UPDATE: Guide to Classical Indian/Jazz Fusion
allen lutins
by allen lutins
Version 5.2 (November 1995)
Posted to Usenet groups rec.music.bluenote, rec.music.indian.classical,
news.answers and rec.music.indian.misc, and Bitnet groups India-L and
Allmusic.
Archived at cs.uwp.edu as /pub/artists/i/indian.fusion. Also found in the
rec.music.indian.classical and rec.music.indian.misc archives at
nic.funet.fi in /pub/culture/music/indian.
NEW! Web version at http://www.nitehawk.com/alleycat/indyjazz.html
Although avant-garde musicians discovered the joy of classical Indian music
long before, it wasn't until the mid/late 1960's that classical Indian
music found its way into the mainstream of Western music, when the Beatles'
George Harrison popularized the sitar. Since then, the influence of
classical Indian music has been felt in rock and roll, jazz, and beyond.
This is a guide to jazz music which contains elements of classical Indian
music. This guide is a spin-off from a discussion on the Usenet group
rec.music.bluenote. The people who contribute to that group's discussion
are responsible for much of the information contained herein, and i am
forever in their debt for their help & continued assistance in keeping this
list up-to-date.
As jazz has no definitive boundaries, there is certainly some overlap with
rock and roll; i've also included `New Age' listings as some would classify
it as jazz. I have not included Western Classical, rock, or other non-jazz
collaborations between Indian and Western artists (such as Ravi Shankar's
collaborations with Yehudi Menuhin, Zubin Mehta, Andre Previn, George
Harrison, Philip Glass, etc.). The list is pretty straight-forward, in
alphabetical order according to last name; references which can be
consulted separately are CAPITALIZED. I didn't include every album by each
artist mentioned, but rather those albums whichcontain elements of both
classical Indian music and jazz.
I wish i could individually thank each and every person who contributed to
the Classical Indian/Jazz fusion thread (and thus this work), but there's
too many to name...however, i must acknowledge the extensive contributions
of Chip Banerjee (aban...@dvc.com).
Of course, any errors are my own, and will be corrected in the next edition
of this list...please write me with additions, corrections, comments,
whatever! -allen lutins (alle...@spectra.net)
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JOHN ABERCROMBIE -- see COLLIN WALCOTT
ANCIENT FUTURE
More `New Age' than jazz, Ancient Future combines instruments from the
world over, including many Indian instruments.
Standard line-up: Matthew Montfort (guitar, gamelan, zither, sitar, etc.),
Mindy Klein (flutes), Benjy Wertheimer (tabla, esraj, percussion), Kazuyo
Moramoto (koto), Teja Bell (guitar), Nyomen Kawiana (kajar), Wayan Ludra
(kukul), Phil Fong (guitar, sarod), Christina Harmonia (vocal), Jim
Loveless (marimba), Jeroen Van Tyn (violin), Mark Fuller (cymbal)
Album: Visions of a Peaceful Planet (Beauty AF-79)
Album: Natural Rhythms (1981, Philo 9006)
ANTIGRAVITY -- see WARREN SENDERS
LOUIS BANKS
A Nepalese keyboard/synth player and leader of the band SANGAM whose albums
include RANJIT BAROT and ROY VENKATARAMAN
Artist: Sangam
Album: City Life (1992, Jazz India [LP])
Personnel: Ranjit Barot (percussion)
Album: Lifelines
Personnel: Roy Venkataraman (guitar)
RANJIT BAROT -- see SANGAM, ROY VENKATARAMAN
ASHWIN BATISH
This sitarist combines jazz, rock and Indian music into what's now commonly
referred to as "World Beat" music.
BETWEEN
Sort of a German Paul Winter Consort or Oregon, with many musicians on a
variety of world instruments, including some from (surprise!) India. The
Indian influence derives primarily from leader PETER MICHAEL HAMEL's work.
