Rez Abbasi Bandcamp page
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June
2021
Rez named 2021 Guggenheim Fellow
Awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2021 for composition, Voted #1 Rising-Star Guitarist in the 2013 DownBeat Critics Poll and subsequently placed in the top-ten guitarists...
Django-shift
Abbasi’s new album features an ambitious trio recasting the compositions of legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt. “The textural effects are often startling, casting Reinhardt tunes in unlikely, sometimes otherworldly contexts.” Chicago Tribune/Best Jazz
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March
2021
‘Django-shift’ by Rez Abbasi Review: Retuning a Guitar Legacy
An album from the forward-thinking guitarist offers muscular new renditions of the music of early jazz great Django Reinhardt. Read more at WSJ
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October
2019
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October
2019
Rez interviewed about A Throw of Dice in Downbeat
Guitarist Rez Abbasi Crafts New Soundtrack for 1929 Silent Film ‘A Throw Of Dice’… Read More
