WE are excited to welcome Andreas Arnold and Tripp Dudley to the RASA stage. 

They will be playing flamenco fusion. This set will be followed by the Jam session. 

Musicians can bring their instrument, and we will have beer for them. 

As an artist in a globalized world, Andreas Arnold expresses himself through a musical kaleidoscope that reflects the classical traditions of his homeland Germany, jazz from the US where he has been living for the last decade, and music from the Mediterranean, in particular the Spanish art form of flamenco. Through this unique fusion, Arnold proves that purity is not defined by any one culture or style but transpires when one finds his voice to express his personal experience in society, art, and life.

While living between New York City and Andalusia, Spain, Arnold has participated in numerous productions as an instrumentalist, composer, improviser, and producer, touring on five continents. On his new album Ojos Cerrados he was accompanied among others by Carles Benavent, legendary and longtime bass player of Paco de Lucia.

Arnold grew up in a family of classical musicians in southern Germany. He fell in love with Paco de Lucia as a teenager but went on to study jazz guitar at the conservatory of Amsterdam and later in NYC with Mike Stern, John Abercrombie and Wayne Krantz before entering a period of complete dedication to the art of flamenco guitar. He is currently the musical director for internationally renowned Jordanian singer Farah Siraj as well as for the New York Flamenco Jazz Project.

Tripp Dudley is a drummer, tabla player and percussionist based out of Brooklyn, NY.  His deep groove and virtuosity across multiple instruments have paved the way for his many journeys around the world with many different musicians.  

 

At the age of 10 he started playing guitar, and not long after that he began playing classical percussion with his school band.  He soon learned how to play drum set and then started the all day playing sessions that would fill his life for many years to come.    

 

At 20 Tripp began attending Berklee College of Music, specializing in drum set performance and frame drums. He quickly started studying Indian rhythmic systems which began a very big part of his future path through music.  At 22 he started playing tabla, which has been at the core of his musical practice ever since. 

 

Tripp moved to New York City in 2007 to pursue his journey into the professional musical world.  During his years in New York, Tripp worked with musicians from many different genres - prog-rock/metal, hip hop, funk, jazz, singer-songwriter, Indian classical, many different world-fusion groups and even the occasional off-Broadway musical.  In 2009 he met his Guruji, tabla maestro Pandit Samir Chatterjee.