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A GUIDE TO CLASSICAL INDIAN/JAZZ FUSION
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Release 4.2, April 1994 by allen `alley cat' lutins
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Posted to Usenet groups rec.music.bluenote, rec.music.indian.classical,
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and rec.music.indian.misc, and Bitnet groups India-L and Allmusic.
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Archived at quartz.rutgers.edu as /pub/music/indian-jazz-guide.gz
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and at cs.uwp.edu as /pub/music/discog/indian.fusion. Also found
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in the rec.music.indian.classical and rec.music.indian.misc archives
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at nic.funet.fi in /pub/culture/music/indian.
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Hypertext version available through World Wide Web browser at
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http://www.acns.nwu.edu/jazz/discog/indian-jazz.html, thanks to Joe
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Germuska (j-germuska@nwu.edu).
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Although avant-garde musicians discovered the joy of classical Indian music
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long before, it wasn't until the mid/late 1960's that classical Indian music
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found its way into the mainstream of Western music, when the Beatles' George
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Harrison popularized the sitar. Since then, the influence of classical
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Indian music has been felt in rock and roll, jazz, and beyond.
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This is a guide to jazz music which contains elements of classical Indian
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music. This guide is a spin-off from a discussion on the Usenet group
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rec.music.bluenote. The people who contribute to that group's discussion
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are responsible for much of the information contained herein, and i am forever
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in their debt for their help & continued assistance in keeping this list
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up-to-date.
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As jazz has no definitive boundaries, there is certainly some overlap with
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rock and roll; i've also included `New Age' listings as some would classify it
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as jazz. I have *not* included Western Classical, rock, or other non-jazz
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collaborations between Indian and Western artists (such as Ravi Shankar's
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collaborations with Yehudi Menuhin, Zubin Mehta, Andre Previn, George Harrison,
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Philip Glass, etc.). The list is pretty straight-forward, in alphabetical
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order according to last name; references which can be consulted separately
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are CAPITALIZED. I didn't include every album by each artist mentioned, but
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rather those albums which contain elements of both classical Indian music
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*and* jazz.
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I wish i could individually thank each and every person who contributed to the
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Classical Indian/Jazz fusion thread (and thus this work), but there's too many
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to name...
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Of course, any errors are my own, and will be corrected in the next edition
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of this list...*please* feel free to contribute additions, corrections,
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comments, whatever!
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-allen lutins
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al2032@thor.albany.edu
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JOHN ABERCROMBIE -- see COLLIN WALCOTT
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ANCIENT FUTURE
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More `New Age' than jazz, Ancient Future combines instruments from the world
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over, including many Indian instruments. Guest performers on "Asian Journal"
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include NANA VASCONCELOS (percussion) and BADAL ROY (tabla).
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Standard line-up: Matthew Montfort (guitar, gamelan, zither, sitar, etc.),
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Mindy Klein (flutes), Benjy Wertheimer (tabla, esraj, percussion),
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Kazuyo Moramoto (koto), Teja Bell (guitar), Nyomen Kawiana (kajar),
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Wayan Ludra (kukul), Phil Fong (guitar, sarod), Christina Harmonia
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(vocal), Jim Loveless (marimba), Jeroen Van Tyn (violin), Mark Fuller
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(cymbal)
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Album: Visions of a Peaceful Planet (Beauty AF-79)
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Album: Natural Rhythms (1981, Philo 9006)
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Album: Asian Journal (Music of the World J-101)
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ANTIGRAVITY -- see WARREN SENDERS
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BETWEEN
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Sort of a German Paul Winter Consort or Oregon, with many musicians on a
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variety of world instruments, including some from (surprise!) India. The
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Indian influence derives primarily from leader PETER MICHAEL HAMEL's work.
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Standard line-up: Roberto Detree (guitar), Robert Eliscu (wind), Peter
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Michael Hamel (keys), and (on "Einstag", "And the Waters Opened" and
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"Dharana") Cotch Black (percussion)
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Album: Einstieg (1971, Wergo SM-1001) [Includes Irish flutist James Galway]
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Personnel: Standard, plus "Jimmy J." Galway (flute), Ulrich Stranz
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Album: Dharana (Wergo SM-1011)
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Personnel: Standard, plus Gary Todd (bass), Charles Campbell (conga), Anatol
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Arkus (synth), Aparna Chakravarti (tamboura)
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Album: Hesse Between Music (Electrola 062 29546)
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Personnel: Standard, plus Holger Brandt (drums), Franz Lehrndorfer (keys),
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Peter Muller, Tom van der Geld (vibes), Bobby Jones (wind), Gert Westphal
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(vocal), Jerzy Ziembrowski (bass)
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Album: Contemplation (Wergo SM-1012)
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Album: And the Waters Opened (Wergo SM-1014)
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Personnel: Standard, plus Duru Omson (drums)
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Album: Stille uber der Zeit/Silence Beyond Time (Wergo SM-1023)
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VISHWA MOHAN BHATT -- see RY COODER
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CARLA BLEY
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Bley's 3-record album "Escalator Over the Hill" features many familiar
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artists, including DON CHERRY, CHARLIE HADEN, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN and PERRY
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ROBINSON (not to mention rock giant Jack Bruce, and even Linda Ronstatd!).
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Only a few of the pieces contain characteristics of classical Indian music,
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notably "All India Radio" and "Rawalpindhi Blues".
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Album: Escalator Over the Hill (1972, JCOA EOTH 3 & JCOA JT 4001;
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1974, JCOA 1003 4 5 & Barclay 840050 1 2)
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Personnel: Carla Bley (vocals, keys), Gato Barbieri (sax), Jack Bruce (vocals,
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bass), Don Cherry (trumpet), Charlie Haden (bass), Paul Jones (vocal), Karen
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Mantler (vocals, glockenspiel), Mike Mantler (trumpet, piano), John
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McLaughlin (guitar), Paul Motian (drums, percussion), Don Preston (synth),
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Perry Robinson (clarinet), Linda Ronstatd (vocals), Rosewell Rudd (trombone,
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vocals), and Bob Stewart (vocals, tuba)
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DAVE BRUBECK
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This famous jazz saxophonist featured some Indian-inspired pieces on a couple of
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his albums.
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Album: Summit Sessions
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Personnel: Dave Brubeck (sax), Palghat Raghu (percussion)
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HERB BUSHLER -- see PAUL WINTER CONSORT
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HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA -- see ZAKIR HUSSAIN
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Chaurasia, a flute player, was a student of Annapurna Devi, ex-wife of RAVI
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SHANKAR.
