Badal Roy ( bn, বাদল রায়; born Amarendra Roy Chowdhury; 16 October 1939 – 18 January 2022) was an Indian

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player, percussionist, and recording artist known for his work in

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, world music, and experimental music.

Biography

Roy was born Amarendra Roy Chowdhury on 16 October 1939, into a

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eastern Bengal region in

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(which later became

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, then Bangladesh). His mother, Sova Rani Roy Chowdhury, was a homemaker, while his father, Satyenda Nath Roy Chowdhury was a government official in Eastern Pakistan. The name Badal (meaning "rain," "cloud", or "thunder" in the Bengali language), was given to him by his grandfather after he began crying in the rain as a toddler. He spoke the

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, English,

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, and

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He was introduced to music, in particular the

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, by his uncle. An early inspiration for Roy was American popular music, and he particularly enjoyed the music of artists such as

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, and

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. His first exposure to jazz came when he saw a concert by

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in 1963. Roy received a master's degree in statistics. He came to New York City in 1968 to work on a PhD with only eight dollars in his pocket, he began working as a busboy and waiter in various Indian restaurants in the New York area, including Pak Indian Curry House, Taste of India and Raga. He later settled in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey. He later received lessons from

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, a tabla player who performed with the sitar player

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and was

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's father. Roy married Geeta Vashi in 1974. The couple had a son and lived in

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. Roy died from

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in Wilmington on 18 January 2022, at the age of 82.

Career

When Roy moved to New York, he worked as a waiter in Indian restaurants in the region. In the weekends, he performed as a tabla artist accompanying a sitar player at A Taste of India, an Indian restaurant in Greenwich Village in New York. Here, he was spotted by

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and was asked for accompanying him in jamming sessions and later partnered to record an album ''

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'' (1971). The album was considered a landmark one in Indian-themed jazz.

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spotted him in a Manhattan restaurant called Raga, eventually attracting the attention of

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. Davis invited Roy to join his group, and he recorded on Davis's albums ''

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'' (1972), '' Big Fun'' (1969–72; released 1974), and ''

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'' (1970–74). Roy subsequently performed and recorded with many leading jazz musicians, including Davis,

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, Purna Das Baul, and

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(playing in Coleman's electric band Prime Time). In the 1990s Roy began performing with the Brazilian guitar duo Duofel. He has also collaborated with Ken Wessel and

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in a fusion trio named Alankar. They currently have one album entitled ''Daybreak''. Roy has appeared and offered workshops at RhythmFest, the Starwood Festival, and at the SpiritDrum Festival, a special tribute to the late

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(co-sponsored by ACE and Musart) with

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, Jim Donovan of

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, Richie "Shakin'" Nagan,

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and

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, among others. He often played with

in the Global Village Ceremonial Band, and with Michael Wolff & Impure Thoughts. In 2004, Roy worked with

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on the album ''The Grace of the Sun''. In the first half of 2006, Roy travelled to Japan to appear in a tribute for David Baker, his recently deceased recording engineer and friend. In addition to tabla, Roy also played a variety of percussion instruments including shakers, bells, rain stick, and

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. His notable students include Geoffrey Gordon. In 2008, the album ''Miles From India'', a tribute to Miles Davis on which Roy appeared, received a Grammy nomination. Helix, his final recording as a member of Michael Moss's Accidental Orchestra, was in 2016.

Musical style

Unlike many tabla players, Roy does not come from a family of professional musicians and is essentially self-taught, although he studied with his late maternal uncle Dwijendra Chandra Chakraborty as a child, and also studied briefly with

. Consequently, his playing is freer than that of many other tabla players, who adhere more strictly to the tala system of Indian rhythm. He often played a set of up to eight tabla (tuned to different pitches) and two baya at a time, which he played melodically as well as rhythmically.

Discography

Source(s):

As leader

* 1975 – ''Ashirbad'' ( Trio Records) * 1976 – ''Passing Dreams'' ( Adamo Records and Tapes) * 1997 – ''One in the Pocket'' ( Nomad Records) * 1998 – ''Daybreak'' – Alankar * 2002 – ''Kolkata Rose'' (with Geoff Warren) * 2002 – ''Raga Roni'' (with

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) Geeta

With Amit Chatterjee

* 1997 – ''Endless Radiance (Art of the Duo)'' (Tutu)

With Ornette Coleman

* 1995 – ''

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'' (Harmelodic/Verve)

