Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) and the US Embassy will hold a concert of “American Jazz in Fusion” with Pakistani Musicians on September 24 (today).
The show Ari Roland Quartet will bring Ari Jon Roland (Bass), Zaid Nabeel Naseer (Alto Saxophone), Christopher Lawrence Byars, (Tenor Saxophone) and Keith Gregory Balla (Drums) in fusion with Aamir Husain (Sitar), Mohammad Ajmal (Tabla) and Muhammad Salman on Flute. Aro Roland, double bass was born and raised in New York city and became a professional jazz bassist at 16.
After studying at the Juilliard School, he played with many of the most important figures in Jazz including Betty Carter, Barry Harris and Lou Donaldson. During the last two years, he has traveled extensively performing in more than 20 different countries. Zaid Naseer – The son of jazz and blues master Jamil Naseer, learnt to play from the legends of jazz themselves.
His two CDs as a bandleader have received outstanding critical acclaim in the international jazz press. Chris Byars began his professional music career singing in the Metropolitan Opera in New York at the age of 6, often in lead roles. He has received important awards, grants and commissions for his work as a composer and has written for some of the most important jazz artists in the US.