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... Read More
14
June
2021
Django-shift
“Abbasi has found an exciting way to present legendary material in an up-to-date style.” Wall Street Journal “Abbasi and his colleagues cast Reinhardt’s music in... Read More
25
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
25
March
2021
Downbeat Interview
25
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
08
October
2019
Rez releases his first guitar book on Hal Leonard
“Rez Abbasi is a unique voice in the guitar world. His is a beautiful coming together of Western tradition blended with his deep Eastern roots.... Read More
18
July
2018
Unfiltered Universe
“The music grabs hold of both your imagination and heart with equal alluring power. Rez Abbasi proves again to be more than a superb guitarist;... Read More
09
November
2017
Behind the Vibration
NYCJR- “Abbasi’s tunes fly and soar…for all its acetylene burn, Abbasi’s band is graceful and the melodies sustainable and engaging.” JazzDagama- “Rez Abbasi’s sonic world... Read More
09
November
2017
New York Times Feature
26
December
2016
