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Broto's CD Releases:

BROTO'S TABLAS IN SPACE: When space tourist Dennis Tito paid $20 million to blast off into space with Russian cosmonauts, he took with him and played Broto's debut CD "American Raga" along with Bach and George Harrison. After hearing about this Broto said "Put me in the satellite - I don't ever want to come down!" "It is a delightful fusion of ancient Indian ragas and American Jazz." All About Jazz (review)	a Recorded live - The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC	EMI re-release in '09. Virgin Records, distributor.	Release date: 2015	2008 Release - The Roy Family sings Folk songs from the villages of India
	Ganga's latest release of selections from shows featuring the great "Bauls"; at the Library of Congress' Coolidge Auditorium - DC; Museum of Modern Art, New York City; and the Festival of American Folklife on the National Mall - Washington, DC sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution	With sarod maestro Aashish Khan and violinist N. Shashi Dhar in Lowell, MA	Classical sitar and tabla duet
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THE BROTO ROY ENSEMBLE Listen Watch	BROTO ROY PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE Show archive at Kennedy Center	Indian Classical Duet with sitarist Indro Roy Chowdhury	Music and Dance of Afghanistan
Music and Dance of India	GANGA - Folk Music of India	More Videos at:

Guitarists: Fareed Haque (of Garaj Mahal), Paul Bollenback (Challenge Records), Sanjay Mishra (Jerry Garcia), T.K. Smith.

Keyboards: (organ B3) - Joey DeFrancesco; Dan Nimmer (Wynton Marsalis), Harry Appelman.

Bass: Scott Ambush (Spyro Gyra), Bill Kemp.

Horns: Marshall Keys, Ron Holloway, Carl Grubbs.

Drumkit: Jeff "Tain" Watts (Branford Marsalis), Dennis Chambers (Santana), Steve Smith (Maria Carey) and Mike Smith.

Vocalists: Humayun Khan

Broto has appeared as accompanist on the following recordings:

"Bringing It Home" with Ganga 2011.
"Rescue" with Sanjay Mishra and Dennis Chambers.
"Soul Grooves" on Challenge Records. Paul Bollenback, guitar; Joey DeFrancesco, organ; Jeff "Tain" Watts, drums and Broto Roy, Tabla.
"Struttin", with Ron Holloway, sax, Milestone Records, Fantasy
"The Way of the World" and "Hear You Laughing" with Tom Prasada Rao
"High Tea",New St. George
"The Crossing", as part of the Sanjay Mishra Trio
"Journey's Crossing", Joe Cunliffe & Giorgia Cavallaro
"Tears of the Sun", Terra Nova
"Yoga Hotel", Maura Moynihan
"Waterdance", Linda Nelson
"Zeticus", Zaki

Indian Classical Music:

Cassette Release:

"GANGA, Musical Ambassadors from India"(1994), International Management, "Folk songs from the villages of India".

For performances of Broto at the Kennedy Center, visit the Archives section of Millennium Stage and type Broto Roy to find some previous shows!