Amithias w/ Matthias Schriefl, Amith Nadig & B. C. Manjunath

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At a young age Matthias Schriefl was invited by the famous saxophonist Charlie Mariano to represent him on a tour with the Karnataka College of Percussion. Enthusiastic about South Indian music, he still travels to Bangalore again and again to study Indian music. In Bangalore, a deep friendship developed years ago, as well as Amithias, a band with two bandleaders: Amith Nadig and Matthias Schriefl. The musicians of this band come from South India and the Allgäu - a great mixture for real world music! Nadig is a flute virtuoso who plays classical Indian music with the best musicians of the subcontinent. Not only does he deal intensively with his own rich culture, but with Amithias, for example, he also plays samba, blues and mambo pieces and yodels in the Indian way. Amithias explores the connections between jazz harmonies and Indian ragas as well as the commonalities of rhythms from all over the world. The result is a fascinating interplay of the complex musical landscape of southern India with European harmonies.