Harish Raghavan
Harish Raghavan is an Indian American jazz bassist. His music combines aspects of Indian classical music and jazz.
The first instrument he picked up was the mridangam, but he switched to the upright bass at the age of 16. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Southern California, under the tutelage of John Clayton, Dave Carpenter and Robert Hurst. He finished as a semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk Institute's International Jazz Bass Competition in 2009. After 12 years playing professionally, Raghavan released his debut album as a leader Calls for Action in 2019, teaming up with the group on Joel Ross's KingMaker album.
Discography
As leader
- Calls for Action
- ''In Tense''
As sideman
- When the Heart Emerges Glistening
- The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint
- A Rift in Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard
- On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment
- Twio
- In Common
- Return to Casual
- Taylor Eigsti - Daylight at Midnight
- Eric Harland - Voyager: Live by Night
- Eric Harland - Vipassana
- Klemens Marktl Sextet – December
- Logan Richardson – Shift
- Dayna Stephens – Reminiscent
- Marquis Hill – New Gospel Revisited
- Geoffrey Dean Quartet – Foundations
- Travis Reuter – Quintet Music
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio – The Susceptible Now
- Geoffrey Dean Quartet – Conceptions
- Sora Kim – 0 = Expansion
- Sasha Berliner – Fantôme
- Alex Hitchcock – Letters from Afar
- Gregory Groover Jr. – ''Old Knew''