Aruṇ Lūthrā | अरुण लूथरा
@arunluthra.bsky.social
New York-based saxophonist, konnakolist, composer, leader of Aruṇ Lūthrā’s Konnakol Jazz Project.
www.ArunLuthraMusic.com www.KonnakolJazzProject.com ArunLuthra.Bandcamp.com
Profile photo by Ruthie Hauge: www.ruthiehauge.com
www.ArunLuthraMusic.com www.KonnakolJazzProject.com ArunLuthra.Bandcamp.com
Profile photo by Ruthie Hauge: www.ruthiehauge.com
I am saddened by the news of the death of the wonderful organist Akiko Tsuruga. In thinking of her, I was reminded of one of my happiest memories with her, which was the incredible farewell party for guitarist Satoshi Inoue in 2010 when he left New York City to return to Japan. 1/2
September 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I am saddened by the news of the death of the wonderful organist Akiko Tsuruga. In thinking of her, I was reminded of one of my happiest memories with her, which was the incredible farewell party for guitarist Satoshi Inoue in 2010 when he left New York City to return to Japan. 1/2
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I am once again asking you to stop sending us money.
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
September 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I am once again asking you to stop sending us money.
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
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Vernon Reid was born in London, England on this day in 1958. He turns 67 today. He performed with Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society from 1980-1986. He founded Living Colour in 1984.
📸 Jeff Caltabiano, Brooklyn, NY, 10.8.22
📸 Jeff Caltabiano, Brooklyn, NY, 10.8.22
August 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Vernon Reid was born in London, England on this day in 1958. He turns 67 today. He performed with Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society from 1980-1986. He founded Living Colour in 1984.
📸 Jeff Caltabiano, Brooklyn, NY, 10.8.22
📸 Jeff Caltabiano, Brooklyn, NY, 10.8.22
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An endorsement from the largest local union of professional musicians in the world sounds a little different than the others but the meaning is the same: solidarity forever. Thank you Local 802 AFM!
July 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
An endorsement from the largest local union of professional musicians in the world sounds a little different than the others but the meaning is the same: solidarity forever. Thank you Local 802 AFM!
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With the updated RCV totals just released by the Board of Elections, our campaign has officially earned the most total votes in a primary in New York City history.
July 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
With the updated RCV totals just released by the Board of Elections, our campaign has officially earned the most total votes in a primary in New York City history.
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Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November.
Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November.
Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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As we head to Election Day, for folks who voted early, thank you. I know some folks have not yet made up their minds. I am making an appeal to you.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
June 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
As we head to Election Day, for folks who voted early, thank you. I know some folks have not yet made up their minds. I am making an appeal to you.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
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Zohran Mamdani has taken the lead over Andrew Cuomo in the final Emerson College New York City mayor’s race poll.
June 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Zohran Mamdani has taken the lead over Andrew Cuomo in the final Emerson College New York City mayor’s race poll.
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On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
June 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
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My statement on the Trump administration's illegal military actions and the wars that must end.
June 22, 2025 at 4:02 AM
My statement on the Trump administration's illegal military actions and the wars that must end.
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“Taken together, Mamdani’s responsibly costed economic policies form a coherent agenda that rejects austerity and embraces the city’s power to make life more affordable for New Yorkers.”
Economists Support Zohran Mamdani’s Plan for New York City
Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral platform is a practical blueprint to tackle some of New York City’s most pressing problems.
www.thenation.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Taken together, Mamdani’s responsibly costed economic policies form a coherent agenda that rejects austerity and embraces the city’s power to make life more affordable for New Yorkers.”
Wonderful to catch-up yesterday with the brilliant drummer and composer, and my Konnakol Jazz Project bandmate, Jonathan Barber at his event "explor[ing] the unifying power of music in celebration of Juneteenth". Great to see you, Jonathan!
June 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Wonderful to catch-up yesterday with the brilliant drummer and composer, and my Konnakol Jazz Project bandmate, Jonathan Barber at his event "explor[ing] the unifying power of music in celebration of Juneteenth". Great to see you, Jonathan!
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June 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I was there making music! As @thekidmero.bsky.social said, “This is a night...y'all are gonna look back on & say, ‘...I was there. I was there when NYC changed, when NYC came back to us.’” Rank @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #1 on your ballot. Vote for a city we can win!
www.youtube.com/live/oymrVNj...
www.youtube.com/live/oymrVNj...
June 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I was there making music! As @thekidmero.bsky.social said, “This is a night...y'all are gonna look back on & say, ‘...I was there. I was there when NYC changed, when NYC came back to us.’” Rank @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #1 on your ballot. Vote for a city we can win!
www.youtube.com/live/oymrVNj...
www.youtube.com/live/oymrVNj...
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As the next Mayor, I need to be held accountable to my commitments for a more affordable New York.
And @justinbrannan.bsky.social is a candidate for Comptroller who’ll do exactly that.
NYC, give what you can before tonight’s deadline.
And @justinbrannan.bsky.social is a candidate for Comptroller who’ll do exactly that.
NYC, give what you can before tonight’s deadline.
June 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
As the next Mayor, I need to be held accountable to my commitments for a more affordable New York.
