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Led by multi-Grammy award-winning guitarist/vocalist Clay Ross, American Patchwork Quartet binds timeless American folk songs with jazz sophistication, country twang, West African hypnotics and East Asian ornamentation. Intertwining with other Grammy-winning artists: Falguni Shah, an eleventh-generation Hindustani classical vocalist, Yasushi Nakamura, an internationally acclaimed Issei jazz bassist and Clarence Penn, a drumming protégée of Ellis Marsalis whose fibers were honed by African American church traditions, American Patchwork Quartet's sound is a masterful confluence of tradition and innovation, transcending culture, politics, and ideology to share the joys, sorrows and unwavering hope of a nation crafted by shared dreams and diverse histories.
