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Release Date: Apr 13, 1999; Lead Performance: John McLaughlin; Genre: Jazz
With his late-'70s group Shakti, lateral-thinking jazz guitarist McLaughlin bridged the mutually admiring but seemingly disparate worlds of jazz and Indian classical music. Now they're at it again, just in time for the new world-music boom. Five live extended tracks spread over two CDs capture the odd but empathetic link between McLaughlin, tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, ghatam player T.H. Vinayakram, and noted bansuri flutist Hari Prasad Chaurasia, as they explore uncommon common ground. A-
Originally posted Apr 16, 1999Published in issue #481 Apr 16, 1999Order article reprints
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