Standard line-up: Roberto Detree (guitar), Robert Eliscu (wind), Peter
Michael Hamel (keys), and (on Einstag, And the Waters Opened and Dharana)
Cotch Black (percussion)
Album: Einstieg (1971, Wergo SM-1001) [Includes Irish flutist James
Galway]
Personnel: Standard, plus "Jimmy J." Galway (flute), Ulrich Stranz
Album: Dharana (Wergo SM-1011)
Personnel: Standard, plus Gary Todd (bass), Charles Campbell (conga),
Anatol Arkus (synth), Aparna Chakravarti (tamboura)
Album: Hesse Between Music (Electrola 062 29546)
Personnel: Standard, plus Holger Brandt (drums), Franz Lehrndorfer
(keys), Peter Muller, Tom van der Geld (vibes), Bobby Jones
(wind), Gert Westphal (vocal), Jerzy Ziembrowski (bass)
Album: Contemplation (Wergo SM-1012)
Album: And the Waters Opened (Wergo SM-1014)
Personnel: Standard, plus Duru Omson (drums)
Album: Stille uber der Zeit/Silence Beyond Time (Wergo SM-1023)
VISHWA MOHAN BHATT
Bhatt has produced two collaboration albums, one with Ry Cooder and the
other with Taj Mahal.
Album: Meeting by the River (1993, Waterlily Acoustics [CD])
Personnel: Ry Cooder (guitar), Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (veena)
Album: Mumtaz Mahal {with Taj Mahal} (1995, Waterlily Acoustics 46
[CD])
CARLA BLEY
Bley's 3-record album Escalator Over the Hill features many familiar
artists, including DON CHERRY, CHARLIE HADEN, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN and PERRY
ROBINSON (not to mention rock giant Jack Bruce, and even Linda Ronstatd!).
Only a few of the pieces contain characteristics of classical Indian music,
notably All India Radio and Rawalpindhi Blues.
Album: Escalator Over the Hill (1972, JCOA EOTH 3 & JCOA JT 4001; 1974,
JCOA 1003 4 5 & Barclay 840050 1 2)
Personnel: Carla Bley (vocals, keys), Gato Barbieri (sax), Jack Bruce
(vocals, bass), Don Cherry (trumpet), Charlie Haden (bass),
Paul Jones (vocal), Karen Mantler (vocals, glockenspiel),
Mike Mantler (trumpet, piano), John McLaughlin (guitar),
Paul Motian (drums, percussion), Don Preston (synth), Perry
Robinson (clarinet), Linda Ronstatd (vocals), Rosewell Rudd
(trombone, vocals), Bob Stewart (vocals, tuba)
DAVE BRUBECK
This famous jazz pianist featured some Indian-inspired pieces on a couple
of his albums.
Album: Summit Sessions
Personnel: Dave Brubeck (piano), Palghat Raghu (percussion)
HERB BUSHLER -- see PAUL WINTER CONSORT
HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA -- see ZAKIR HUSSAIN, ROY VENKATARAMAN
Chaurasia, a flute player, was a student of Annapurna Devi, ex-wife of RAVI
SHANKAR.
DON CHERRY
Another prolific indian-jazz fusion artist. Trumpeter Cherry was one of the
three CODONA members, and has also played with TRILOK GURTU, L. SHANKAR,
and JAI UTTAL.
Album: Sangam [with Latif Khan] (Europa JP-2009)
Personnel: Don Cherry (trumpet), Latif Khan (tabla)
Album: The Eternal Now (1973; Sonnet SNTF 653)
Personnel: Don Cherry (trumpet), Bengt Berger (mridangam)
Album: Actions {with Krzystof Penderekci} (1971, Wergo SM 1010; Philips
6305153)
Personnel: Don Cherry (trumpet, flute, vocals), Loes Macgillycutty
(vocals), Mocqui Cherry (tamboura), Manfred Schoof, Tomasz
Stanko, Kenny Wheeler (horns), Paul Rutherford, Albert
Mangelsdorff (trombone), Gerd Dudek (sax), Peter Broetzman
(sax), Willem Breuker (sax), Gunter Hampel (flute, bass
clarinet), Fred Van Hove (piano), Terje Rypdal (guitar),
Buschi Niebergall (bass), Peter Warren (bass), Han Bennink
(percussion)
CODONA
A few pieces by Codona (the name is derived from the leading letters of the
first names of its three members) have an Indian feel due to the presence
of Sitar/Tabla player COLLIN WALCOTT. Trumpeter DON CHERRY has also worked
with Indian/Jazz fusion artist extraordinaire L. SHANKAR. Percussionist
NANA VASCONCELOS has collaborated with other indian-jazz fusion figures,
notably JAN GARBAREK; he is also known for his work with the Pat Metheny
Group.