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DON CHERRY
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Another prolific indian-jazz fusion artist. Trumpeter Cherry was one
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of the three CODONA members, and has also played with TRILOK GURTU,
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L. SHANKAR, and JAI UTTAL.
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Album: Sangam [with Latif Khan] (Europa JP-2009)
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Personnel: Don Cherry (trumpet), Latif Khan (tabla)
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Album: The Eternal Now (1973; Sonnet SNTF 653)
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Personnel: Don Cherry (trumpet), Bengt Berger (mridangam)
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Album: Actions [with Krzystof Penderecki] (1971, Wergo SM 1010; Philips
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6305153)
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Personnel: Don Cherry (trumpet, flute, vocals), Loes Macgillycutty (vocals),
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Mocqui Cherry (tamboura), Manfred Schoof, Tomasz Stanko, Kenny Wheeler
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(horns), Paul Rutherford, Albert Mangelsdorff (trombone), Gerd Dudek (sax),
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Peter Broetzman (sax), Willem Breuker (sax), Gunter Hampel (flute, bass
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clarinet), Fred Van Hove (piano), Terje Rypdal (guitar), Buschi Niebergall
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(bass), Peter Warren (bass), Han Bennink (percussion)
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CODONA
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A few pieces by Codona (the name is derived from the leading letters of the
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first names of its three members) have an Indian feel due to the presence of
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Sitar/Tabla player COLLIN WALCOTT. Trumpeter DON CHERRY has also worked with
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Indian/Jazz fusion artist extraordinaire L. SHANKAR. Percussionist NANA
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VASCONCELOS has collaborated with other indian-jazz fusion figures, notably
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JAN GARBAREK; he is also known for his work with the Pat Metheny Group.
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Standard line-up: Collin Walcott (sitar, tabla, hammered dulcimer, sanza,
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vocal), Don Cherry (trumpet, flute, doussn'gouni, vocal), Nana Vasconcelos
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(percussion, voice)
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Album: Codona (1979, ECM 1132 [CD])
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Album: Codona 2 (1981, ECM 1177 [CD])
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Album: Codona 3 (1983, ECM 1243 [CD])
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ALICE COLTRANE
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Some of Alice Coltrane's inspiration to incorporate classical Indian music
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into her piano and harp playing derived from her time spent with guru Sri
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Chinmoy, under whom CARLOS SANTANA and JOHN MCLAUGHLIN also studied. Some of
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her collaborations with CARLOS SANTANA and PHARAOH SANDERS utilize Indian
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instruments (the drone of the tamboura is often present). Check out the title
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track from "Journey in Satchidananda", and "Angel of Sunlight" from
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"Illuminations". Coltrane is the wife of the late John Coltrane.
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Album: Illuminations [with Carlos Santana] (1974, CBS/Columbia PC32900 [LP])
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Personnel: Turiya Alice Coltrane (harp, keys), Devadip Carlos Santana
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(guitar), Tom Coster (keys), Jules Broussard (sax, flute), Prabuddha Phil
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Browne (tamboura), David Holland (bass), Jack DeJohnette (percussion),
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Armando Peraza (congas), Phil Ford (tabla)
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Album: Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtanat
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Album: Journey in Satchidananda (with Pharaoh Sanders)
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Album: Transcendence
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RY COODER
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Another U.S. guitarist whose varied collaborations include at least one with
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an Indian artist; in this case, V.M. Bhatt, who plays the `mohan' veena. Ry
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Cooder's son plays dumbek, a Middle Eastern drum, on the album listed below.
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Album: Meeting by the River
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Personnel: Ry Cooder (guitar), Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (veena)
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LARRY CORYELL
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Coryell's Indian-jazz fusion collaborations (with OREGON members RALPH
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TOWNER, COLLIN WALCOTT, and GLEN MOORE, and with STU GOLDBERG and Indian-
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jazz fusion artist L. SUBRAMANIAM) lend an Indian flavor to some of his works.
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One informant reports that Coryell once sat in for an ailing JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
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during a live SHAKTI performance.
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Album: The Restful Mind (1975, Vanguard VSD 79353 [LP])
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Personnel: Larry Coryell (guitar), Ralph Towner (guitar), Collin Walcott
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(tabla, congas), Glen Moore (bass)
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Album: Standing Ovation (1978, Mood 22888 {US}, Arista Novus AN-3024 {UK})
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Personnel: Larry Coryell (guitar, keys), L. Subramaniam (violin, tamboura)
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Album: ditto (1977, Vanguard VSD 79394)
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Personnel: Dawn Thompson (vocal, percussion), John D'earth (trumpet,
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flugelhorn), Dave Glenn (trombone), Armen Donelian (keyboards), Rick
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Kilburn (bass), Bob Jospe (drums), Collin Walcott (sitar,percussion)
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DARK
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I know little about this group except that it features MARK NAUSEEF.
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Their album "Tamna Voda" may fit the Indian-jazz fusion category,
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as it features L. SHANKAR.
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Album: Tamna Voda
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DAVID DARLING -- see PAUL WINTER CONSORT
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Darling played cello with the PAUL WINTER CONSORT in addition to his solo
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album "Cycles", which features, among others, COLLIN WALCOTT and JAN GARBAREK.
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Darling went on to form a group named Radiance (another Paul Winter Consort
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offshoot) with oboist Nancy Rumbell and guitarist Jim Scott.
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Album: Cycles (1982, ECM 1219 [CD])
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Personnel: David Darling (cello), Collin Walcott (sitar, percussion), Steve
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Kuhn (piano), Jan Garbarek (sax), Arild Andersen (bass), Oscar Castro-Neves
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(guitar)
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Miles Davis features a minimal part for sitar on his album "Big Fun", which
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features JOHN MCLAUGHLIN (who collaborated with Davis on a number of albums).
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His album "On the Corner" features both McLaughlin and COLLIN WALCOTT. Who is
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that on sitar in "Guinnevere" on "Circle in the Round", that eclectic album of
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previously unreleased tracks?
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Album: Big Fun (1969, Columbia PG 32866, CBS S 88024, CBS-Sony SOPW
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5/6,CBS-Sony 36AP1779/80, CBS-Sony 28AP2159/60)
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Album: On the Corner (1973, CBS 31906 {US}, CBS 65245 {UK})
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Album: Circle in the Round (1979, CBS 36278 {US})
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JACK DEJOHNETTE -- see ALICE COLTRANE, COLLIN WALCOTT
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DIGA RHYTHM BAND -- see MICKEY HART
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MARK EGAN
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Jazz bassist heavily influenced by Indian music.
