March 2, 2016

Friends, The new Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet is out now! You can listen to samples etc., in the cd store.

RAAQ, Rez Abbasi’s Acoustic Quartet, recorded a new album which will be out on Sunnyside Records in September. The quartet features Rez exclusively on acoustic... Read More

Rez is on 3 new recordings. One with gifted drummer Sandro Dominelli w/ bassist Chris Tarry. The other with legendary drummer Mike Clark (Herbie Hancock),... Read More

“Things To Come” was including in Down Beat’s best CD’s of the decade! (Dec. 2009) February, 2010

“Things To Come” is out on Sunnyside Records. The group includes: Rudresh Mahanthappa, Vijay Iyer, Johannes Weidenmuller, Dan Weiss and Kiran Ahluwalia. October, 2009

Rez received the 2009 Chamber Music America Grant to compose for his one of his ensembles. October, 2009

Rez recorded with Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Dakshina group which features legendary Karnatic saxophone pioneer, Kadri Gopalnath. The recording is out on PI Records and has been... Read More

Rez was featured in Guitar Player Magazine’s August 08′ issue October, 2009

Rez Abbasi featured on WKCR ‘s New Sounds “The New Americans”. Also feat. Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain, and more. http://tinyurl.com/yz8r6u8 October, 2009

Check out what Vijay Iyer said about Rez in a recent blindfold test in Jazz Times.(www.jazztimes.com). October, 2009