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RED BARAAT “A big band for the world“ | Wall Street Journal/USA © 2012 SinJ Records h 2012 JARO Medien GmbH Exclusively licensed to JARO Medien for Europe. “A Big Band for the World“ | Pia Catton/Wall Street Journal “Red Baraat has been one of the New York music scene‘s best-kept secrets.“ | Mehmet D./National Geographic “... a raucous, blaring, clashing celebration of a multitude of cultures come together as one joyous explosion.“ | Henry Lewis/Music Connection Magazine “They rhythm that filled the tent was infectious to say the least.“ | Bailey/Vainstyle “The band artfully hybridizes Indian bhangra and something akin to New Orleans second-line funk. Plus it‘s fun as hell.“ | Peter Margasak/Chicago Reader “... combines traditional Indian dhol drumming, frenzied improvisationl jazz and boundless energy into bombastic bites of hip-shaking grooves.“ | A.V. - Madison World Music Festival “An irrestible „dhol ‚n‘ brass“ nine-piece from New York City. He [Sunny Jain] invented „dhol ‚n‘ brass“ - and this record proves that Red Baraat rules it. | The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunny Jain made his professional debut as a dholi playing in the first ever Indian Broadway show, Bombay Dreams (2004). He has since gone on to perform with Masala Bhangra fitness guru, Sarina Jain (“The Indian Jane Fonda”), jazz legend Dewey Redman with Asha Puthli, and will make his Hollywood debut playing dhol in the upcoming movie, “Accidental Husband“, starring Uma Thurman, Colin Firth, Isabella Rossellini and directed by Griffin Dunne. He was designated a 2002 Jazz Ambassador by The Department of State and The Kennedy Center and subsequently received the Arts International Award in 2003 and 2005, and was commissioned in 2006 by Chamber Music America and in 2008 by Aaron Copland Recording Fund to com- pose and record new music. As well Sunny Jain closed out 2007 with a milestone performance with the famed Sufi-rock band, Junoon, at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway. Live Line-up: Sunny Jain.....................................................................dhol / MC Rohin Khemani .................................................... percussion Tomas Fujiwara ........................................................... drumset Mike Bomwell .................................................... soprano sax Alex Hamlin ......................................................... baritone sax Sonny Singh.............................................. trumpet / vocals MiWi La Lupa............................ bass trumpet / vocals Ernest Stuart ............................................................. trombone John Altieri.............................................. sousaphone / rap RED BAARAT »Chaal Baby« CD & Download JARO 4307-2 JARO Medien GmbH ∙ Bismarckstr. 43 ∙ Germany · 28203 Bremen ∙ Tel: +49 421 78080 ∙ Email: [email protected] · www jaro.de www.redbaraat.com Red Baraat provides interactive performances for schools, festivals and corporate clients. Audiences will learn about and be exposed to: Indian culture: instruments, rhythm, language, and geography High quality art performed by some of NYC’s top musicians Tolerance and the value of respecting and embracing differences RED BARAAT - Workshop Program

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RED BARAAT

“A big band for the world“ | Wall Street Journal/USA

© 2012 SinJ Records h 2012 JARO Medien GmbHExclusively licensed to JARO Medien for Europe.

“A Big Band for the World“ | Pia Catton/Wall Street Journal

“Red Baraat has been one of the New York music scene‘s best-kept secrets.“ | Mehmet D./National Geographic

“... a raucous, blaring, clashing celebration of a multitude of cultures come together as one joyous explosion.“ | Henry Lewis/Music Connection Magazine

“They rhythm that filled the tent was infectious to say the least.“ | Bailey/Vainstyle

“The band artfully hybridizes Indian bhangra and something akin to New Orleans second-line funk. Plus it‘s fun as hell.“ | Peter Margasak/Chicago Reader

“... combines traditional Indian dhol drumming, frenzied improvisationl jazzand boundless energy into bombastic bites of hip-shaking grooves.“ | A.V. - Madison World Music Festival

“An irrestible „dhol ‚n‘ brass“ nine-piece from New York City. He [Sunny Jain] invented „dhol ‚n‘ brass“ - and this record proves that Red Baraat rules it. | The Philadelphia Inquirer

Sunny Jain made his professional debut as a dholi playing in the first ever Indian Broadway show, Bombay Dreams (2004). He has since gone on to perform with Masala Bhangra fitness guru, Sarina Jain (“The Indian Jane Fonda”), jazz legend Dewey Redman with Asha Puthli, and will make his Hollywood debut playing dhol in the upcoming movie, “Accidental Husband“, starring Uma Thurman, Colin Firth, Isabella Rossellini and directed by Griffin Dunne. He was designated a 2002 Jazz Ambassador by The Department of State and The Kennedy Center and subsequently received the Arts International Award in 2003 and 2005, and was commissioned in 2006 by Chamber Music America and in 2008 by Aaron Copland Recording Fund to com-pose and record new music. As well Sunny Jain closed out 2007 with a milestone performance with the famed Sufi-rock band, Junoon, at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway.