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Album: A Touch of Light (GRP 9572)
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Personnel: Mark Egan (bass), Danny Gottlieb (cymbals, tabla), Clifford Carter
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(keys), Bill Evans (sax), Cafe (percussion)
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EMBRYO
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Embryo is a jazz/rock/ethno-fusion group from Germany featuring African and
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Indian musicians. PETER MICHAEL HAMEL was among the regular members.
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Standard line-up: Christian Burchard, Peter Michael Hamel, Roman Bunka Other
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Album: Apo Calypso (1977, April)
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Personnel: ? (includes Trilok Gurtu and Shoba Gurtu)
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Album: Turn/Peace (1989, Schneeball)
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Album: Zack Gluck (1984, Materiali Sonori)
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Album: La Blama Sparozzi (1982)
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A Dutch group; the listed album contains an ethnic blend, including sitar.
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Album: Variations on a Lady (1980, Polydor PD-1-6243 & Polydor NL 2480 508)
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PETER GABRIEL -- see JON HASSELL, L. SHANKAR
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JAN GARBAREK
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Garbarek collaborates with instrumentalists from throughout the world, often
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with Brazilian artists EGBERTO GISMONTI (guitar) and NANA VASCONCELOS
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(percussion). He has also collaborated with RALPH TOWNER and ZAKIR HUSSAIN.
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Album: Ragas and Sagas [with Ustad Fateh Ali Khan] (1992, ECM 1442 [CD])
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EGBERTO GISMONTI
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Another worldly musician whose world includes OREGON members RALPH TOWNER and
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COLLIN WALCOTT, and sometimes Indian-jazz fusion artists NANA VASCONCELOS and
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JAN GARBAREK.
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Album: Sol Do Meio Dia (1977, ECM 1116 [CD])
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Personnel: Egberto Gismonti (guitars, piano, percussion, flute), Nana
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Vasconcelos (percussion), Ralph Towner (guitar), Collin Walcott (tabla),
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Jan Garbarek (sax)
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STU GOLDBERG
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Another jazz artist who collaborated with Indian-jazz fusion great L.
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SUBRAMANIAM (and jazz guitarist LARRY CORYELL) on his own album, and
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with JOHN MCLAUGHLIN with the latter's One Truth Band.
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Album: Solos, Duos, Trio (1978, Pausa 736 {US}, MPS 61400 {Germany})
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Personnel: Stu Goldberg (keys), Larry Coryell (guitar), L. Subramaniam
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(violin)
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TRILOK GURTU
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Gurtu really gets around in the Indian-jazz fusion world; in addition to the
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performers (DON CHERRY, JAN GARBAREK, L. SHANKAR, RALPH TOWNER, and NANA
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VASCONCELOS) on the albums listed below, he has accompanied JOHN MCLAUGHLIN,
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performed with MICKEY HART's group, and became a permanent member (following
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the death of COLLIN WALCOTT in 1984) of OREGON, having also played on a solo
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album ("Heresay", not an Indian-jazz fusion album) of Oregon's PAUL
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MCCANDLESS. Other notable jazz musicians with whom he has played (on his
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most recent album) include Pat Metheny and Joe Zawinul. Also check out
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EMBRYO, BILL LASWELL, MARK NAUSEEF, BARRE PHILLIPS, and WORLD MUSIC MEETING.
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Album: Usfret (1988, CMP CD33 [CD])
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Personnel: Trilok Gurtu (percussion, voice), Shobha Gurtu (voice), Ralph
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Towner (guitars, keys), Don Cherry (trumpet), L. Shankar (violin), Daniel
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Goyone (keys), Jonas Hellborg (bass), Walter Quintus (tamboura)
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Album: Living Magic (1991, CMP CD50 [CD])
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Personnel: Trilok Gurtu (percussion), Jan Garbarek (sax), Nana Vasconcelos
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(percussion), Daniel Goyone (keys), Nicolas Fiszman (bass, guitar), Tunde
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Jegede (kora, piano), Shanthi Rao (veena)
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Album: Crazy Saints (1993)
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Personnel: Trilok Gurtu (percussion), Shobha Gurtu (vocals), Daniel Goyone
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(keys), Pat Matheny (guitar), Joe Zawinul (keys), Ernst Reijseger (cello),
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Marc Bertaux (bass)
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CHARLIE HADEN -- see CARLA BLEY, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
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PETER MICHAEL HAMEL
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Best known for his work with Indian-jazz fusion group BETWEEN, composer/
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keyboardist/author Hamel boasts a number of solo projects and collaborations
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spanning a variety of styles. The albums listed below incorporate Indian
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scales.
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Album: Hamel (1973; Vertigo 664 1055)
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Personnel: Peter Michael Hamel (keys, vocals)
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Album: Aura (Wergo SM-1009)
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Album: Nada (CH CEL-001)
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HERBIE HANCOCK -- see L. SUBRAMANIAM
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JOHN HANDY
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Handy's band "Rainbow" cut an album with omnipresent Indian-jazz fusion
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artist L. SUBRAMANIAM; both of the albums listed here include sarod master Ali
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Akbar Khan.
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Album: Karuna Supreme [with Ali Akbar Khan] (1976, BASF g22791)
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Artist: Rainbow
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Album: Rainbow (1981, Verve/MPS 821-666-4)
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Personnel: John Handy (sax), Ali Akbar Khan (sarod), L. Subramaniam (violin),
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Shyam Kane (tabla), Mary Johnson (tamboura).
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Innovative avant-garde jazz alto saxophonist who features Indian musicians.
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Album: Indo-Jazz Suite (1965, Columbia SX 6025; Atlantic 1465)
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Album: Indo-Jazz Fusions [with John Mayer Double Quintet] (1966, Columbia SX
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6122; 1968, EMI duo123)
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Album: Indo-Jazz Fusions II (1967, Columbia SX 6215)
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MICKEY HART
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Mickey Hart, better known as drummer for rock group The Grateful Dead, is also
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a musicologist who has assembled unparalleled ensembles of musicians from
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throughout the world, particularly percussion ensembles. TRILOK GURTU and
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ZAKIR HUSSAIN, two of Indian-jazz fusion's more prolific artists, appear on
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his albums.
