UpdateBot: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

2022-04-14T03:20:53Z

robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:50, 14 April 2022
Line 24:		Line 24:
	}}		}}

	'''Sanjay Mishra''' is an [[Indian American]] musician who began performing after completing his studies at the [[Peabody Conservatory of Music]]. Mishra plays with an eclecticism well suited to his multicultural background combining both Eastern and Western influences. He has been quoted saying, "I come from a tradition that has a lot of improvisation. Sometimes Western classical music can seem a little rigid, I had to find some middle ground."<ref name="williams">{{cite web \| url=http://www.mishra.net/press/WPPostreviewforquote.jpg \| title=I had to find some middle ground \| newspaper=[[Washington Post]] \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723211057/http://www.mishra.net/press/WPPostreviewforquote.jpg \| archivedate=2011-07-23 \| first=Mark \| last=Jenkins \| date=5 May 1995}}</ref> ~~He plays a nylon string [[MIDI]] classical electric guitar. He uses various looping devices and MIDI instruments to create a lush sound.~~		'''Sanjay Mishra''' is an [[Indian American]] musician who began performing after completing his studies at the [[Peabody Conservatory of Music]]. Mishra plays with an eclecticism well suited to his multicultural background combining both Eastern and Western influences. He has been quoted saying, "I come from a tradition that has a lot of improvisation. Sometimes Western classical music can seem a little rigid, I had to find some middle ground."<ref name="williams">{{cite web \| url=http://www.mishra.net/press/WPPostreviewforquote.jpg \| title=I had to find some middle ground \| newspaper=[[Washington Post]] \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723211057/http://www.mishra.net/press/WPPostreviewforquote.jpg \| archivedate=2011-07-23 \| first=Mark \| last=Jenkins \| date=5 May 1995}}</ref>

	==Education==		==Education==

->PearBOT II: Adding automatically generated short description. For more information see Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 5 Feedback appreciated at User talk:Trialpears

2021-04-10T11:14:50Z

Adding automatically generated short description. For more information see Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 5 Feedback appreciated at User talk:Trialpears

New page

{{short description|Indian American musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Sanjay Mishra
| image = Sanjay_Mishra_at_saffireclub.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| image_size =
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name =
| alias =
| birth_place =[[Calcutta]], India
| birth_date =
| death_date =
| origin =
| instrument = [[guitar]]
| genre = [[Jam band|jam]], [[world fusion|fusion]], [[Classical music|classical]], contemporary chamber music
| occupation = musician
| years_active = 1985–present
| label = Akar Music, City Hall Records
| associated_acts =
| website =
}}

'''Sanjay Mishra''' is an [[Indian American]] musician who began performing after completing his studies at the [[Peabody Conservatory of Music]]. Mishra plays with an eclecticism well suited to his multicultural background combining both Eastern and Western influences. He has been quoted saying, "I come from a tradition that has a lot of improvisation. Sometimes Western classical music can seem a little rigid, I had to find some middle ground."<ref name="williams">{{cite web | url=http://www.mishra.net/press/WPPostreviewforquote.jpg | title=I had to find some middle ground | newspaper=[[Washington Post]] | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723211057/http://www.mishra.net/press/WPPostreviewforquote.jpg | archivedate=2011-07-23 | first=Mark | last=Jenkins | date=5 May 1995}}</ref> He plays a nylon string [[MIDI]] classical electric guitar. He uses various looping devices and MIDI instruments to create a lush sound.

==Education==
He graduated from the [[Peabody Conservatory of Music]], [[Johns Hopkins University]] in 1987.

