Three New Yorkers and a Texan make up the Ari Roland Jazz Quartet . The U.S. State Department helped organize the band 's visit as part of a cultural exchange program designed to win Pakistani hearts and minds . The quartet is made of three young musicians from different backgrounds who have been playing together for about two years. Relations between the U.S. and Pakistani governments are particularly strained . U.S. officials accuse Pakistan 's top spy agency of harboring extremists .
Three New Yorkers and a Texan make up the Ari Roland Jazz Quartet . The quartet is made of three young musicians from different backgrounds who have been playing together for about two years. Relations between the U.S. and Pakistani governments are particularly strained . U.S. officials accuse Pakistan 's top spy agency of harboring extremists .