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Album: Rolling Thunder (1972, WB 2635 {US}, K 46182 {UK})
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Personnel: Mickey Hart (drums, vocal), Stephen Stills (guitar, vocal), John
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Cipollina (guitar), Steve Shuster (flute), Tower of Power (horns), Phil Lesh
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(vocal), Paul Kantner (vocal), Jerry Garcia (guitar), Barry Melton (guitar),
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David Freiberg (keys, guitar, vocal, bass), Mike Hinton (marimba), Greg
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Enrico (drums), Carmelo Garcia (percussion), Bill Champlin (keys), Robbie
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Stokes (guitar), Zakir Hussain (tabla), Terry Hagerty (bass), Bon Weir
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(guitar, vocal), Alla Rakha (tabla), Grace Slick (vocal), Sam Andrew
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(guitar), Nancy Hinton (marimba)
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Artist: Diga Rhythm Band
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Album: Diga Rhythm Band (1976, UA Round UAS 29975 {UK}, RXLA 600G {US})
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Personnel: Mickey Hart, Jim Loveless, Ray Spiegel, Joy Schulman, Arshad Syed,
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Tor Dietrichson, Zakir Hussain, Jordan Amarantha, Ashim Chaudhuri, Peter
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Carmichael, Vince Deleacho (all percussion)
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Artist: Mickey Hart
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Album: At The Edge (Rykodisk ?)
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Artist: Mickey Hart
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Album: Planet Drum (Rykodisk?)
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JON HASSELL
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Hassell, like a number of people listed in this guide, spent some time
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studying Indian vocal technique (with Pandit Pran Nath), which he incorporated
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into his trumpet playing. His collaborations with famous musicians are
|
|
numerous, including PETER GABRIEL, Brian Eno, NANA VASCONCELOS, The Talking
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Heads, and BADAL ROY.
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Album: Vernal Equinox (1977, Lovely Music, LML-1021 [LP]; LCD-1021 [CD])
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Personnel: Jon Hassell (trumpet, keys), Nana Vasconcelos (percussion),
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David Rosenboom (mbira, tabla, percussion), Miguel Frasconi (claves,
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bells), Nicolas Kilbourn (mbira, talking drum), William Winant (rattles,
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kanjira)
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Album: Earthquake Island (1978, Tomato, TOM-7019 [LP]; 269612 [CD])
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Personnel: Jon Hassell (trumpet, synths), Nana Vasconcelos (percussion),
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Miroslav Vitous (bass), Claudio Faereira (guitar, bass), Ricardo
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Silveira (guitar), Badal Roy (tabla), Dom Um Romao (percussion),
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Clarice Taylor (vocals)
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DAVID HOLLAND -- see ALICE COLTRANE, COLLIN WALCOTT
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PAUL HORN
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The aptly-named Horn plays (what else?) horns, and combines Indian music on
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some of his Albums, having previously played with RAVI SHANKAR.
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Album: In India (1976, Bluenote {US}, BNLAD 519 {UK})
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Album: Inside the Taj Mahal (Kuckock 062)
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ZAKIR HUSSAIN
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This tabla player, the son of tabla master ALLA RAKHA, has performed with
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many of the artists in this guide, as well as a number of rock artists (e.g.,
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|
Van Morrison, George Harrison, and Nova, an early Phil Collins band). He was
|
|
a member of SHAKTI, and collaborated with Shakti members JOHN MCLAUGHLIN and
|
|
L. SHANKAR on many of their other albums. See also BILL LASWELL, JAN GARBAREK,
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MICKEY HART and L. SUBRAMANIAM.
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Artist: Shanti
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Album: Shanti (1971, Atlantic SD 8302)
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Personnel: Zakir Hussain (tabla), Ashish Khan (sarod), Neil Seidel (guitar),
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Pranesh Khan (tabla)
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Album: Making Music (1986, ECM 1349)
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Personnel: Zakir Hussain (tabla), Jan Garbarek (sax), John McLaughlin
|
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(guitar), Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute)
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INDO-BRITISH ENSEMBLE
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Album: Curried Jazz (1969, MFP 1307)
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Personnel: Kenny Wheeler (flugelhorn, trumpet), Jeff Clyne (bass)
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ELVIN JONES -- see OREGON
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PERCY JONES
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|
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L. SHANKAR joins Jones on his album "Propeller Music". Jones also
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|
contributes to the music of JON HASSELL.
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Album: Propeller Music
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KARNATAKA COLLEGE OF PERCUSSION -- see CHARLIE MARIANO
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KHAN FAMILY
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|
Album: European Jazz Ensemble Meets the Khan Family (1992, M.A Music 807)
|
|
Personnel: Ustad Zamir Ahmed Khan (sitar, tabla), Irshad Hussain Khan (tabla),
|
|
Ustad Munir Khan (sarangi), Thomas Heberer (horns), Manfred Schoof (horns),
|
|
Rainer Winterschladen (horns), E.L. Petrowsky (sax), Gerd Dudeck (sax), Stan
|
|
Sulzmann (saxe, flute), Philip Catherine (guitar), Ali Haurand (bass), Tony
|
|
Levin (drums), Joachim Kuhn (piano), Rob Van Den Broeck (piano), Uschi
|
|
Bruning (vocals)
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|
ALI AKBAR KHAN
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|
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|
This master sarod player appears with RAVI SHANKAR in classical
|
|
performances; he also appears on an Indian-jazz fusion album with JOHN HANDY.
|
|
Ali Akbar Khan tutored many students, including JAI UTTAL.
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|
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|
USTED FATEH ALI KHAN -- see JAN GARBAREK
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|
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VOLKER KRIEGEL
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|
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This guitarist was reputedly highly revered in Germany for some time.
|
|
This is the only album where he plays sitar as well.