Standard line-up: Collin Walcott (sitar, tabla, hammered dulcimer, sanza,
vocal), Don Cherry (trumpet, flute, doussn'gouni, vocal), Nana Vasconcelos
(percussion, voice)
Album: Codona (1979, ECM 1132 [CD])
Album: Codona 2 (1981, ECM 1177 [CD])
Album: Codona 3 (1983, ECM 1243 [CD])
ALICE COLTRANE
Some of Alice Coltrane's inspiration to incorporate classical Indian music
into her piano and harp playing derived from her time spent with guru Sri
Chinmoy, under whom CARLOS SANTANA and JOHN MCLAUGHLIN also studied. Some
of her collaborations with Carlos Santana and PHARAOH SANDERS utilize
Indian instruments (the drone of the tamboura is often present). Check out
the title track from Journey in Satchidananda, and "Angel of Sunlight" from
Illuminations. Coltrane is the wife of the late John Coltrane.
Album: Illuminations [with Carlos Santana] (1974, CBS/Columbia PC32900
[LP])
Personnel: Turiya Alice Coltrane (harp, keys), Devadip Carlos Santana
(guitar), Tom Coster (keys), Jules Broussard (sax, flute),
Prabuddha Phil Browne (tamboura), David Holland (bass), Jack
DeJohnette (percussion), Armando Peraza (congas), Phil Ford
(tabla)
Album: Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtanat
Album: Journey in Satchidananda (with Pharaoh Sanders)
Album: Transcendence
LARRY CORYELL
Coryell's Indian-jazz fusion collaborations (with OREGON members RALPH
TOWNER, COLLIN WALCOTT, and GLEN MOORE, and with STU GOLDBERG and
Indian-jazz fusion artist L. SUBRAMANIAM) lend an Indian flavor to some of
his works. There are bootleg tapes floating around on which Coryell sat in
for JOHN MCLAUGHLIN during a live SHAKTI performance in Madras, India.
Album: The Restful Mind (1975, Vanguard VSD 79353 [LP])
Personnel: Larry Coryell (guitar), Ralph Towner (guitar), Collin
Walcott (tabla, congas), Glen Moore (bass)
Album: Standing Ovation (1978, Mood 22888 {US}, Arista Novus AN-3024
{UK})
Personnel: Larry Coryell (guitar, keys), L. Subramaniam (violin,
tamboura)
COSMOLOGY
Album: ditto (1977, Vanguard VSD 79394)
Personnel: Dawn Thompson (vocal, percussion), John D'earth (trumpet,
flugelhorn), Dave Glenn (trombone), Armen Donelian
(keyboards), Rick Kilburn (bass), Bob Jospe (drums), Collin
Walcott (sitar,percussion)
DARK
I know little about this group except that it features MARK NAUSEEF and L.
SHANKAR on their album Tamna Voda.
Album: Tamna Voda (CMP 36 [CD])
Personnel: Mark Nauseef (percussion), L. Shankar (violin)
DAVID DARLING
Darling played cello with the PAUL WINTER CONSORT in addition to his solo
album Cycles, which features, among others, COLLIN WALCOTT and JAN
GARBAREK. Darling went on to form a group named Radiance (another Paul
Winter Consort offshoot) with oboist Nancy Rumbell and guitarist Jim
Scott.
Album: Cycles (1982, ECM 1219 [CD])
Personnel: David Darling (cello), Collin Walcott (sitar, percussion),
Steve Kuhn (piano), Jan Garbarek (sax), Arild Andersen
(bass), Oscar Castro-Neves (guitar)
MILES DAVIS
Miles Davis features a minimal part for sitar on a few of his albums. His
accompanists include JOHN MCLAUGHLIN (who collaborated with Davis on a
number of albums), COLLIN WALCOTT and BADAL ROY.
Album: Big Fun (1969, Columbia PG 32866, CBS S 88024, CBS-Sony SOPW
5/6,CBS-Sony 36AP1779/80, CBS-Sony 28AP2159/60)
Personnel: John McLaughlin (guitar), Khalil Balakrishna (sitar), Badal
Roy (percussion), and numerous others
Album: On the Corner (1973, CBS 31906 {US}, CBS 65245 {UK})
Personnel: John McLaughlin (guitar), Khalil Balakrishna (sitar), Badal
Roy (percussion), Collin Walcott, and numerous others
Album: Circle in the Round (1979, CBS 36278 {US})
JACK DEJOHNETTE -- see ALICE COLTRANE, COLLIN WALCOTT
DIGA RHYTHM BAND -- see MICKEY HART
DISSENDENTEN
A German trio who recorded at least one Jazz/Rock/Indian Classical fusion
album. (Help! ...i need more information on this one...)
