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Kennedy Center Performances

"Mukti Drum Ensemble"

Broto Roy Quintet

Broto Roy Sextet

Broto Roy Ensemble

Broto Roy Ensemble


Performance Clips:

With his students performing Tabla Concerto, scored for 'teental' (sixteen beats). Students: R Front-Lyle Nesse; R Rear-Eric Maring; L Front-Ankit Chander; L Rear-Matthew Redabaugh.

Broto's Sextet performs his composition "Eleven" live at The Kennedy Center - Washington, DC with: Harry Appelman (keyboards); Scott Ambush (bass); Marshall Keys (horns); Broto (tabla); T.K. Smith (guitar); Mike Smith (drums)

The Broto Roy Ensemble with Paul Bollenback, guitar; Bill Kemp, bass; Mike Smith, drums at The Kennedy Center.

with Subroto Roy Chowdhury sitar
Bageshri. USA.

with Indrajit Roy Chowdhury performing at the
2010 Smithsonian American Folklife Festival

Raga/Jazz fusion set by Broto with guitarist
Paul Bollenback; Baltimore sax man Carl Grubbs, Bill Kemp, bass; Mike Smith, drums;
and Saleem Waters, vibes/percussion.
"GANGA" Part 1. Excerpt of July 10, '09 concert at George Mason District Park, Spotlight by Starlight series, Virginia, USA. With Broto's father Hitabrata Roy, sister Krishna, Sanjay Mishra, guitar, and Jayantee Paine, dancer.
"GANGA" Part 2.

Broto's July 4, 2009 TV Interview - Part 1.
Washington DC tri-state cable network MHZ Darshan TV
Broto's July 4, 2009 TV Interview - Part 2.

Part 1. Raga Jaijawanti - Alap - Sugato Nag sitarist extraordinaire.
Part 2 of Raga Jaijawanti - Sugato is joined by Broto Roy's tabla in the "Gath"
Part 3 The fireworks continue in this rare footage of technical virtuosity
Part 4 The Gath continues in medium tempo.
Part 5 Fast Gath begins and accelerates into the beginning of the jhalla
Part 6 - The climactic finale of this magnificent Raga Jaijawanti

Raga Bhopali - Part 1. John W with Broto Roy.
Live May 30 '09

BR recites some tabla compositions in this rare
Thanksgiving Day clip of Ray Speigel's "Love of a Goddess"
in raga Jhinjhoti with solo sitar by Indro Roy Chowdhury;
Lyle Nesse, drums; Bill Jenkins, bass; Anku, tabla;
Matt Redebaugh, jew's harp and Eric Maring, guitar. The Kennedy Center 11/22/07.

Broto Roy Ensemble at the Freer Gallery's Meyer Auditorium at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Paul Bollenback, guitar; Scott Ambush, bass; Mike Smith, drums and Saleem Waters, percussion
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Broto Roy's Indian Dance Trio with dancer Yasmina and Christel, harmonium The Kennedy Center Nov. 22, '07.

Broto with Sanjay Mishra, guitar. Washington DC Jazz Festival

Excerpt from tabla solo in the ancient South Indian rhythm cycle of 8 beats called "Adi tala" during a recital with sitarist Indro Roy Chowdhury at Elmira College, NY USA. Oct. 18 '07
B. with sitar maestro Subroto Roy Chowdhury and his student Indro Roy Chowdhury.
Live at St. Mary's College. Maryland, USA

Click to watch Raga Maru Bihag Part 1 on YouTube.
Click to watch Raga Maru Bihag Part 2 on YouTube.
BR Band Live in Boston with Paul Bollenback, guitar; Billy Kemp, bass; Harvey, drums; John K., keys; Humayun Khan, harmonium & vocals.
Broto Roy's Music & Dance of Afghanistan. Syracuse University, August 30, '06.
Broto accompanies Neel Adhikari and Santanu Bandopadhyay duo known as "Class Apart" at the Gandhi peace concert at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC on 9/11/06 ended by US Congressman John Lewis' inspiring speech on Gandhi.9/11/06
See B with sarod virtuoso Aashish Khan and S. Dhar on violin. Live in Boston. Improvisation on the Irish tune "Greensleeves".
GANGA Broto's family group with his father Bachoo Roy, mother Minati Roy, sister Krishna Roy with Sanjay Mishra, sitar. Poor sound quality. Read concert Notes on GANGA
Part 1 of Raga Basant Mukhari. Broto accompanying Debiprasad Chatterjee (sitar). Live at the Lowell Folk Music Festival. August 29-30, '06.
Part 2 of Raga Basant Mukhari.
Broto with '05 Grammy nominee Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar) Live at the Gandhi Center, Washington, DC. 11/20/04
Click for video of Raga Charukeshi, Part 1
Click for video of Raga Charukeshi, Part 2
Click for video of Raga Charukeshi, Part 3
Raga - Humayun Khan, vocals; Broto Roy, tabla. Excerpts of concert.
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Broto with the Bangladeshi Bauls
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Broto the amazing zelig has a drum dialogue (in a 16-beat cycle kept by the "sarangi" - Indian violin) with Gazi Khan Barana, a Manganiyar castenet player from Rajasthan India.
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© BR 2011