And @justinbrannan.bsky.social is a candidate for Comptroller who’ll do exactly that.
NYC, give what you can before tonight’s deadline.
And @justinbrannan.bsky.social is a candidate for Comptroller who’ll do exactly that.
NYC, give what you can before tonight’s deadline.
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Billionaires ke paas already sab kuchh hai. Ab, aapka time aageya.
Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.
Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.
June 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Billionaires ke paas already sab kuchh hai. Ab, aapka time aageya.
Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.
Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.
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The contrast on the debate stage Wednesday night — and in this election — could not be clearer.
June 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The contrast on the debate stage Wednesday night — and in this election — could not be clearer.
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When I see people posting about the "poll tax" on voters and how this hurts married women, I chafe at how much time I wasted breaking down Project 2025.
Also reminder everything they are doing now, my people have had to navigate, with the added stress of lynching threats.
Also reminder everything they are doing now, my people have had to navigate, with the added stress of lynching threats.
April 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
When I see people posting about the "poll tax" on voters and how this hurts married women, I chafe at how much time I wasted breaking down Project 2025.
Also reminder everything they are doing now, my people have had to navigate, with the added stress of lynching threats.
Also reminder everything they are doing now, my people have had to navigate, with the added stress of lynching threats.
Calling all blues harmonisers! I was thinking about this classic blues turnaround phrase, and wondering if there's a standard/common practice harmonisation for it. This is what I came-up with, and it sounds good to me, but I'd love to know what all you blues pianists and guitarists think.
February 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Calling all blues harmonisers! I was thinking about this classic blues turnaround phrase, and wondering if there's a standard/common practice harmonisation for it. This is what I came-up with, and it sounds good to me, but I'd love to know what all you blues pianists and guitarists think.
सरस्वती पूजा के इस पावन दिन पर, आपके जीवन में खुशियां और ज्ञान का प्रकाश हो। वसंत पंचमी मुबारक!
On this auspicious day of Saraswatī Pūja/Vasant Panchamī, may your life be filled with happiness and knowledge. Happy Vasant Panchamī!
On this auspicious day of Saraswatī Pūja/Vasant Panchamī, may your life be filled with happiness and knowledge. Happy Vasant Panchamī!
February 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
सरस्वती पूजा के इस पावन दिन पर, आपके जीवन में खुशियां और ज्ञान का प्रकाश हो। वसंत पंचमी मुबारक!
On this auspicious day of Saraswatī Pūja/Vasant Panchamī, may your life be filled with happiness and knowledge. Happy Vasant Panchamī!
On this auspicious day of Saraswatī Pūja/Vasant Panchamī, may your life be filled with happiness and knowledge. Happy Vasant Panchamī!
Today I learned the sad news that drummer Anthony Pinciotti died right at the end of 2024. I had the pleasure of recording with Anthony on the Steeplechase release "Chimera", and it was a treat to make music with him. You are appreciated and missed, Anthony!
Russ Spiegel - Chimera
YouTube video by Russ Spiegel
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Today I learned the sad news that drummer Anthony Pinciotti died right at the end of 2024. I had the pleasure of recording with Anthony on the Steeplechase release "Chimera", and it was a treat to make music with him. You are appreciated and missed, Anthony!
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Why did so many working class New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump last week — and even more not vote at all?
I went to Hillside Ave in Queens and Fordham Rd in the Bronx to find out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Fc...
I went to Hillside Ave in Queens and Fordham Rd in the Bronx to find out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Fc...
Why did so many New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump?
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Why did so many working class New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump last week — and even more not vote at all?
I went to Hillside Ave in Queens and Fordham Rd in the Bronx to find out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Fc...
I went to Hillside Ave in Queens and Fordham Rd in the Bronx to find out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Fc...
“The Democratic Party lost—again—because it turned its back on working people, choosing instead to pivot to the right…rather than [talk about]…plans to lift thirty-eight million Americans out of poverty.”
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/notes-on-fighting-trumpism/
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/notes-on-fighting-trumpism/
Notes on Fighting Trumpism - Boston Review
To mobilize the abandoned working class, we need to revive the idea of solidarity.
www.bostonreview.net
November 14, 2024 at 6:06 PM
“The Democratic Party lost—again—because it turned its back on working people, choosing instead to pivot to the right…rather than [talk about]…plans to lift thirty-eight million Americans out of poverty.”
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/notes-on-fighting-trumpism/
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/notes-on-fighting-trumpism/
Trump’s Reëlection: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
https://youtu.be/LU2atCWyAos
https://youtu.be/LU2atCWyAos
November 14, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Trump’s Reëlection: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
https://youtu.be/LU2atCWyAos
https://youtu.be/LU2atCWyAos
“Democrats must choose: The elites or the working class”, op. ed. by @SenSanders @BernieSanders (Independent Senator who caucuses with the Democrats):
https://archive.is/utv0x
https://archive.is/utv0x
November 10, 2024 at 6:12 PM
“Democrats must choose: The elites or the working class”, op. ed. by @SenSanders @BernieSanders (Independent Senator who caucuses with the Democrats):
https://archive.is/utv0x
https://archive.is/utv0x