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|
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|
Album: Spectrum (1971; MPS 68034)
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|
Personnel: John Taylor (piano), Volker Kriegel (guitar, sitar), Peter Trunk
|
|
(bass), Peter Baumeister, Cees See (percussion)
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|
STEVE LACY
|
|
----------
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|
Album: Explorations
|
|
Personnel: Subroto Roy Chowdhury (sitar), Steve Lacy (sax), Shibsankar Ray
|
|
(tabla), Patricia Martin (tamboura)
|
|
|
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|
BILL LASWELL
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|
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|
Another who features the perennial Indian-jazz fusion artists L. SHANKAR,
|
|
TRILOK GURTU, and ZAKIR HUSSAIN.
|
|
|
|
Album: Hear No Evil
|
|
Personnel: Nicky Skopelitas (guitar), Bill Laswell (bass), L. Shankar
|
|
(violin), Aiyb Dieng (percussion), Trilok Gurtu (percussion), Zakir Hussain
|
|
(percussion)
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|
|
|
|
|
LES MISERABLES BRASS BAND
|
|
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|
|
Album: Manic Traditions (Northeastern)
|
|
Personnel: Frank London (trumpet), Jeanne Snodgrass (trumpet), Dave Harris
|
|
(trombone), Vinny Nobile (trombone), Marshall Sealy (french horn), Matt
|
|
Darriau (woodwinds), Marcus Rojas (tuba), Taki Masuko (percussion)
|
|
|
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|
|
DAVE LIEBMAN
|
|
------------
|
|
Another Jazz musician who features BADAL ROY in his enemble.
|
|
|
|
Album: Sweet Hands (1975, A&M)
|
|
Personnel: David Liebman (sax), Charlie Haden (acoustic bass), John
|
|
Abercrombie (acoustic guitar), Badal Roy (tabla), Gita Roy (tamboura),
|
|
Arooj Lazewal (sitar)
|
|
|
|
|
|
THE ALAN LORBER ORCHESTRA
|
|
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|
|
Album: The Lotus Place (196?, Verve V-8711)
|
|
Personnel: Collin Walcott (sitar,tabla), Donald Robertson (tamboura), Jerome
|
|
Richardson (sax, flute), Vincent Bell (guitar, el-sitar), Hugh McCracken
|
|
(guitar), Howard Hirsch (percussion)
|
|
|
|
|
|
LOTHLORIEN
|
|
----------
|
|
Similar (IMHO) to Ancient Future, Lothlorien coaxes a blend of instruments
|
|
from throughout the world into a sound perhaps better termed `New Age' than
|
|
jazz. The presence of sarod and tabla lend a strong Indian accent to some of
|
|
their pieces.
|
|
|
|
Standard line-up: Jim Palmer (sarod, harp, guitar), Rebecca Dunnell (flute,
|
|
recorder), Chris Weigers (bass), Larry LeMasters (tabla, santur)
|
|
|
|
Album: Lothlorien (1980, private release)
|
|
Personnel: Standard, plus Anton Denner (bassoon) and Diane Brown (tamboura)
|
|
|
|
Album: Spaces (private release)
|
|
|
|
|
|
JIM LOVELESS -- see ANCIENT FUTURE, MICKEY HART
|
|
------------
|
|
|
|
|
|
CHARLIE MARIANO
|
|
---------------
|
|
Mariano, a sax and flute player, has collaborated on a few Indian-jazz fusion
|
|
projects, including the WORLD MUSIC MEETING album.
|
|
|
|
Artist: Charlie Mariano and the Karnataka College of Percussion
|
|
Album: Jyothi (1983, ECM 1256 [CD])
|
|
|
|
|
|
ALAIN MARKUSFELD
|
|
----------------
|
|
French guitarist and pianist who incorporates Indian influences in
|
|
his music.
|
|
|
|
Album: Contemporus (1979, Visa)
|
|
|
|
Album: La Desert Noir (1977, Egg)
|
|
|
|
Album: Platock (1978, Egg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
PAUL MCCANDLESS -- see OREGON, PAUL WINTER CONSORT, TRILOK GURTU
|
|
---------------
|
|
|
|
|
|
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
|
|
---------------
|
|
Involved in numerous Indian-jazz fusion projects, most notably SHAKTI and
|
|
solo/collaborative efforts of its members L. SHANKAR and ZAKIR HUSSAIN. Also
|
|
played on a number of MILES DAVIS albums, including "BIG FUN", on which a
|
|
sitar helps to evoke an Indian aura. Some of McLaughlin's solo efforts
|
|
contain Indian-jazz fusion pieces, notably "Peace One" and "Peace Two" from
|
|
"My Goal's Beyond". His "John McLaughlin Trio" included percussionist TRILOK
|
|
GURTU. He is perhaps better known for his group Mahavishnu Orchestra, a
|
|
seminal jazz/rock fusion band.
|
|
|
|
Album: My Goal's Beyond (1971, Douglas 9, Columbia Z 30766, Electra Musician
|
|
El-60031, Rykodisc RLP 10051 {US}, CBS DGL
|
|
69014, Electra Musician MUS 53261, CBS-Sony
|
|
EPIA 53024, CBS-Sony ECPL 101)
|
|
Personnel: John McLaughlin (guitar), Jerry Goodman (violin), Billy Cobham
|
|
(drums), Dave Liebman (sax), Airto Moreira (percussion), Charlie Haden
|
|
(bass), Maha Lakshmi (sitar), Jean Paul Celea (bass), Badal Roy (percussion)
|
|
|
|
Artist: One Truth Band
|
|
Album: One Truth Band 1978 Live
|
|
Personnel: John McLaughlin (guitar), Fernando Saunders (bass), Anthony Allen
|
|
Smith (drums), L. Shankar (violin), Stu Goldberg (keys)
|
|
|
|
Album: Live At The Royal Festival Hall (1990, JMT 834 436-2 [CD])
|
|
Personnel: John McLaughlin (guitar), Kai Eckhardt (bass), Trilok Gurtu
|
|
(percussion)
|
|
|
|
Album: Que Alegria (1992, Verve 837 280-2 [CD])
|
|
Personnel: John McLaughlin (guitar), Trilok Gurtu (percussion), Dominique
|
|
Di Piazza (bass), Kai Eckhardt (bass)
|
|
|
|
|
|
JOHN MEYER
|
|
----------
|
|
Indian violinist.
|
|
|
|
|
|
GLEN MOORE -- see OREGON, RALPH TOWNER, PAUL WINTER
|
|
----------
|
|
|
|
|
|
MYNTA
|
|
-----
|
|
German? band.
|
|
|
|
Album: Indian Times (1990?, VBR 2037 2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NATRAJ -- see PHIL SCARFF
|
|
------
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MARK NAUSEEF -- see also DARK
|
|
------------
|
|
Album: Wun-wun (1984, CMP 25)
|
|
Personnel: Mark Nauseef (percussion), Trilok Gurtu (tabla), Jack Bruce (bass)
|
|
|
|
|
|
ONE TRUTH BAND -- see JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
OREGON
|
|
------
|
|
Along with SHAKTI, this was perhaps one of the finest groups for Indian-jazz
|
|
fusion (as well as other worldly) music, thanks to sitar/tabla player COLLIN
|
|
WALCOTT, who unfortunately was killed at an early age in 1984 in an automobile
|
|
accident in Germany. At that point, TRILOK GURTU took his place, and joined
|
|
PAUL MCCANDLESS, RALPH TOWNER, and GLEN MOORE. all of whom (with Walcott) got
|
|
their start performing with THE PAUL WINTER CONSORT.
