Harish Raghavan - Calls For Action

2019 release

Double bassist Harish Raghavan’s debut album as leader, Calls for Action (Whirlwind Recordings), delivers the fundamental essence of jazz as a progressive, evolutionary art form. Since arriving to New York from Illinois by way of California in 2007, Raghavan has recorded and toured with numerous artists including Ambrose Akinmusire, Kurt Elling, Taylor Eigsti, Vijay Iyer, Charles Lloyd, Walter Smith III, Logan Richardson and Eric Harland. But he has also seized the opportunity to work with an influx of bright new stars, resulting in this markedly lithe quintet with alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, pianist Micah Thomas, vibraphonist Joel Ross and drummer Kweku Sumbry.