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Remember Shakti | 
| Artist: John Mclaughlin Vikku Vinayakram Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Ustad Zakir Hussain
Label: Universal Classics
Category: Music
List Price: £22.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 35156
Format: Box Set, Double Cd
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 133
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.6 x 0.4
MPN: 559945
UPC: 731455994520
EAN: 0731455994520
ASIN: B00000IGQ3
Release Date: March 8, 1999
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Chandrakauns - Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Uma Metha | | • | The Wish - John McLaughlin, Vikku Vinayakram, Ustad Zakir Hussain | | • | Lotus Feet - John McLaughlin, Vikku Vinayakram, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Uma Metha |
Disc 2
| • | Mukti - John McLaughlin, Vikku Vinayakram, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Zakir Hussain | | • | Zakir - John McLaughlin, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
The British guitarist really made himself a world-wide reputation with his work with Miles Davis on In A| Silent Way and Bitches Brew and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra so that he became for many the fusion guitarist. He then surprised these very same people in the mid-70s by forming Shakti, an acoustic group playing Indian music. Here in this double album he reunites with Zakir Hussain (tabla) and T.H. "Viku" Vinayakram (ghatam, a percussion instrument) who were in the group and is joined by special guest Hariprasad Chaurasia (bansuri, a flute-type instrument). They were brought together for a UK tour in 1997 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the independence of India and Pakistan. Recorded live, this is a feast of music, which unlike some attempts by pop groups who grab Indian music and jam it into their music shows just how exciting a meeting of Eastern and Western musicians can be. The playing is as breathtaking as you would expect from musicians of this calibre. Jazz and traditional Indian music combine to make a truly remarkable musical statement. --Phil Brett
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| Customer Reviews:
God Bless Shakti! May 14, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Well what can I say really? Mclaughlin yet again finds himself in the company of serious musicans and as one would expect the results are awe-inspiring and at times transcendental.
In the past I have been a wee bit unconvinced with the idea of fusing electric guitar with instruments as acoustically delightful and organic as Bansuri and tabla. However, Shakti as always create wonderful and exciting music and rightfully show off their virtuosic craft. This really works and Mclaughlin truly pushes the guitar's rhythmical and improvisational capacities to the limit, but of John would we expect or except anything less?
A must in any serious music library!
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