==Early career==
Mishra first came to public acclaim for his album ''Blue Incantation'' with guitarist [[Jerry Garcia]] of [[The Grateful Dead]]. It is one of Garcia's last works. Tributes to Garcia's work occur in Mishra's concerts.<ref>[http://www.mishra.net/concertrev.html From Sanjay Mishra, A World of Guitar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601171936/http://mishra.net/concertrev.html |date=2009-06-01 }}, [[The Washington Post]], by L. Peat O'Neil, June 8, 1998.</ref>

==Present and future==
His album ''Chateau Benares'' (October 2006) with guest appearances by [[DJ Logic]] and [[Keller Williams]], among others, was received with rave reviews on [[National Public Radio]] and in ''[[The Washington Post]]''.

He has also composed music for films. His score for the [[France|French]] film [[Port Djema]] was presented The Lifetime Vision Award at the [[Hamptons Film Festival]] in [[New York (state)|New York]] and described as "hauntingly beautiful".<ref name="Variety">{{cite news | url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117432594.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 | title=Port Djema Soundtrack, Hauntingly beautiful | first=David | last=Stratton | work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=2 March 1997}}</ref> The film won The Golden Bear at The Berlin Film Festival in 1996.

Mishra primarily records on Akar Music, distributed by City Hall Records in [[San Rafael, CA]]. His music has also been released on PolyGram, Philips, [[EMI Records]], Mercury, Ryko, Putumayo, Melodia and other labels. He is author of ''Guitar Atlas: India'', published by Alfred enhanced by Sanjay's "intimate knowledge of the relationship between [[Indian music]] and the guitar".<ref name="guitaratlas">{{cite news | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6502991 | title=Intimate knowledge of the relationship between Indian music and the guitar | first=Andrea | last=Seabrook | publisher=[[National Public Radio]] | date=19 November 2006}}</ref>

He is currently Head of the Music Recording Technology Program<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/divisions/communication/music-recording-technology/index.html
|title=Music Technology Recording Program
|website=Northern Virginia Community College
|publisher=Northern Virginia Community College
|access-date=2021-01-09}}</ref> at [[Northern Virginia Community College]] in the [[Washington D.C.]] area.

==Discography==
===Albums===
*''[[The Crossing (Sanjay Mishra album)|The Crossing]]'' (1993)
*''[[Blue Incantation]]'' (1995) – with [[Jerry Garcia]]
*''[[Port Djema (Soundtrack)|Port Djema]]'' (1997) – soundtrack
*''[[Rescue (Sanjay Mishra album)|Rescue]]'' (2000) – with [[Dennis Chambers]] and Samir Chatterjee
*''[[Chateau Benares]]'' (2006)
*''[[Lamplighter (album)|Lamplighter]]'' (2014)
* Duets (2020) - with Garrett Gleason

===Compilations===
*''Music From the Tea Lands'' (2000) Putumayo World
*''Deep Orient, Vol. 2'' (2001) Melodia (France)
*Indian Spirit – 3 (2009) EMI Records

===Guest appearances===
*''[[Trusty (band)|Trusty]]'' – [[Goodbye, Dr. Fate]] (1995)
*''[[Dream (Keller Williams album)|Dream]]'' (2007)

===Publishing===
*''Guitar Atlas: India'' published by Alfred Publishing

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.mishra.net Official Site]
*[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6502991 Sanjay talks with NPR about his CD and book]
*[http://www.myspace.com/sanjaymishra Sanjay on Myspace]
*[http://www.last.fm/music/Sanjay+Mishra Sanjay on LastFM]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723211124/http://www.mishra.net/wiki/RollingStoneFeature.jpg Rolling Stone magazine feature on Sanjay]

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mishra, Sanjay}}
[[Category:American acoustic guitarists]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:American male musicians of Indian descent]]
[[Category:American musicians of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Peabody Institute alumni]]
[[Category:Musicians from Kolkata]]
[[Category:American male guitarists]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:People from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Johns Hopkins University alumni]]
[[Category:Indian people of French descent]]
[[Category:American people of French descent]]

Sanjay Mishra (musician) - Revision history

UpdateBot: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

->PearBOT II: Adding automatically generated short description. For more information see Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 5 Feedback appreciated at User talk:Trialpears