With Miles Davis

* 1974 – ''Big Fun'' (2xLP) Columbia Records, 2xCD Columbia (reissued 2000) * 1974 – ''Get Up With It'' (2xLP) Columbia Records 1974 (2xCD Coline 1991, 2000) * 1988 – ''Miles Davis: The Columbia Years 1955–1985'' (Box set, also 4xCD) Columbia * 1993 – ''On The Corner'' (CD, Album) Columbia Records, (Legacy reissued 2000) * 1997 – ''Miles Davis In Concert: Live At Philharmonic Hall'', Legacy * 1998 – ''Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974''

With
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* 1983 – ''Yantra: Flute and Tabla'' (reissued 1994) (

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) * 1982 – Asian Journal (with Nana Vasconcelos & Steve Gorn) (Nomad Records)

With Richie Havens

* 2004 – ''Grace of the Sun''

With Bill Laswell

* 1998 – ''Sacred System: Nagual Site'' (CD) BMG * 2000 – ''Lo. Def Pressure'' (LP & CD) Sub Rosa

With
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* 1974 – '' Lookout Farm'' (LP) ECM Records * 1975 – ''Passing Dreams'' (reissued 1998, 2002) * 1975 – ''

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'' (LP) ECM Records * 1975 – '' Sweet Hands'' Horizon Records * 1975 – ''Ashirbad'' (reissued 2002) * 1976 – ''Father Time''

With Herbie Mann

* ''Sun Belt'' (Atlantic)

With John McLaughlin

* 1970 – ''My Goals Beyond'' Knit Classics (Ryko)

With Yoko Ono

* 1982 – ''It's Alright (I See Rainbows)'' * 1992 – ''Onobox'' * 1992 – ''Walking on Thin Ice''

With Mike Richmond

* 1988 – ''Basic Tendencies'' (with

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) ( Nomad Records) * 1982 – ''Asian Journal'' (with

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) ( Nomad Records)

With Perry Robinson

* 1978 – ''Kundalini''

With Pharoah Sanders

* 1972 – ''

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'' (Impulse! Records) * 1974 – ''

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'' (CD) Universal Music (Japan)

With Lonnie Liston Smith

* 1973 – ''

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With Barney McAll & Rufus Cappadocia

* 2003 – ''Vivid'' Jazzhead

With Michael Wolff & Impure Thoughts

* 2000 – ''Impure Thoughts'' Indianola Music * 2001 – ''Intoxicate'' Indianola Music * 2004 – ''Dangerous Vision'' Artemis Records * 2006 – ''Love & Destruction'' Rong Records

With other artists

* 1967 – ''Virgo Vibes'' –

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Atlantic (reissued 2002) * 1979 – ''Earthquake Island'' –

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(Tomato Music) * 1984 – ''Mood Swing'' –

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(LP) RCA * 1989 – ''Dancing with the Lion'' –

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(CD) CBS (reissued with bonus tracks 2005) * 1993 – ''Angel Rodeo'' –

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Laughing Horse Records * 1993 – ''Prophecy: The Whale & the Elephant Trade Notes on the State of the World'' – Zusaan (Flying Note) * 1994 – ''Espelho das Águas'' – Duofel (CD)(Velas) * 1997 – ''Rising Sun'' – D. K. Dyson (Ocean Records) * 1998 – ''Wake Up And Dream'' – Ekstasis (CD)

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* 2000 – ''Musica'' (with

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) MCD World Music * 2001 - ''Little Torch'' - Album: Rocket House - Chris Whitley * 2001 – ''Export Quality'' – Dum Dum Project (2xLP) X-Squared Records * 2001 – ''Daughters of the Sun'' –

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(Na. Records) * 2001 – ''Branching Out'' – William Cepeda (Blue Jackel) * 2001 – ''The Sea to the North'' –

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Woodstock Records * 2002 – ''Of Unicorns and Jasmine ...A Lover's Tale'' – Simirillion (with Cecil Wilson) Canned Air Records * 2002 – ''Sacred Spaces'' – Lee Boice * 2003 – ''Rebirth'' – Children on the Corner (Sonance Records) * 2003 – ''Heavy Skies'' – Roman Kunsman (Downtown Jazz) * 2005 – ''Free Funk'' (with

& members of the Global Village Ceremonial Band,

& Belita Woods) Qbico 2005 * 2006 – ''Vivid'' (with

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) Jazzhead Oz * ''Songs For Sitar and Tabla'' (with Arooj Lazewai) Cassette (Music of the World) * 2007 – ''Bonfire Dreams'' – Various Artists, ACE * 2008 – ''OrthoFunkOlogy'' – Free Funk (with Muruga Booker & Perry Robinson) Musart * 2008 – ''An die Musik'' – Nobu Stowe & Alan Munshower with Badal Roy (Soul Note) * 2008 – ''Miles From India'' – Various Artists (4Q/Times Square Records)

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