Hometown: Baltimore
Current members: Dave Cipriani, 19-string Indian slide guitar, classical and electric guitars; Adam Hopkins, upright bass; Chris Lerch, drums
Founded in: 2004
Style: jazz funk with Indian overtones
Influenced by: Pandit Barun; Kumar Pal; Medeski, Martin and Wood; John Coltrane; Miles Davis; G. Love and Special Sauce
Notable: At their shows, Cipriani will play Indian or electric guitars, depending on the song. He learned to play classically first and then tackled blues and country. Crowds usually love to see him pick up the Indian guitar, he said.
Quotable: "It's been interesting," Cipriani said. "Sometimes ... people suddenly become quiet. Suddenly the whole room gets kinda quiet. If we're in a more rowdy place, people ... will say to me, 'Yeah, oh my God, what is that?' It's pretty much always been enthusiastic."
For more information about the band, go to myspace.com/satabdi.
Current members: Dave Cipriani, 19-string Indian slide guitar, classical and electric guitars; Adam Hopkins, upright bass; Chris Lerch, drums
Style: jazz funk with Indian overtones
Influenced by: Pandit Barun; Kumar Pal; Medeski, Martin and Wood; John Coltrane; Miles Davis; G. Love and Special Sauce
Notable: At their shows, Cipriani will play Indian or electric guitars, depending on the song. He learned to play classically first and then tackled blues and country. Crowds usually love to see him pick up the Indian guitar, he said.
Quotable: "It's been interesting," Cipriani said. "Sometimes ... people suddenly become quiet. Suddenly the whole room gets kinda quiet. If we're in a more rowdy place, people ... will say to me, 'Yeah, oh my God, what is that?' It's pretty much always been enthusiastic."
For more information about the band, go to myspace.com/satabdi.
[Sam Sessa]
