PRESS QUOTES

Calcutta Express - Finalist in the Indie Acoustic Project’s (USA) Best CDs of 2006 awards in the World Music/Eurasia/Global Beat category. 

“one of the best CDs of 2006” Indie Acoustic Project

 “String Strong, Calcutta Express creates a strong synthesis; Indian and Western essences are retained as elements of Indian raga co-exist with Brazilian and Afro Cuban forms” Suruchi Mazumdar The Kolkata Age March 2004

“Guy Strazz, one of those musicians who hear and accommodate everything that flows to them from other performers, is able to emulate the rising intensity of sitar-like improvisations” Roger Covel, Sydney Morning Herald    

“I give it 4 stars!” Niranjan Jhaveri Jazz-India & Jazz Yatra  2007

“A refreshing Santoor recital by Sandip Chatterjee. His raga Megh and Misra Pahadi conjured images of blindiing rains against the backdrop of lush green mountains. His jod and jhala stood out for a masterly exposition of the Layakari”  Hindustan Times  August 2004

“In Guy Strazz the influence of the Indian sitar tradition can be traced beside that of the European classical guitar, the combustive fire of Brazil and  the explosive virtuosity of the likes of John McLaughlin and Egberto Gismonti” John Shand The Sydney Morning Herald 1998