|
|
|
|
Standard line-up: Collin Walcott (sitar/tabla) or Trilok Gurtu (percussion),
|
|
Paul McCandless (oboe, other winds), Ralph Towner (guitar, keys, horns),
|
|
Glen Moore (bass, piano, violin, flute)
|
|
|
|
Album: Music of Another Present Era (1972, Vanguard VSD 79326 [LP];
|
|
Terra/Vanguard T-1)
|
|
|
|
Album: Aurora (1973)
|
|
|
|
Album: Distant Hills (1974, Vanguard 79341 [LP])
|
|
|
|
Album: Winter Light (1975, Vanguard 79350 [LP], Vanguard VMD 79350 [CD])
|
|
|
|
Album: In Concert (1975, Vanguard VSD 79358 [LP])
|
|
|
|
Album: Friends (1975, Vanguard VSD 79370 [LP])
|
|
|
|
Album: Moon and Mind (?, Vanguard VSD 79419 [LP])
|
|
|
|
Album: Oregon/Elvin Jones Together (1977, Vanguard VSD 79377 [LP])
|
|
|
|
Album: Out Of The Woods (1978, Elektra 52 101 [LP], Elektra 6E-154 [CD],
|
|
Discovery 71004 [CD])
|
|
|
|
Album: Violin [with Zbigniew Seifert (violin)] (1978, Vanguard VAN 79397 [LP])
|
|
|
|
Album: Roots In The Sky (1979, Elektra 52 129 [LP], Elektra 6E-224 [CD],
|
|
Discovery 71005 [CD])
|
|
|
|
Album: In Performance (1980, Elektra 62 028 [LP]; Elektra 9E-304)
|
|
|
|
Album: Our First Record (1980) Vanguard 79432)
|
|
|
|
Album: Oregon (1983, ECM 1258 [CD]; ECM 23796-1)
|
|
|
|
Album: Crossing (1985, ECM 1291 [CD]; ECM 25025-1)
|
|
|
|
Album: Essential Oregon (1987, Vanguard VAN 109 [LP], Vanguard, VCD-109/10
|
|
[CD])
|
|
|
|
Album: Ecotopia (1987, ECM 1354 [CD])
|
|
|
|
Album: 45th Parallel [with Nancy King (vocal)] (1989, veraBr vBr 2048-2 [CD],
|
|
Portrait RK 44465 {US} [CD])
|
|
|
|
Album: Always Never And Forever (1991, veraBr vBr 2073-2 [CD], Intuition label
|
|
{US} [CD])
|
|
|
|
|
|
BARRE PHILLIPS
|
|
--------------
|
|
Phillips, a bass player, generates mostly spacey stuff, some of which sounds
|
|
Indian due to the presence of TRILOK GURTU on Indian percussion.
|
|
|
|
Album: Three Day Moon (1979, ECM 1123)
|
|
Personnel: Barre Phillips (bass), Terje Rypdal (guitar, synth, organ), Trilok
|
|
Gurtu (percussion), Dieter Feichtner (synth).
|
|
|
|
|
|
ALLA RAKHA
|
|
----------
|
|
Alla Rakha was COLLIN WALCOTT's tabla mentor and father of tabla player ZAKIR
|
|
HUSSAIN. He appears on numerous classical Indian and Indian-jazz fusion
|
|
albums, including those of MICKEY HART, VASANT RAI, and RAVI SHANKAR.
|
|
|
|
Album: Rich a la Rakha
|
|
Personnel: Alla Rakha (tabla), Buddy Rich (drums), Ravi Shankar (sitar).
|
|
|
|
|
|
VASANT RAI
|
|
----------
|
|
Rai, a sarod player (he also plays guitar, flute and piano!), in addition to
|
|
Classical Indian performances with ALLA RAKHA, also produced the following
|
|
Indian-jazz fusion albums:
|
|
|
|
Album: Spring Flowers (Vanguard VSD-79379)
|
|
|
|
Album: Autumn Song (Vanguard VSD-79414)
|
|
|
|
|
|
RAINBOW -- see JOHN HANDY
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
PERRY ROBINSON
|
|
--------------
|
|
In addition to playing with familiar Indian-jazz fusion artists BADAL ROY and
|
|
NANA VASCONCELOS, Robinson also appears on CARLA BLEY's "Escalator Over the
|
|
Hill".
|
|
|
|
Album: Kundalini (1978, Improvising Artists IAI 373856)
|
|
Personnel: Perry Robinson (clarinet), Badal Roy (tabla), Nana
|
|
Vasconcelos (percussion)
|
|
|
|
|
|
BADAL ROY
|
|
---------
|
|
In addition to being a prolific Classical Indian tabla player, Roy produced a
|
|
number of Indian-Jazz fusion albums on his own, and with ANCIENT FUTURE, JON
|
|
HASSELL, and JOHN MCLAUGHLIN. In addition, he appears on PERRY ROBINSON's
|
|
"Kundalini" and DAVID LIEBMAN's "Sweet Hands."
|
|
|
|
Album: Passing Dreams (1976, Adamo ADS9501)
|
|
|
|
|
|
PHARAOH SANDERS
|
|
---------------
|
|
Sanders' sax playing is very meditative, with lots of ethnic percussion, and
|
|
borders on Indian-jazz fusion. The epitome of this sound is perhaps the song
|
|
"Harvest Time" on "Pharaoh", which is very raga-like. In addition to his solo
|
|
works, he appears with other artists, notably ALICE COLTRANE.
|
|
|
|
Album: Pharaoh (India Navigation IN-1027)
|
|
|
|
Album: Best of (Impulse 9229)
|
|
|
|
|
|
CARLOS SANTANA -- see ALICE COLTRANE, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
|
|
--------------
|
|
|
|
|
|
PHIL SCARFF
|
|
-----------
|
|
Scarff, a jazz saxophonist and composer, studied North Indian classical music.
|
|
His approach to the soprano saxophone emulates shehnai and sundri as well as
|
|
bansuri. He performs not only with his own group, Natraj, but also with WARREN
|
|
SENDERS' Antigravity.
