Samay are a band based in

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, UK, formed by musicians from India and Europe who take the traditional music of India and combine it with jazz, flamenco, samba, funk and chill-out.

Overview

The band consist of Jesse Bannister (UK),

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(India), Giuliano Modarelli (Italy), Bhupinder Singh Chaggar (India) and Kenneth Higgins (UK) who replaced former bass player Javier Geras (Spain). Samay play original compositions and since the beginning they started performing in important festival such as Moor Music Festival,

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, Seven arts-Leeds and City of London Festival. In 2007 they performed in television shows such as the Nikki Bedi's Show on

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and at

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TV UK.Samay on Doordarshan Tv Uk
/ref> In 2008, they released their first

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, ''Songs for a Global Journey''. In order to support the album, they played at the Musicport World Music Festival, Beverley Folk Festival, Darbar Festival,

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and

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Members

* Jesse Bannister (UK) – saxophone *

(Bengal, India) – sarod * Giuliano Modarelli (Italy) – guitar * Bhupinder Singh Chaggar (Punjab, India) – tabla * Kenneth Higgins (UK) – bass

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Songs for a Global Journey'' – 2008

References

External links

On womex.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Samay (band) British world music groups Musical groups from Leeds Musical groups established in 2005