Ravi Shankar – Improvisation on the Theme of “Rokudan”!
Aug 17, 2011 tabla
The Track is taken from Ravi Shankar’s Album “Shankar & Friends – Towards The Rising Sun” resp. “Vision Of Peace – The Art Of Ravi Shankar – Improvisation on the Theme of ‘Rokudan’ (East Greets East)”. Ravi Shankar, THE greatest Indian musician of the 20th century, has produced a lot of stunning masterpieces with genius. This is only one example of these. Listen & Enjoy it.
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Personnel:
Ravi Shankar: sitar, tanpura
Susumu Miyashita: koto
Hozan Yamamoto: shakuhachi
Alla Rakha: tabla
Mrs. Widya: tanpura
Prodyot Sen, Sunil Kumar Banerjee, Mrs. Jiban
Duration : 0:10:3
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Zakir Hussain & John McLaughlin – Lotus Feet!
May 26, 2011 tabla
This great track is taken from the live album “Remember Shakti” (Disc 1) of Zakir Hussain & John McLaughlin (Released 1999).
Zakir Hussain is considered the greatest tabla player on earth. Englishman John McLaughlin is thought by many to be one of the best guitarist on earth. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is considered a rare combination of innovator and traditionalist. He has expanded the expressive possibilities of the bansuri through his masterful blowing technique. T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakaram is the leading ghatam player, effectively accomplishing more than any other ghatam player before him to popularize the instrument on a global level. An intuitive combination of styles and one of the best examples of what one deems music to be. Listen & Enjoy it.
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Personnel includes:
Zakir Hussain (vocals, tabla, percussion)
John McLaughlin (acoustic guitar)
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (bansuri flute)
Thetakudi Harihara “T.H. Vikku” Vinayakram (ghatam)
Uma Metha (tanpura)
Written by
John McLaughlin
Recorded live during the 1997 U.K. tour
Produced by John McLaughlin
Duration : 0:7:21
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Zakir Hussain & Jan Garbarek – Making Music!
Apr 18, 2011 acoustic jazz fusion guitar jams
Taken from Zakir Hussain’s first solo album “Making Music” (1987). It represents an important breakthrough in the world-jazz-fusion music scene. Zakir Hussain is considered the greatest tabla player on earth. Englishman John McLaughlin is thought by many to be one of the best guitarist on earth. An intuitive combination of styles and one of the best examples of what one deems music to be. Listen & Enjoy it.
Recorded at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway in December 1986
Personnel includes:
Zakir Hussain (vocals, tabla, percussion)
Jan Garbarek (soprano & tenor saxophones)
John McLaughlin (acoustic guitar)
Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute)
*** Note: Cut to 10:45 min. Original length 12:30 min ***
Duration : 0:10:47
Tags: acoustic, audio, chaurasia, classical, eastern, ethno, fantastic, flute, garbarek, guitar, hariprasad, hussain, indian, instrumental, jan, jazz, john, making, masterpiece, mclaughin, melody, music, Percussion, quality, sax, saxophone, soprano, spiritual, super, table, tenor, tiad, zakir
Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass – Ragas In Minor Scale!
Sep 29, 2010 tabla
Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass from the Album “Passages” (1990). The collaboration between Philip Glass, one of the greatest composer of the 20th century, and Ravi Shankar, THE greatest Indian musician of the 20th century, has produced a stunning masterpiece with genius. An intuitive combination of styles and one of the best examples of what one deems music to be. Listen & Enjoy it.
Personnel includes:
Philip Glass
Ravi Shankar (vocals, sitar)
S.P. Balasubramanyam
Madras Choir
Jeannie Gagne (vocals)
Shubho Shankar (sitar)
Partha Sarady (sarod)
Barry Finclair (violin, viola)
Tim Baker, Mayuki Fukuhara (violin)
Al Brown (viola)
Seymour Barab (cello)
Theresa Norris, Ronus Mazumdar (flute)
Jon Gibson (soprano saxophone)
Richard Peck, Lenny Pickett (alto & tenor saxophones)
Peter Gordon (French horn)
Keith O’Quinn (trombone)
Joe Carver (bass)
Abhiman Kaushal (tabla)
Duration : 0:7:38
Tags: Arabic, asian, audio, cello, celtic, classical, eastern, ethno, fantastic, fusion, glass, indian, instrumental, jazz, masterpiece, melody, Minor, music, passages, Philip, quality, ragas, Ravi, saz, scale, Shankar, sitar, spiritual, super, tabla, tiad, turkish, Violine, world
BBC Urdu: Ishq Anokhri
Jan 5, 2010 tabla
Shafqat Ali Khan performs a Kaafi by Ghulam Farid at BBC Bush House, London, with Nafees Irfan on Tabla. Recording Engineer: John Andrew. Shot by Mazhar Zaidi, Directed and Edited by Nofil Naqvi.
Duration : 0:7:34
Tags: ali, bbc, bina, bush, classical, eastern, farid, ghulam, house, kaafi, khan, music, poetry, sayan, service, shafqat, sufi, urdu, world


