Ravi Abcarian Quintet

Specialties

The Ravi Abcarian Quintet will help you create just the right atmosphere for your special event by playing jazz classics, upbeat tunes from great musicals as well as relaxing ballads and bossa novas.

Meet the Business Owner

Ravi A.

Business Owner

Ravi Abcarian started playing music on guitar at age seven and became interested in jazz as a teenager. He began playing bass when his high school band director challenged him to switch from electric guitar to double bass. Ravi quickly developed a love for his new instrument.

After high school, Abcarian went on to join the house band for a weekly jam session at famed Oakland, California, jazz venue Yoshi’s Night Spot. There, he met and began working with many of the San Francisco Bay Area’s great musicians, including Faye Carol, Edwin Kelly, and Smiley Winters.

In addition to leading his own quintet, Abcarian also enjoys being a sideman, as is evidenced by his extensive experience accompanying everyone from tap dancer Fayard Nicholas (of the legendary Nicholas Brothers) and vocal group Sweet Honey in the Rock to tenor saxophonists Chico Freeman, Joshua Redman and Sonny Simmons.