Rez Abbasi was born in Pakistan and grew up in California. He first approached the guitar through the jazz tradition (George Benson, Pat Martino. He began to assimilate the music of his south Asian heritage as a young adult but only recently asserted this heritage into his music with Snake Charmer, 2006 (Source: 2009 Abstract Logix interview). Snake Charmer shows his ability to play intensely without blizzards of notes. In this video, he works with his wife, vocalist Kiran Ahluwalia, performing a piece from his 2009 album, Things to Come. This piece, which represents only a small part of his overall range of expression, always makes me stop what I'm doing and enjoy a pleasant moment of zoning out.
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