News

Rez Makes Best Of NPR List for 2010

There will be another feature article on Rez in the 2/11 Guitar Player Mag. conducted by co-editer, Barry Cleveland.

We’re happy to find out that the Jazz Journalists Association considers “Natural Selection” one of the best albums of 2010 (so far).

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