|
|
|
|
Artist: Natraj
|
|
Album: The Goat Also Gallops (1990, Accurate Records AC-3422)
|
|
Personnel: Matt Maneri (violin), Michael Rivard (string bass), Jerry Leake
|
|
(tabla and percussion), Simon Haggiag (percussion)
|
|
|
|
Artist: Natraj
|
|
Album: Meet Me Anywhere (1994, Dorian Discovery DIS-80119)
|
|
Personnel: Mick Goodrick (guitar), WARREN SENDERS (vocals), Michael Rivard
|
|
(bass), Jerry Leake (tabla/percussion), Steve Gorn (bamboo flute), Godwin Agbeli
|
|
(West African percussion), Russ Gold (percussion)
|
|
|
|
|
|
IRENE SCHWEIZER
|
|
---------------
|
|
Album: Jazz meets India (1967, MPS 15142)
|
|
Personnel: Irene Schweizer (piano), Manfred Schoof (trumpet), Barney
|
|
Wilen (sax), Uli Trepte (bass), Many Neumeier (drums), Dewan Motihar
|
|
(sitar), Keshav Sathe (tabla), Kusum Thakur (tamboura)
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOM SCOTT
|
|
---------
|
|
A session player who appears on many albums, including those RAVI SHANKAR's
|
|
"Charly".
|
|
|
|
Album: The Honeysuckle Breeze (1967, Impulse AS 9163)
|
|
Personnel: Tom Scott (sax, flute), Bill Plummer (sitar)
|
|
|
|
|
|
WARREN SENDERS
|
|
--------------
|
|
Senders is an American bassist who studied North Indian singing. He applied
|
|
his Indian training to a jazz ensemble, Antigravity, that he formed in India.
|
|
There is also a branch of Antigravity based in Boston which features his wife
|
|
Vijaya Sundaram on guitar, PHIL SCARFF on sax, Bob Pilkington on trombone, and
|
|
Jerry Leake on tabla.
|
|
|
|
Album: Antigravity (1992, Cadence; Accurate Records AC-4307 [CD])
|
|
|
|
|
|
SHAKTI
|
|
------
|
|
The unequaled *epitome* (IMHO) of Classical Indian/jazz fusion. Guitarist
|
|
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, violinist L. SHANKAR, and percussionists ZAKIR HUSSAIN,
|
|
and T.H. Vinayakram came together for an altogether too brief three albums
|
|
to produce music in a class of its own.
|
|
|
|
Standard line-up: L. Shankar (violin), John McLaughlin (guitar), Zakir
|
|
Hussain (percussion), T.H. Vinayakram (percussion)
|
|
|
|
Album: Shakti with John McLaughlin (1975, Columbia PC 34162 {US}, CBS 81388
|
|
{UK}; CBS-Sony 25AP117)
|
|
Personnel: Standard line-up, with R. Raghavan, mridangam
|
|
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Album: Handful of Beauty (1976, Columbia PC 34372 {US}, CBS 81664 {UK},
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CBS-Sony 25AP512)
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Album: Natural Elements (1977, Columbia JC 34980 {US}, CBS 82329 {UK},
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CBS-Sony 25AP851)
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BUD SHANK -- see RAVI SHANKAR, L. SUBRAMANIAM
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L. SHANKAR
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Shankar, a South Indian violinist, is *not* directly related to North Indian
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sitar player Ravi Shankar, although he is the brother of violinist L.
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SUBRAMANIAM. [The L. in their names is short for Lakshminarayana; to make
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matters confusing, there is another L. (Lakshmi) Shankar (a female vocalist)
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who appears on at least one jazz-Indian fusion album!] In addition to being a
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member of SHAKTI, Shankar performed separately with its members ZAKIR HUSSAIN
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and JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, as well as with various other jazz artists, including
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DARK, JAN GARBAREK, TRILOK GURTU, JON HASSELL, and PERCY JONES. Shankar is an
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amazingly
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versatile performer, having played rock and roll with his own group "The
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Epidemics" (which includes his wife Caroline), and with, among others, Frank
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Zappa, PETER GABRIEL, George Harrison, The Talking Heads). Shankar also plays
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pure Classical Indian music, as well as Western symphonic music.
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Album: Song for Everyone (1985, ECM 1286)
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Personnel: L. Shankar (violin), Jan Garbarek (sax), Trilok Gurtu (percussion),
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Zakir Hussain (percussion)
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Album: Vision (1984, ECM 1261)
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Personnel: L. Shankar (violin), Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet), Jan Garbarek (sax)
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RAVI SHANKAR
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This well-known North Indian sitar player (arguably one of the finest
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musicians in the world) has dabbled in innumerous genres, including
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Indian-jazz fusion, especially with PAUL HORN. He's probably played with
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every known Indian musician, including ALLA RAKHA. Included among those on
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his Indian-jazz fusion albums are BUD SHANK and TOM SCOTT.
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Album: ? (1961, World Pacific ST 21416)
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Personnel: Ravi Shankar (sitar), Kanai Dutta (tabla), Nadu Mullick,
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Harihar Rao (tamboura), Bud Shank (flute), Dennis Budimir (guitar), Gary
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Peacock (bass), Louis Hayes(drums).
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[Johann Haidenbauer notes: "Unfortunately I don't know the title of this
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record. This is the earliest Jazz/Indian-music fusion album I know of."]
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Album: Charly (Soundtrack) (1967/8?, EMI OASD 7552)
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Personnel: Ravi Shankar (sitar), Alla Rakha (tabla), Bud Shank, Tom Scott
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(flute), Artie Kane (piano), Laurindo Almeida, Bob Bain (guitar), Ray
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Brown, Bill Plummer (bass), Emil Richards, Milt Holland (percussion),
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Collin Walcott
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Album: Improvisations (1965, RSMC-6; Fontana TL5285)
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Personnel: Ravi Shankar (sitar), Paul Horn (flute), Bud Shank (flute), Alla
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Rakha (tabla), Kanai Dutta (tabla).
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SHANTI -- see ZAKIR HUSSAIN
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STRUNTZ & FARAH
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Album : Mosaico (1980; Ganesh DRLS 4004)
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Personnel: Jorge Struntz, Ardeshir Farah (guitar), L. Subramaniam (violin),
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Gregg Lee (bass), Ron Wagner (drums), Luis Conte (percussion)
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L. SUBRAMANIAM
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Violinist Subramaniam is from a South Indian violin-playing family which
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includes his brother L. SHANKAR. He has collaborated with a number of jazz
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artists, including LARRY CORYELL, STU GOLDBERG, HERBIE HANCOCK, and STRUNTZ &
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FARAH.
