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’ 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
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
New York Times Feature
26
December
2016
Asia Times- It’s jazz, but not as you know it
Pakistan-born jazz guitarist Rez Abbasi turns to the ancient sounds of India for his latest musical adventure.
26
December
2016
Village Voice- With His Band, Invocation, Guitarist Rez Abbasi Puts an Indian Spin on Jazz
The new project by jazz guitarist Rez Abbasi is billed as an engagement with Carnatic music, the centuries-old classical tradition of South India. But listeners... Read More
26
December
2016
Rez makes it to #8 Guitarists on DownBeat Critics Poll 2016
Rez makes it to #8 Guitarists on DownBeat Critics Poll 2016
06
July
2016
