Sameer Gupta

{{Short description|American percussionist and tabla player}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Sameer Gupta | image = | alt = Sameer Gupta | caption = Sameer Gupta | image_size = | landscape =  | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|07|01}} | birth_place = | origin = San Francisco, California | death_date =  | death_place = | genre = Jazz, world music | occupation = musician, composer | instrument = tabla, percussion, drum kit | years_active =  | label = Motéma Music | associated_acts = The Supplicants<br />Marc Cary | website = {{URL|sameergupta.com}} }}

'''Sameer Gupta''' (born July 1, 1976)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/sameer-gupta| title = Sameer Gupta music @ All About Jazz| date = 16 October 2024}} </ref> is a Brooklyn-based jazz percussionist, tabla player, and composer. He is a co-founder of Brooklyn Raga Massive, the jazz ensemble The Supplicants and drummer for the Marc Cary Focus Trio. He has also worked with vidyA, Kosmic Renaissance, Grachan Moncur III, Victor Goines, Vincent Gardner, Sekou Sundiata, Sonny Simmons, Marcus Shelby, Calvin Keys, Richard Howell, Dayna Stephens, and Julian Lage.

''The Jazz Observer'' called his playing kinetic, bass-heavy, and tender.<ref>Forrest Dylan Bryant. "Monterey 2008: Strength of Spirit." Sep 20, 2008 http://www.jazzobserver.com/2008/09/monterey-2008-strength-of-spirit/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031231/http://www.jazzobserver.com/2008/09/monterey-2008-strength-of-spirit/ |date=2017-12-01 }}</ref>

==Discography== * ''Namaskar'' (Motéma, 2010), with Marc Cary * ''A Circle Has No Beginning'' (2018)

'''As sideman''' * ''Focus'', Marc Cary (Motéma, 2006) * ''Inner Cry Blues'', Grachan Moncur III (Lunar Module, 2007) * ''Marc Cary and Focus Trio Live 2009'' (Motéma, 2010)

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==External links== *[http://sameergupta.com Official site] *[http://www.motema.com/artist/sameer-gupta Sameer Gupta] at Motéma Music *[http://www.reverbnation.com/sameergupta Sameer Gupta] at ReverbNation *[http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/artist/2081 Sameer Gupta] at Le Poisson Rouge *[http://www.nycradiolive.org/?p=351 Podcast featuring Sameer Gupta originally broadcast on WKCR 89.9 FM-NY]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gupta, Sameer}} Category:Jazz percussionists Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Tabla players Category:21st-century drummers Category:Motéma Music artists