DIVYA
An Indian group which has recorded an album containing some very original
electric compositions. Performers on Madras Cafe include ROY VENKATARAMAN.
Album: Madras Cafe (CBS, 1987 [LP])
Personnel: Dinshaw Sasnjana (keys), Roy Venkataraman (guitar), C.P.
Sriram (violin), Shernol Mathias (bass), Bondo Fernandes
(drums & percussion), Fazal Qureshi (tabla, kanjira), P.
Sridar (mridangam, ghatam).
DIZRHYTHMIA
British band which, according to one reviewer, "Borders on spacey New Age
and is somewhat overproduced."
Album: Dizrhythmia (1988, Antilles New Directions 791026-4 [CD])
Personnel: Jakko Jakszyck (guitar, sitar, piano, synth., vocals), Gavin
Harrison (drums, percussion), Danny Thompson (double bass),
Pandit Dinesh (tabla, percussion), Sultan Khan (Sarangi).
MARK EGAN
Jazz bassist heavily influenced by Indian music.
Album: A Touch of Light (GRP 9572)
Personnel: Mark Egan (bass), Danny Gottlieb (cymbals, tabla), Clifford
Carter (keys), Bill Evans (sax), Cafe (percussion)
EMBRYO
Embryo is a jazz/rock/ethno-fusion group from Germany featuring African and
Indian musicians. PETER MICHAEL HAMEL was among the regular members.
Standard line-up: Christian Burchard, Peter Michael Hamel, Roman Bunka
Album: Apo Calypso (1977, April)
Personnel: ? (includes Trilok Gurtu and Shoba Gurtu)
Album: Turn/Peace (1989, Schneeball)
Album: Zack Gluck (1984, Materiali Sonori)
Album: La Blama Sparozzi (1982)
FLAIRCK
A Dutch group; the listed album contains an ethnic blend, including sitar.
Album: Variations on a Lady (1980, Polydor PD-1-6243 & Polydor NL 2480
508)
PETER GABRIEL -- see JON HASSELL, L. SHANKAR
JAN GARBAREK
Garbarek collaborates with instrumentalists from throughout the world,
often with Brazilian artists EGBERTO GISMONTI (guitar) and NANA VASCONCELOS
(percussion). He has also collaborated with RALPH TOWNER, L. SHANKAR,
TRILOK GURTU and ZAKIR HUSSAIN.
Album: Ragas and Sagas [with Ustad Fateh Ali Khan] (1992, ECM 1442
[CD])
Album: Madar {with Anouar Brahem (oud) and Shaukat Hussain (tabla)}
(1994, ECM 1515 [CD])
JERRY GARCIA -- see MICKEY HART, SANJAY MISHRA
EGBERTO GISMONTI
Another worldly musician whose world includes OREGON members RALPH TOWNER
and COLLIN WALCOTT, and sometimes Indian-jazz fusion artists NANA
VASCONCELOS and JAN GARBAREK.
Album: Sol Do Meio Dia (1977, ECM 1116 [CD])
Personnel: Egberto Gismonti (guitars, piano, percussion, flute), Nana
Vasconcelos (percussion), Ralph Towner (guitar), Collin
Walcott (tabla), Jan Garbarek (sax)
STU GOLDBERG
Another jazz artist who collaborated with Indian-jazz fusion great L.
SUBRAMANIAM (and jazz guitarist LARRY CORYELL) on his own album, and with
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN with the latter's One Truth Band.
Album: Solos, Duos, Trio (1978, Pausa 736 {US}, MPS 61400 {Germany})
Personnel: Stu Goldberg (keys), Larry Coryell (guitar), L. Subramaniam
(violin)
STEVE GORN
Former sax player who now plays the Indian bamboo flute (bansuri) on PHIL
SCARFF's album, and on the one album listed below collaborates with NANA
VASCONCELOS and BADAL ROY.
Album: Asian Journal (Music of the World J-101)
Personnel: Steve Gorn (?), Nana Vasconcelos (percussion), Badal Roy
(tabla).