Live Line-up:

Sunny Jain.....................................................................dhol / MC Rohin Khemani ....................................................percussionTomas Fujiwara ...........................................................drumsetMike Bomwell ....................................................soprano saxAlex Hamlin ......................................................... baritone saxSonny Singh ..............................................trumpet / vocalsMiWi La Lupa............................bass trumpet / vocalsErnest Stuart ............................................................. tromboneJohn Altieri.............................................. sousaphone / rap

RED BAARAT»Chaal Baby«CD & Download JARO 4307-2

JARO Medien GmbH ∙ Bismarckstr. 43 ∙ Germany · 28203 Bremen ∙ Tel: +49 421 78080 ∙ Email: [email protected] · www jaro.de

www.redbaraat.com

Red Baraat provides interactive performances for schools, festivals and corporate clients.

Audiences will learn about and be exposed to:● Indian culture: instruments, rhythm, language, and geography● High quality art performed by some of NYC’s top musicians● Tolerance and the value of respecting and embracing differences

RED BARAAT - Workshop Program

Sie sind die amerikanisch, indische Antwort auf Balkan Brass, Russendisko und Latin-Ska-Bands und vereinen Ele-mente, die wir bei Fanfare Ciocarlia, Gogol Bordello, Shantel/Bucovina Club oder La Brass Banda hören.

In etwas mehr als nur zwei Jahren hat der bahnbrechen-de Dhol-n-Brass Sound von Red Baraat als eine der weltbes-ten Livebands einen Namen gemacht. Unter der Leitung von Dholtrommler Sunny Jain verschmilzt das neunköpfi ge En-semble (mit einer Dhol – einer fassförmigen nordindischen Trommel, die an einem Gurt über der Schulter getragen wird, - Schlagzeug, Perkussion, einem Sousaphon und fünf Bläsern) den ansteckenden nordindischen Bhangra-Rhythmus mit einer Unzahl anderer Klänge, nämlich Funk, Go-Go, Latin und Jazz. Kurz gesagt haben Sunny Jain und Red Baraat einen ganz ei-genen Sound geschaffen.

Red Baraat bietet ihren Zuhören die Energie und Span-nung der auf nordindischen Hochzeiten üblichen musikali-schen Feierlichkeiten. Sie spielen u.a. traditionelle Baraat- und Punjabilieder sowie klassische Bollywoodnummern und vor allem Eigenkompositionen.

Baraat ist das Hindi Wort für Hochzeitsumzug. In Nordin-dien reitet der Bräutigam traditionell am Hochzeitstag in Be-gleitung von Familie und Freunden auf einem prachtvoll ge-schmückten Pferd zum Haus seiner Braut. Der Zug wird von einer Dholi- und/oder Marschkapelle geleitet. Livemusik ist daher eine unverzichtbare Komponente dieser freudigen Ver-anstaltung und regt natürlich auch zum Tanzen und Singen an. Jain hatte es satt, auf Baraats in den USA immer nur eine Dho-li oder einen DJ zu hören, und beschloss, die musikalische Be-gabung seiner Freunde zu nutzen. Sein eigener Baraat wurde dann von einem aus dreissig Musikern bestehenden Ensem-ble angeleitet. Mit der ganzen Authentizität dessen, was man in Indien zu hören bekommt, hatte Jain die Musik für dieses Fest komponiert bzw. bearbeitet. Aus dieser Erfahrung wurde

ihm klar, dass die Staaten eine solche Band gut gebrauchen können. Red Baraat belegte schnell Platz 1 auf der Liste für Baraats und besondere Anlässe. Heute kann man Red Baraat mit gleicher Wahrscheinlichkeit auf einer überhitzten, unange-kündigten Lagerhaus-Fete in ihrer Brooklyner Wohngegend wie im Lincoln Center begegnen; oder auf dem Montreal Jazzfesti-val genauso wie im Barbican Center in London.

Ihre Spielorte sind mittlerweile weltweit angesehende Fes-tivals und Theater, und sie halten sich in ausverkauften Clubs in der ganzen Stadt New York gut in Form. Red Baraat hat eine ganze Palette voller Einfl üsse gesammelt und fusioniert; jetzt führt sie sie in bester Brooklyner Art in die ganze Welt wieder aus.

