Konnakol Jazz Project
Aruṇ Lūthrā is such a great musician – a great saxophonist and great konnakolist, and I think he’s the first person to put konnakol into jazz. Of course, we’ve all done so many things with konnakol, like when I started working with the one of the greatest legendary jazz musicians, John McLaughlin, who has done a lot of konnakol. And Aruṇ has taken it even further, introducing konnakol into the jazz format.
–V. Selvagaṇesh, Grammy-winning kanjīrā and konnakol master, member of John McLaughlin’s Shakti, and Aruṇ Lūthrā’s konnakol guru
Live In New York
Leader, saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer: performing my unique blending of the Black
American Music tradition with konnakol (Carnatic music vocalized rhythms) and European
harmonies and compositional techniques. Performances and workshops nationally and
internationally in Japan, Europe, The U.K., Australia, South America, and throughout the
United States.