TRILOK GURTU
Gurtu really gets around in the Indian-jazz fusion world; in addition to
the performers (DON CHERRY, JAN GARBAREK, L. SHANKAR, RALPH TOWNER, and
NANA VASCONCELOS) on the albums listed below, he has accompanied JOHN
MCLAUGHLIN, performed with MICKEY HART's group, and became a permanent
member (following the death of COLLIN WALCOTT in 1984) of OREGON, having
also played on a solo album (Heresay, not an Indian-jazz fusion album) of
Oregon's PAUL MCCANDLESS . Other notable jazz musicians with whom he has
played (on his most recent album) include Pat Metheny and Joe Zawinul. He's
also
present on the rock scene, his album "Believe" featuring Pink Floyd's Dave
Gilmore.
Also check out EMBRYO, BILL LASWELL, MARK NAUSEEF, BARRE PHILLIPS,
and WORLD MUSIC MEETING.
Album: Usfret (1988, CMP CD33 [CD])
Personnel: Trilok Gurtu (percussion, voice), Shobha Gurtu (voice),
Ralph Towner (guitars, keys), Pat Metheny (guitar), Don
Cherry (trumpet), L. Shankar (violin), Daniel Goyone (keys),
Jonas Hellborg (bass), Walter Quintus (tamboura)
Album: Living Magic (1991, CMP CD50 [CD])
Personnel: Trilok Gurtu (percussion), Jan Garbarek (sax), Nana
Vasconcelos (percussion), Daniel Goyone (keys), Nicolas
Fiszman (bass, guitar), Tunde Jegede (kora, piano), Shanthi
Rao (veena)
Album: Crazy Saints (1993)
Personnel: Trilok Gurtu (percussion), Shobha Gurtu (vocals), Daniel
Goyone (keys), Pat Matheny (guitar), Joe Zawinul (keys),
Ernst Reijseger (cello), Marc Bertaux (bass)
Album: Believe (1994, CMP CD 75)
Personnel: Trilok Gurtu (percussion), Daniel Goyone (keys),
Dave Gilmore (guitar), Chris Minh Doky (bass)
CHARLIE HADEN -- see CARLA BLEY, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
PETER MICHAEL HAMEL
Best known for his work with Indian-jazz fusion group BETWEEN,
composer/keyboardist/author Hamel boasts a number of solo projects and
collaborations spanning a variety of styles. The albums listed below
incorporate Indian scales.
Album: Hamel (1973; Vertigo 664 1055)
Personnel: Peter Michael Hamel (keys, vocals)
Album: Aura (Wergo SM-1009)
Album: Nada (CH CEL-001)
HERBIE HANCOCK -- see L. SUBRAMANIAM
JOHN HANDY
Handy has recorded and toured extensively with omnipresent Indian-Jazz
fusion artists L. SUBRAMANIAM, ALI AKBAR KHAN and ZAKIR HUSSAIN.
Artist: Rainbow
Album: Karuna Supreme [with Ali Akbar Khan] (1976, BASF g22791)
Personnel: John Handy (sax), Ali Akbar Khan (sarod), Zakir Hussain
(tabla), Yogesh S. Sahota (tamboura)
Artist: Rainbow
Album: Rainbow (1981, Verve/MPS 821-666-4)
Personnel: John Handy (sax), Ali Akbar Khan (sarod), L. Subramaniam
(violin), Shyam Kane (tabla), Mary Johnson (tamboura).
JOE HARRIOT
Innovative avant-garde jazz alto saxophonist who features Indian musicians.
The first two albums listed below are probably the first Classical
Indian/Jazz fusion albumsever recorded.
Album: Indo-Jazz Suite (1965, Columbia SX 6025; Atlantic 1465)
Album: Indo-Jazz Fusions [with John Mayer Double Quintet] (1966,
Columbia SX 6122; 1968, EMI duo123; 1967, Atlantic SD 1482 [LP])
Personnel: Joe Harriott (alto), Kenny Wheeler (trumpet), Shake Keane
(trumpet, fluegelhorn), Pat Smythe (piano), Coleridge Goode
(bass), Allan Ganley (drums), John Mayer (violin; director),
Chris Taylor (flute), Diwan Motihar (sitar), Chandrahas
Paigankar (tambura), Shyam Kane (tabla).
Album: Indo-Jazz Fusions II (1967, Columbia SX 6215)
MICKEY HART
Mickey Hart, better known as drummer for former rock group The Grateful
Dead, is also a musicologist who has assembled unparalleled ensembles of
musicians from throughout the world, particularly percussion ensembles.
