ANTHONY CURTIS
Musician, composer and teacher devoted to exploring sound. Founder of ANTHONY CURTIS BAND (2000-2004), BOOM with PIPPIN BARNETT (CURLEW, FRED FRITH) and GREG LABUDDE (HAMMERSMITH, LOIBON) (1994-99), JA'LU (1990-93), FIREHAND (1992-93) and SONIC MANDALA (1988-91). In addition to his musical pursuits, Curtis has delved deeply into meditative and spiritual traditions including Platonism, Dzogchen and Sufism. He went to Qatar in 2000 where he spent two and a half years absorbing the light and music of the Arab world, playing concerts with a variety of Indian percussionists and singers and partnering with VITTORIO ULDORICO from Eritrea. Returning to his home in Richmond, Virginia in 2003, he began playing concerts with local funk, fusion, jazz and rock musicians and recorded Book of the key with LA producer RONAN CHRIS MURPHY, bassist TONY LEVIN (KING CRIMSON, PETER GABRIEL, PINK FLOYD, LOU REED, WARREN ZEVON, DAVID BOWIE, JOHN LENNON, LAURIE ANDERSON and others), guitarist MIKE KENEALLY (FRANK ZAPPA, STEVE VAI, SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS etc.), drummer LEWIS PRAGASAM (Malaysia's leading percussionist and the pioneer of Asiabeat) and violinist JEFF GAUTHIER.
Artist website: http://www.anthonycurtis.net
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Musician, composer and teacher devoted to exploring sound. Founder of ANTHONY CURTIS BAND (2000-2004), BOOM with PIPPIN BARNETT (CURLEW, FRED FRITH) and GREG LABUDDE (HAMMERSMITH, LOIBON) (1994-99), JA'LU (1990-93), FIREHAND (1992-93) and SONIC MANDALA (1988-91). In addition to his musical pursuits, Curtis has delved deeply into meditative and spiritual traditions including Platonism, Dzogchen and Sufism. He went to Qatar in 2000 where he spent two and a half years absorbing the light and music of the Arab world, playing concerts with a variety of Indian percussionists and singers and partnering with VITTORIO ULDORICO from Eritrea. Returning to his home in Richmond, Virginia in 2003, he began playing concerts with local funk, fusion, jazz and rock musicians and recorded Book of the key with LA producer RONAN CHRIS MURPHY, bassist TONY LEVIN (KING CRIMSON, PETER GABRIEL, PINK FLOYD, LOU REED, WARREN ZEVON, DAVID BOWIE, JOHN LENNON, LAURIE ANDERSON and others), guitarist MIKE KENEALLY (FRANK ZAPPA, STEVE VAI, SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS etc.), drummer LEWIS PRAGASAM (Malaysia's leading percussionist and the pioneer of Asiabeat) and violinist JEFF GAUTHIER.
Artist website: http://www.anthonycurtis.net
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