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Album: Blossom [with Herbie Hancock] (1981, Crusader's Records/MCA)
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Album: Garland [with Svend Asmussen] (1978, Stv SLP 4075; 1982, Storyville
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Records)
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Personnel: Kenneth Knudsen (keys), Ole Flick (guitar), Huge Rasmussen,
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Kim Menzer (percussion), Bo Stiff (bass)
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Album: Fantasy without limits (1979, Trend TR 524)
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Personnel: Frank Morgan (sax), Zakir Hussain (tabla)
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Album: Album: Indian Express (1984, Milestone M9120)
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Personnel: Kim Menzer (trombone), Hubert Laws (flute)
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Album: Conversation (1984, Milestone M9130)
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Personnel: Frank Morgan (sax), Stephanie Grapelli (violin), Joe Sample (keys)
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Album: Mani & Co (1985, Milestone M9138)
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Personnel: Maynard Ferguson (trumpet), Bud Shank (flute, sax), Larry Coryell
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(guitar), Tony Williams (drums)
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JUKKA TOLONEN
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Some Indian influence on this guitar/piano players' song "East Meets West"
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from "Mountain Stream".
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Album: Mountain Stream (Sonnet SLP-2636 {out of print}; Sonnet SNTF818)
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RALPH TOWNER
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Another musician who gets around a fair bit when it comes to Indian-jazz
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fusion. Towner went from the PAUL WINTER CONSORT to OREGON, and since that
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time performed with a number of artists mentioned in this guide, including
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LARRY CORYELL, JAN GARBAREK, EGBERTO GISMONTI, and Oregon members TRILOK
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GURTU, GLEN MOORE, PAUL MCCANDLESS and COLLIN WALCOTT.
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Album: Trios Solos [with Glen Moore] (1972, ECM 1025 [CD])
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Personnel: Ralph Towner (guitar, piano), Glen Moore (bass), Paul McCandless
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(oboe), Collin Walcott (tabla)
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JAI UTTAL
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Uttal is a sarod player who studied under renowned sarodist ALI AKBAR KHAN.
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He also plays keyboards and utilizes electronic sampling.
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Album: Footprints (1991?, Triloka)
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Personnel: Jai Uttal (sarod, vocal), Don Cherry (trumpet), Lakshmi Shankar
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(vocal), Daniel Paul Karp (tabla), Jerry Watts (bass)
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NANA VASCONCELOS
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This Brazilian percussionist, perhaps best known as a member of the Pat
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Metheny group, appears on a variety of albums. He was a seminal member of
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CODONA, and performed with, among others, ANCIENT FUTURE and PERRY ROBINSON.
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[Albums listed under CODONA]
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COLLIN WALCOTT
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Originally a member of the PAUL WINTER CONSORT, Walcott went on to form OREGON
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with PAUL MCCANDLESS, RALPH TOWNER and GLEN MOORE. While in Oregon he
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concurrently teamed up with DON CHERRY and NANA VASCONCELOS to form the group
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CODONA, and also released solo albums and collaborations with JOHN
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ABERCROMBIE, DAVE HOLLAND, JACK DEJOHNETTE, and others. He played tabla on
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many albums, including MILES DAVIS' "On the Corner", COSMOLOGY's "Ditto", and
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THE ALAN LORBER ORCHESTRA's "The Lotus Place". Walcott studied tabla with ALLA
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RAKHA and briefly studied sitar with RAVI SHANKAR, with whom he has
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collaborated.
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Album: Cloud Dance [with John Abercrombie] (1975, ECM 1062 [CD])
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Personnel: Collin Walcott (sitar, tabla), John Abercrombie (guitar), Dave
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Holland (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums)
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Album: Grazing Dreams (1977, ECM 1096 [CD])
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Personnel: Collin Walcott (sitar, tabla), John Abercrombie (guitars,
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mandolin), Don Cherry (trumpet, flute, doussn'gouni), Palle Danielsson
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(bass), Dom Um Romao (percussion)
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Album: Works (1988, ECM 837 276-2 [CD])
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Album: Dawn Dance [with Steve Eliovson] (ECM 1198)
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Personnel: Collin Walcott (tabla), Steve Eliovson (guitar)
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Album: Eternal Wind [with Steve Eliovson] (Flying Fish FF-348)
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PETER WALKER
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Album: Second Poem to Karmela (1968, Vanguard VSD 79282)
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Personnel: Peter Walker (sarod, guitar), Jim Pepper (flute), John Blair
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(violin), Jim Hotep (tabla), Midnite (tamboura), Michael Chechik (organ),
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PAUL WINTER CONSORT
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One of the earlier efforts at combining Western music with music from
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throughout the world, including lots of Indian influence thanks especially
|
|
to the presence of COLLIN WALCOTT. Consort members Walcott, GLEN MOORE, PAUL
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MCCANDLESS and RALPH TOWNER went on to form OREGON. The Paul Winter Consort
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|
has been (and continues to be) highly prolific though it has seen many
|
|
personnel changes over the years. (I'm not sure if all the albums listed
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below contain Indian-jazz fusion stuff.)
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Standard (early) line-up: Paul Winter (sax), Collin Walcott (tabla, sitar),
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Glen Moore (bass) or Herb Bushler (bass), Paul McCandless (oboe), Ralph
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Towner (guitar), David Darling (cello)
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Album: The Winter Consort (A&M SP-4170)
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Album: Something in the Wind (A&M SP-4207)
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Album: Road (A&M SP-4279)
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Album: Earthdance (A&M SP-4653)
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Album: Icarus (Living LMR-4)
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Album: Common Ground (A&M SP-4698)
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Album: Callings (Living LMR-1)
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WORLD MUSIC MEETING
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|
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This is one album i'd like to know more about...i got a tape from a friend
|
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with this album on it, but minimal information. In addition, i can barely
|
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read my friend's scrawl, so i'm sure i've got a lot of the names wrong. Quite
|
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a variety of world instruments, including, of course, Indian. This ensemble
|
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included TRILOK GURTU and CHARLIE MARIANO, among many other lesser known
|
|
names.
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|
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Album: World Music Meeting
|
|
Personnel: Hozan Yamamoto (shakuhachi), Kazesimi Debski (violin), Charlie
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Mariano (sax), Alfred Harth (sax, clarinet, trumpet), Juan Jose Gosalini
|
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(bandonoon), Karl Berger (vibes, piano, marimba), Peter Kawatel (bass), Ken
|
|
Johnson (percussion), Ponda O'Brian (percussion), Trilok Gurtu (percussion),
|
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Barry Altcshul (drums)
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