TRILOK GURTU and ZAKIR HUSSAIN, two of Indian-jazz fusion's more prolific
artists, appear on his albums, as does famous guitarist JERRY GARCIA.
Album: Rolling Thunder (1972, WB 2635 {US}, K 46182 {UK})
Personnel: Mickey Hart (drums, vocal), Stephen Stills (guitar, vocal),
John Cipollina (guitar), Steve Shuster (flute), Tower of
Power (horns), Phil Lesh (vocal), Paul Kantner (vocal),
Jerry Garcia (guitar), Barry Melton (guitar), David Freiberg
(keys, guitar, vocal, bass), Mike Hinton (marimba), Greg
Enrico (drums), Carmelo Garcia (percussion), Bill Champlin
(keys), Robbie Stokes (guitar), Zakir Hussain (tabla), Terry
Hagerty (bass), Bon Weir (guitar, vocal), Alla Rakha
(tabla), Grace Slick (vocal), Sam Andrew (guitar), Nancy
Hinton (marimba)
Artist: Diga Rhythm Band
Album: Diga Rhythm Band (1976, UA Round UAS 29975 {UK}, RXLA 600G {US})
Personnel: Mickey Hart, Jim Loveless, Ray Spiegel, Joy Schulman, Arshad
Syed, Tor Dietrichson, Zakir Hussain, Jordan Amarantha, Ashim
Chaudhuri, Peter Carmichael, Vince Deleacho (all percussion)
Artist: Mickey Hart
Album: At The Edge (Rykodisk ?)
Artist: Mickey Hart
Album: Planet Drum (Rykodisk?)
FAREED HAQUE
Guitarist who's new album has an Indian influence.
Album: Opaque (1995, Blue Note CDP 7243)
JON HASSELL
Hassell, like a number of people listed in this guide, spent some time
studying Indian vocal technique (with Pandit Pran Nath), which he
incorporated into his trumpet playing. His collaborations with famous
musicians are numerous, including PETER GABRIEL, Brian Eno, NANA
VASCONCELOS, The Talking Heads, and BADAL ROY.
Album: Vernal Equinox (1977, Lovely Music, LML-1021 [LP]; LCD-1021
[CD])
Personnel: Jon Hassell (trumpet, keys), Nana Vasconcelos (percussion),
David Rosenboom (mbira, tabla, percussion), Miguel Frasconi
(claves, bells), Nicolas Kilbourn (mbira, talking drum),
William Winant (rattles, kanjira)
Album: Earthquake Island (1978, Tomato, TOM-7019 [LP]; 269612 [CD])
Personnel: Jon Hassell (trumpet, synths), Nana Vasconcelos
(percussion), Miroslav Vitous (bass), Claudio Faereira
(guitar, bass), Ricardo Silveira (guitar), Badal Roy
(tabla), Dom Um Romao (percussion), Clarice Taylor (vocals)
DAVID HOLLAND -- see ALICE COLTRANE, COLLIN WALCOTT
PAUL HORN
The aptly-named Horn plays (what else?) horns, and combines Indian music on
some of his Albums, having previously played with RAVI SHANKAR.
Album: In Kashmir (Cosmic Consciousness) [1967, World Pacific,
WPS-21445; WP 1445]
Album: In India (1976, Bluenote {US}, BNLAD 519 {UK})
Album: Inside the Taj Mahal (Kuckock 062)
ZAKIR HUSSAIN
This tabla player, the son of tabla master ALLA RAKHA, has performed with
many of the artists in this guide, as well as a number of rock artists
(e.g., 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, MICKEY HART and L. SUBRAMANIAM.
Artist: Shanti
Album: Shanti (1971, Atlantic SD 8302)
Personnel: Zakir Hussain (tabla), Ashish Khan (sarod), Neil Seidel
(guitar), Pranesh Khan (tabla)
Album: Making Music (1986, ECM 1349)
Personnel: Zakir Hussain (tabla), Jan Garbarek (sax), John McLaughlin
(guitar), Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute)
INDO-BRITISH ENSEMBLE
Album: Curried Jazz (1969, MFP 1307)
Personnel: Kenny Wheeler (flugelhorn, trumpet), Jeff Clyne (bass)
ELVIN JONES -- see OREGON
PERCY JONES
L. SHANKAR joins Jones on his album Propeller Music. Jones also contributes
to the music of JON HASSELL.
