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Anant Pradhan joins forces with legendary Jamaican percussionist Larry McDonald for an explosive evening of music.
Anant Pradhan ~ saxophones
Larry McDonald ~ congas
Mike Sarason ~ keys
Preet Patel ~ bass
Rich Terrana ~ drums
Brett Tubin ~ guitar
Yoshi Takemasa ~ percussion
Recalling the sounds of 1960's and 70's Jamaica, Saxophonist ANANT PRADHAN seeks to revive the traditions of its early innovators like Cedric Brooks & Roland Alphonso. Their ability to spin popular & traditional/roots music into something uniquely their own became one of the hallmarks of Jamaican music to this day. Anant continues this tradition alongside one of Jamaica's greatest percussionists - Larry McDonald who calls Anant "the steward of our music going forward." The band features members of The Skatalites, The Frightnrs, Far East, and Combo Lulo. Check out their recent release — Sally’s Song — on Brooklyn label, Names You Can Trust!
Jamaican percussionist LARRY MCDONALD has over a half century history of recording and performing with a wide variety of artists such as Gil Scott-Heron and Taj Mahal and Lee "Scratch" Perry.
In 2009, McDonald released his first solo album "Drumquestra," which features many of his former collaborators, including Sly Dunbar, Uziah Thompson of Bob Marley and the Wailers and the former Count Ossie drummers known as the "Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari." in an orchestra of drummers. Drumquestra also featured former frontmen from bands Larry performed and recorded with, including Toots Hibbert, Bob Andy, Mutabaruka, Stranger Cole and Dollarman. The album was recorded at a live session at Harry J Studios in Kingston Jamaica by Steel Pulse producer Sidney Mills for Malik Al Nasir's MCPR label in the UAE, who released the album in 2009.
Shortly after the album was released, Larry was honoured in July 2011, at the 14th annual 'Tributes to the Greats' award ceremony in Jamaica, with a lifetime achievement award for his 50-year contribution to Jamaican music.
From 2011 through 2020, Larry McDonald has been one of the core members of Subatomic Sound System touring and recording both independently and as the band for Lee "Scratch" Perry throughout the US as well as at select performances in Europe at France's 2016 Télérama Dub Festival #14 and Hungary's 2017 Ozora Festival, the UK's 2018 Positive Vibration Festival and Dubai's 2019 Sole Dxb festival.