Bass virtuoso Shez Raja releases all-star album Gurutopia featuring jazz legends Mike Stern and Randy Brecker
“I thought my head was going to explode. It sounds like it’s come from the future. In fact I don’t even think there is a correct term for this kind of music just yet” ★★★★★
Bradford Telegraph
“Shez Raja personifies the modernisation of jazz. He is fearless as a musician” ★★★★+
All About Jazz
"Mahavishnu Orchestra with Jaco Pastorius in charge"
The Guardian
“The hip-shaking mix of Eastern song lines and funky Western dance-beats never wavers” ★★★★☆
Evening Standard
Dynamic British-Asian bass player Shez Raja has just released his fifth highly-acclaimed album Gurutopia on US label, Dot Time Records
Featuring the cream of the British jazz scene as well as global jazz legends, Mike Stern and Randy Brecker, the recording captures the raw energy of the band’s spectacular live show – a sonic kaleidoscope of Indo-jazz, thundering funk, tuneful ragas and euphoric grooves.