Album: Propeller Music
KARNATAKA COLLEGE OF PERCUSSION -- see CHARLIE MARIANO, R.A. RAMAMANI
KHAN FAMILY
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 (sax,
flute), Philip Catherine (guitar), Ali Haurand (bass), Tony
Levin (drums), Joachim Kuhn (piano), Rob Van Den Broeck
(piano), Uschi Bruning (vocals)
ALI AKBAR KHAN
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.
Album: Journey (1992; Triloka 7887 184 2 [CD])
Personnel: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (sarod), Jai Uttal (synth., keys),
Brian Godding (guitar), Swapan Chaudhuri (tabla,
percussion), Pranesh Khan (tabla), John Bergamo (chimes,
bells, conga, drums), James Pomerantz (sitar, tanpura), Mala
Ganguli (tanpura)
USTED FATEH ALI KHAN -- see JAN GARBAREK
VOLKER KRIEGEL
This guitarist was reputedly highly revered in Germany for some time. This
is the only album where he plays sitar as well.
Album: Spectrum (1971; MPS 68034)
Personnel: John Taylor (piano), Volker Kriegel (guitar, sitar), Peter
Trunk (bass), Peter Baumeister, Cees See (percussion)
STEVE LACY
Album: Explorations (1987, Jazz Point jp 1020 [CD])
Personnel: Subroto Roy Chowdhury (sitar), Steve Lacy (sax), Shibsankar
Ray (tabla), Patricia Martin (tamboura)
BILL LASWELL
Another who features the perennial Indian-jazz fusion artists L. SHANKAR,
TRILOK GURTU, and ZAKIR HUSSAIN. Another well-known musician who appears
with Bill Laswell is Wayne Shorter. Laswell's ever-changing group is called
Material and it is under this name the following albums are found:
Album: Hear No Evil
Personnel: Nicky Skopelitas (guitar), Bill Laswell (bass), L. Shankar
(violin), Aiyb Dieng (percussion), Trilok Gurtu
(percussion), Zakir Hussain (percussion)
Album: Hallucination Engine
Personnel: Bill Laswell (bass, beats), Vikku Vinayakram (ghatam), Zakir
Hussain (tabla), Wayne Shorter (sax), Bernie Worrell, Bootsy
Collins, Trilok Gurtu (percussion), Jonas Hellborg, Bernie
Worrell.
LES MISERABLES BRASS BAND
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)
DAVE LIEBMAN
A Miles Davis alumnus who played on JOHN McLAUGHLIN'S My Goals Beyond; also
led the band "Lookout Farm" in the 1970s featuring BADAL ROY.
Album: Lookout Farm
Personnel: Dave Liebman (sax), Badal Roy (tabla)
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
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 to Ancient Future but perhaps more versatile (IMHO), 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 with R.A. RAMAMANI and others, including the KARNATAKA
COLLEGE OF PERCUSSION and the WORLD MUSIC MEETING.
Artist: Charlie Mariano and the Karnataka College of Percussion
Album: Jyothi (1983, ECM 1256 [CD])
Artist: Charlie Mariano and the Karnataka College of Percussion, with
R.A. Ramamani
Album: LIVE, (1993, Intuition 20342 [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)
MATERIAL -- see BILL LASWELL
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 Goals 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), Mahalakshmi (sitar),
Jean Paul Celea (bass), Badal Roy (percussion)
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)
STEFAN MICUS
Another album for which i need more information. Micus plays a number of
Asian percussion instruments; perhaps some are even Indian...
Album: Stefan Micus [?] (1990, ECM 847 272-1 [LP] and 847 272-2 [CD])
SANJAY MISHRA
Indian guitarist who concluded an album with JERRY GARCIA just before
Garcia's death.
Artist: Sanjay Mishra Trio
Album: The Crossing
Artist: Sanjay Mishra with Jerry Garcia
Album: Blue Incantation (Rain Dog Records)
GLEN MOORE -- see OREGON, RALPH TOWNER, PAUL WINTER CONSORT
MYNTA
Swedish band. Any of y'all know anything more about this group?
