Surya Namaskar

Surya Namaskar

Recorded in Los Angeles during two sessions in 2013, <b>Surya Namaskar</b> (''Salute to the Sun'', in Balinese language) represents a significant change from <b>Joged Kahyangan</b>. While bassist Jimmy Johnson (Allan Holdsworth, James Taylor, Flim & the BB's) is back from that session, this time the drummer is the much in-demand powerhouse Vinnie Colaiuta (Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck, Sting), with ubiquitous guitar session ace Michael Landau (James Taylor, Renegade Creation) and drummer turned drummer/keyboardist Gary Husband (John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth) making valuable guest appearances on one track each. The sum total of <b>Surya Namaskar</b> is most definitely greater than its individual parts. Together with his two previous MoonJune recordings - <b>Dawai in Paradise</b> (January, 2013) and <b>Joged Kahyangan</b> (October, 2013) - <b>Surya Namaskar</b> paints the ongoing portrait of a guitarist who may be a superstar in the Indonesian pop-rock world as a founding member of the multi-million selling Gigi (celebrating this year their 20th anniversary), but whose lesser-known credibility and, more importantly, visibility as a jazz guitarist is slowly on the ascendance, as more and more international progressive jazz fans discover the depth, the heart, and the profound spirituality of Dewa Budjana, at fifty a new guitar hero of strength, creativity and significance.