3rd October 2019: Rez Abbasi – ‘A Throw of Dice’ featured in Downbeat Magazine + WBGO – pre order / stream / pre save available now
Rez Abbasi’s latest album A Throw of Dice is an original release of quintet music based on ‘A Throw of Dice (A Romance of India)’, a vintage black-and-white Indian-German silent film from 1929. The album features his group – The Silent Ensemble with saxophonist/flautist Pawan Benjamin, bassist/cellist Jennifer Vincent, Carnatic percussionist Rohan Krishnamurthy and drummer Jake Goldbas.
Pre-order here
Rez has been getting some well deserved early attention for the album, including Downbeat Magazine and WBGO. The album is being released in fifteen days on October 18th, and you can currently listen to the first single, ‘Wedding Preparation’ on both Spotify and Apple Music (where you can also pre-save the entire album).