Sonny Singh, Ria Modak and Sukhmani: Sangat

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Brooklyn-based trumpeter, vocalist and bandleader Sonny Singh may be best known as a member of the supremely joyous Indian brass – jazz fusion band Red Baraat. The group’s name comes from a kind of parade, not dissimilar to a second line, thrown at Indian weddings. Singh’s trumpet often propels the music as much as Sunny Jain’s dhol, bright, colorful and forceful like a red boxing glove. He also leads his own groups through a mix of Sufi and Sikh devotional music steeped in the language of contemporary “jazz.” Here he teams up with guitarist and vocalist Ria Modak and tabla player Sukhmani to bring that communal joy through the music of Singh’s project Sangat, a Sikh term for beloved community.