Ta Ki Ta is a uniquely Canadian ensemble which combines North Indian classical music, Jazz, and other music styles into a seamless whole where Eastern and Western instruments, rhythms and melodies are treated on equal footing. The group has an unusual instrumentation with Hari Pal (tabla), Karen Graves (saxophones/flute/voice) and Jared Burrows (electric guitar). Ta Ki Ta’s current repertoire is very diverse and is based on original compositions by all three members as well as some traditional songs from jazz and the folk and classical traditions of India and Canada.

Ta Ki Ta has performed in the Vancouver area many times at such venues as Douglas College, The Roundhouse, Kwantlen College, Tsawwassen Arts Centre, Rime, Norman Rothstein Theatre, and at many Indian cultural events such as Diwali celebrations in 2006 and 2007. The group's name, Ta Ki Ta is a reference to the syllables commonly used in Indian music to represent a three-part rhythm. Ta Ki Ta is currently preparing new repertoire for an upcoming recording and is actively self-producing concerts in the Vancouver area.

Ta Ki Ta began in 2004 as a series of musical experiments and concerts by Hari Pal and Jared Burrows. Though they played and performed well with many other fine musicians, it was after meeting sarode player, Ken Wells, that a really unique and powerful group sound emerged. Following Ken’s relocation to the Interior of BC in 2006, Hari and Jared asked saxophonist, flutist and singer, Karen Graves to join the trio. Karen's unique melodic and compositional talents have opened up exciting possibilities for the group and Ta Ki Ta is now performing more original compositions and exploring new musical territory.

Jared Burrows
Jared Burrows is a guitarist, composer, and educator based in Vancouver. He leads the Jared Burrows Trio, co-leads the East Van Jazz Orchestra with Brad Muirhead and is involved with many other ensembles as a freelance player in the Vancouver area and in Oregon including the gypsy jazz group Djangophilia, free-improv groups including Sukha Trio and the Knotty Ensemble, British saxophonist Len Aruliah's Quartet, and the Chinese music/jazz fusion group Koan to name a few. With these and many other bands he has performed extensively on the concert stage, festivals, radio and television throughout Canada and the USA. Jared is the Artistic Director of the very successful South Delta Jazz Festival and South Delta Jazz Workshop. He teaches at Douglas College, Delta Community Music School, directs elementary school bands in Delta and Surrey and during the summers is on faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop. Apart from performance and composition, his research interests are in music education, Sufi and Taoist philosophy, and cognitive theory applied to improvised performance. He holds a PhD in Education from Simon Fraser University and a MMus in Jazz Studies from the University of Oregon, where he taught in the Jazz Studies department from 1997-2000.

Hari Pal
Hari began playing tabla as a young boy in India. He studied Lucknow, Dilli, Punjab and Farrukhabad styles at Marris College and Arrah Music Academy and earned his Visharad. At Lucknow he performed with many important Indian musicians including violinist V.G. Jog and flute player Raghunath Seth. Since leaving India to live in The Netherlands, The USA, Kuwait and Canada, he has played with several world class musicians such as sitar players Imrat Khan, Shahid Parvez and Irshad Khan as well as with Dutch composer Ton de Leeuw. He has also organized several drum concerts and played his own unique compositions in Tabla solo/drum ensembles
Hari has accomplished all this parallel to his PhD. in biochemistry and his career as a scholar, researcher, and consultant in industrial biotechnology.
Now based in the Vancouver area Hari has already established collaborative projects with many of the regions finest professional musicians.

Karen Graves
This multifaceted musician grew up on Vancouver Island where she was subject to amazing and inspiring band teachers throughout her schooling. Karen Graves earned a two year Jazz Diploma from the acclaimed Malaspina College, before enrolling in the school of hard knocks. Karen has studied with renowned Russian voice instructor, Nikolai Kolesnikov and with saxophonists Pete Cristlieb and Pat Labarbera.

While playing with the Banff Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Hugh Fraser, Karen had the honour of performing in concert with Slide Hampton, Maynard Ferguson, Muhal Richard Abrahms and Kenny Wheeler. Karen is a composer and along with leading her own band she keeps busy as a sideman as well as being a regular with such bands as Soulstream, a ten piece soul/funk band; Out of the Woods and Mimosa.