more good listening

[Michael Eisenstadt]

the 24 hour Indian music orgy I spoke of yesterday is =

still on and will play until 5.45 pm Friday on WHRB

if your sound card is working check it out at
http://www.whrb.org

the program notes supply this background:

6:00 pm The Shakti/Indo-Jazz Fusion Orgy

Among the many "fusions" of jazz and other musics that =

took place in the 1970s, Shakti stands alone. While =

other artists such as Dave Brubeck had dabbled in Near, =

Far and Southeastern Asian musics, there had been no =

real long-term experiment pairing musicians from East =

and West. John McLaughlin=92s group Shakti, featuring a =

young Zakir Hussain, L. Shankar, and T.H. "Vikku" =

Vinayakram, united not merely the jazz and Indian music =

world, but also the two main division of Indian music. =

Zakir is a main percussionist in the Hindustani (North =

Indian) tradition, while Shankar and Vikku come from =

the Karnatic (South Indian) traditions. The result is =

a new entity, charged with the energy of all four great =

virtuosos in the prime of their youthful energy.

We present both Shakti=92s 1970s releases and the 1990s =

"Remember Shakti" albums (featuring the mandolinist U. =

Shrivinas for Shankar and Vikku=92s son V. Sevelganesh =

on Karnatic percussion), as well as important recordings =

featuring the members in other jazz, Indo-jazz fusion, =

and Indian Classical contexts.