Ihre Veröffentlichung, »Chaal Baby« ist die erste CD, die die Band im Studio aufgenommen hat. Für die europäische Ausgabe kamen zwei unglaublich mitreissende Titel hinzu, die bei einer Liveshow im Brooklyner Southpaw zum Anlass des zweiten Geburtstags von Red Baraat aufgenommen wurden.

Der namensgebende Track ‚Chaal Baby‘ wurde jüngst als Hintergrundmusik für die Werbespots für die Erfolgs-TV-Sen-dung „It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia“ verwendet. Nach ih-rem Auftritt auf dem globalFEST 2011 war Red Baraat ein Pu-blikumsliebling, der von Public Radio International’s The World, National Public Radio’s All Songs Considered, The New York Times, The Village Voice und Mother Jones vorgestellt wurde. Das Debütalbum »Chaal Baby« (Sinj Records) wurde von meh-reren Musikkritikern als beste Welt- und Jazzveröffentlichung 2010 gewählt.

Die Band hat auch den Titelsong für den Film „The Yes Men Fix the World“ aufgenommen und 2009 auf der Mer-cedes-Benz Fashion Week (NYC) für die Laufstegmodels von Ports 1961 gespielt. Features zu Red Baraat sind im National Geographic, dem Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker und an-deren Veröffentlichungen erschienen. ◆

RED BARAATThey are the american, indian answer to Balkan Brass!

In just over two short years, the pioneering Brooklyn dhol‚n‘brass party juggernaut Red Baraat have made a name for themselves as one of the best live bands playing anywhere in the world. Led by dhol drummer Sunny Jain, the nine piece (comprised of dhol [double-sided barrel shaped North Indian drum slung over one shoulder]) drumset, percussion, a sousa-phone, and 5 horns) melds the infectious North Indian rhythm Bhangra with a host of sounds, namely funk, go-go, latin, and jazz. Simply put, Sunny Jain and Red Baraat have created and defi ned a sound entirely their own.

Red Baraat brings the energy and excitement of the mu-sical festivities found at North Indian weddings. Comprised of dhol (double-sided, barrel shaped drum slung around the neck), percussion and horns, this NYC-based group plays tra-ditional baraat songs, Punjabi songs, as well as classic Bol-lywood numbers and fresh originals. Led by international drumming sensation, Sunny Jain, it is the fi rst and only Indian marching band in the Northeast.

Baraat is Hindi for a marriage procession. In North India, it is a tradition on the day of the wedding for the groom to travel to his bride’s home on a magnifi cently decorated horse, accompanied by family and friends. Led by a dholi and/or a marching band, the live music is inseparable from this joyous celebration and naturally induces dancing and singing. Tired of just hearing a dholi or a DJ at a baraat in the States, Jain opted to utilize the musical talents of his friends and have a 30-piece band lead his very own baraat. After composing and arranging music for the festivities, and bringing the authenticity of what one might hear in India, Jain soon realized the need for such a band in the States. Red Baraat has quickly become the fi rst call band for baraats and special events.

It’s a sound so powerful it has left the band in its own ut-terly unique and enviable class. These days you are as likely

to fi nd Red Baraat throwing down at an overheated and un-announced warehouse party in their Brooklyn neighborhood as you are at Lincoln Center. Or the Montreal Jazz Festival. Or the Barbican. It’s a band unquestionably on the ascent play-ing some of the most prestigious festivals and theatres world-wide, and keeping their chops razor sharp in basements and sweaty sold out clubs across New York City. Leading an audi-ence as diverse and joyful as the band itself, Red Baraat has subsumed a plateful of global infl uence, fused it, and is now exporting it Brooklyn-style to the world.

The group‘s most recent release, »Chaal Baby«, is the band’s fi rst studio album, for the European release there were added incredibly powerful two songs from a live show captured at Brooklyn’s Southpaw on the band’s second anniversary.

Most recently, the title track, ‘Chaal Baby‘, is being used as the background music for the promo ads for the hit FX TV show, “It‘s Always Sunny In Philadelphia“. After the group’s performance at the 2011 globalFEST, Red Baraat was a top pick favorite and featured on PRI’s The World, NPR’s All Songs Considered, New York Times, The Village Voice and others. The group‘s debut CD, »Chaal Baby« (Sinj Records) was voted by sev-eral music critics as a top world and jazz release of 2010.

Since their inception in October 2008, Red Baraat has delivered blistering performances at globalFEST, Montreal Jazz Festival, Sunfest, Chicago World Music Festival, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Madison World Music Festival, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Pori Jazz Festival (Finland), Mol-de Jazz Festival (Norway) and Chicago Folks & Roots Festi-val, among many others. They also recorded the credit roll theme song for the movie, “The Yes Men Fix the World“ and performed for the 2009 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (NYC) for Ports 1961 runway models. Red Baraat has been featured in National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker among many others. ◆

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