orient

Jazz Orient - Bird Dancer
    

compilations
 
Baluji Shrivastav CDs
Chris Conway CDs
Crossing Borders

Album also also features Larry Coryell, Trilok Gurtu, Hariprasad Chaurasia


Melting Pot
- global sounds from arc music


ARC Music 25th Anniversary sampler


 

 

Classical Indian Sitar & Surbahar 

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The Art of the Indian Dilruba

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You can order ARC CDs direct
e-mail info@arcmusic.co.uk
or visit ARC Web Site


You can also order ZahZah CDs
direct from ZahZah Website

River of Life

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The Healing Drum
(with Chris Puleston)

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Breathtaking

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Other Conway CDs

 


Photos

Jazz Orient aka Re-Orient - Barbican International Jazz & Blues Festival, Plymouth - May 2008 - Thanks to Mama Tokus for photos

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Baluji Shrivastav of Jazz Orient aka Re-Orient . Linda Shanovitch of Jazz Orient aka Re-Orient . Chris Conway  of Jazz Orient aka Re-Orient
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Jazz Orient aka Re-Orient - The Crypt, St Giles, Camberwell, London - May 2008 - Thanks to Rizwan for photos

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Baluji Shrivastav of Jazz Orient .Linda Shanovitch of Jazz Orient . Chris Conway of Jazz Orient

photo shoot - Jazz Orient aka Re-Orient - Feb 2008 - photos Simon Richardson

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Jazz Orient Re-Orient minitour - CC & Baluji Shrivatsav & Linda Shanovitch - Commemorative Hall, Huntingdon, Sawsley Village College, Ellesmere Centre, Stetchworth -Nov 07 - photos by G and Leela

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Baluji Shrivastav -  Jazz Orient aka Re-Orient . Linda Shanovitch - Jazz Orient aka Re-Orient . Chris Conway - theremin -  Jazz Orient aka Re-Orient

Jazz Orient - Re-Orient - at The Mint Leaf, London - Nov 2006
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CC in the studio with Jazz Orient/Re-Orient 2005 - Magneto Sound Studios, London - September 05
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Jazz Orient/Re-Orient - Four Four Time Festival - Feb 05 - Buxton

L-R - Gerry Hunt, CC, Linda Shanovitch, Baluji Shrivastav, Udit Pankarnia
Victoria Embankment Gardens - photos Judith Silver


South Bank photos - thanks to spiv5678 for the great photos

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Jazz Orient live @ the Castrol Bowl - Swindon
A seven piece band for the first time

The Seven Steps to the Sun team
L-R back - Gerry Hunt, Clive Bell 
 front - Linda Shanovitch, Baluji Shrivastav, Chris Conway, Ustad Faiyaz Khan