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Ranjani, Ravi

Ravi was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in 1980. After leaving school he moved to The Hague where he studied under Dutch jazz master Peter Nieuwerf. He has since lived in London and New York and has worked with a vast number of musicians, mainly in modern jazz and latin styles. Ravi has allowed himself to have been influenced by (among others) jazzers Chick Corea and Kurt Rosenwinkel; rockers Jimi Hendrix and Vernon Reid; Brazilians A. C. Jobim and Joćo Gilberto; pop/soul/motown greats Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson.