Arthur Gracias ( Indojazz Guitar ) Steve Potts ( Saxophones) Jobic Le Mason (Piano) Trio, Performing at the Babilo , Jazz Club, Paris 2018.
Paris, 2018
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Thanksgiving performance at St John of God Hospital, Midland, Western Australia. For stroke survivors, patients, doctors, nurses and all who helped me recover after my stroke, 2021.
Thanksgiving performance at St John of God Hospital, Midland, Western Australia.
For stroke survivors, patients, doctors, nurses and all who helped me recover.
It’s a miracle. Thank you Lord.
Blues, Jazz and Beyond – Radio 6EBA 95.3FM
World Radio 6EBA 95.3 FM
Broadcasting fortnightly on Friday at 4pm, Arthur Gracias presents Blues, Jazz and Beyond.
He talks about the evolution of Blues and Jazz, how it started, and where its at in chronological order.
“Unity in Diversity” – A Harmony of Sounds
WTV Channel 44 (Screening of documentary)
Repeat Screening Monday 22/6/2015 @ 8pm
Two of Perth’s living musical treasures Arthur Gracias from India and Tam Thai from Vietnam tell us their life stories and then join together in a jam session with their nationally distinctive guitars, creating a harmony in sound. They along with our many migrants have made Australia a culturally richer place.
Music Director, Composer and Arranger – Arthur Gracias
Directed – Guido Negro and Peter Jefferey
Produced – Peter Jefferey (OAM)
United Nations International Day of Peace Concert – Perth
Indian Kulcha
8:00PM FRIDAY 11TH OCT 2013
FEATURING ARTHUR GRACIAS, GURPREET SINGH AND DANCING FROM THE TEMPLE OF FINE ARTS
A delicious treat to open the season, featuring Perth’s finest exponents of Indian music and dance. Tabla maestro Gurpreet Singh, one of Australia’s best Indian percussionists, opens the evening, with a graceful Indian dancer from the Temple of Fine Arts. Our headliner is Arthur Gracias, world-renowned godfather of Indo-jazz. He and his quartet create a sophisticated blend of complex Indian ragas and rhythms with contemporary jazz stylings.
Come early for delicious Indian food on the Kulcha balcony before the show.
MEMBERS: $15, PRESALE: $20, DOOR: $25
Book at Kulcha: http://kulcha.com.au/event/indian-kulcha/
Indojazz moments – Steve Potts and Arthur Gracias
Arthur –
I met Steve Potts through Steve Lacy another great Sax player with whom Potts and my self were associated. Potts came to India to do music for a film “La Nuit “ in the early 80’s at the time I was bandleader at the Great Eastern Hotel, Calcutta. Potts performed with us for almost a month and we also did a milestone concert at La Martiniere’s which was attended by a few thousand people. In that span of time we built up a close rapport which is still continuing.
Potts came from a musical family (just like me) and was born in Ohio, performed in New York and around the US. Steve Lacy and Potts shifted to Paris where they were given due recognition for their dedication to their art. Hopefully we should be collaborating again soon. Unfortunately Steve Lacy passed away a few years ago.
Here are a few pieces we performed together. Listen for the improvisations and the interactions and developments between the sax and guitar.
Steve Potts and Arthur Gracias
Fremantle Herald
“Gracias is a world famous guitarist and keyboard player. Fluid runs and sweeping arpeggios capture an Eastern feel making it hard to tell whether jazz guitar or a sitar are playing the tunes.”
Music Critic – Amrita Bazar Patrika
“Gracias played Jazz and Blues with a distinct Indian flavour. The creations, fusions and musical collages that Gracias presented had a sensuous haunting melodic line, which sets his music apart”.