Album: Indian Times (1990?, VBR 2037 2)
NATRAJ -- see also PHIL SCARFF
East Coast band comprised of several jazzmen well-versed in Indian
classical music styles Standard lineup: Phil Scarff (sax), Mat Maneri
(violin), Michael Rivard (bass), Jerry Leake (tabla, percussion, voice),
Simone Haggiag (percussion)
Album: The Goat Also Gallops (1992, Dorian, DIS 80124 [CD])
Album: Meet Me Anywhere (1994, Dorian, DIS 80119 [CD])
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
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 (1978, 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
R.A. RAMAMANI
South Indian classical vocalist and member of the KARNATAKA COLLEGE OF
PERCUSSION (KCP). She has collaborated on two KCP albums with CHARLIE
MARIANO, and has recorded with SANGAM.
Album: City Life {with SANGAM}
Album: Jyothi {with Charlie Mariano and the Karnataka College of
Percussion} (1983, ECM 1256 [CD])
Album: LIVE {with Charlie Mariano and the Karnataka College of
Percussion} (1993, Intuition 20342 [CD])
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)
ROLAND AND DIE DADADOGS
Easily the most bizarre entry in this list. The title Eats Meats Wets is an
obvious play on the classic East Meets West. Roland Shaeffer's group is in
the German fusion spirit of such groups as Embryo and his former band Guru
Guru.
Album: Eats Meets Wets [sic!]
Personnel: Roland Shaeffer (sax, guitar)
BADAL ROY
In addition to being a prolific Classical Indian player, Roy produced a
number of Indian-Jazz fusion albums on his own, and with many famous (and
not-so-famous) jaz artists including ANCIENT FUTURE, PHAROAH SANDERS, DAVE
LIEBMAN, STEVE GORN, JON HASSELL and JOHN MCLAUGHLIN. NANA VASCONCELOS is
one of the guest artists on Asian Journal, and appears on MILES DAVIS' Big
Fun and On the Corner. In addition, Roy appears on PERRY ROBINSON's
Kundalini and DAVID LIEBMAN's Sweet Hands, and has toured with Herbie Mann.
Album: Passing Dreams (1976, Adamo ADS9501)
Album: Asian Journal (Narada)
Album: Duofel (1995)
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)
Album: Wisdom Through Music {with Badal Roy}
SANGAM
Post-Shakti Indian band with one album to date. Lineup includs LOUIS BANKS,
RANJIT BAROT and R.A. RAMAMANI.
Album: City Life (1982, Jazz India [LP])
Personnel: Louis Banks (keys), Braz Gonzalez (saxes), R.A. Ramamani
(voice), Ramesh Shotham (thavil), Karl Peters (bass), Ranjit
Barot (drums)
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. STEVE GORN, flutist on Meet Me Anywhere,
is also listed elsewhere.
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
Album: Handful of Beauty (1976, Columbia PC 34372 {US}, CBS 81664 {UK},
CBS-Sony 25AP512)
Album: Natural Elements (1977, Columbia JC 34980 {US}, CBS 82329 {UK},
CBS-Sony 25AP851)
Album: Best of (1994, Moment Records, MRCD 1011 [CD])
BUD SHANK -- see RAVI SHANKAR, L. SUBRAMANIAM
L. SHANKAR
Shankar, a South Indian violinist, is not directly related to North Indian
sitar player Ravi Shankar, although he is the brother of violinist L.
SUBRAMANIAM; and he is not at all related to L. (Lakshmi) Shankar, a female
vocalist who appears on at least one jazz-Indian fusion album. In addition
to being a member of SHAKTI, Shankar performed separately with its members
ZAKIR HUSSAIN and JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, as well as with various other jazz
artists, including DARK, JAN GARBAREK, TRILOK GURTU, JON HASSELL, and PERCY
JONES. Shankar is an amazingly versatile performer, having played rock and
roll with his own group "The Epidemics" (which includes his wife Caroline),
and with, among others, Frank Zappa, PETER GABRIEL, George Harrison, The
Talking Heads). Shankar also plays pure Classical Indian music, as well as
Western symphonic music.
Album: Song for Everyone (1985, ECM 1286)
Personnel: L. Shankar (violin), Jan Garbarek (sax), Trilok Gurtu
(percussion), Zakir Hussain (percussion)
Album: Vision (1984, ECM 1261)
Personnel: L. Shankar (violin), Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet), Jan
Garbarek (sax)
Album: M.R.C.S. (1993, ECM 78118-21403-2 [CD])
Personnel: L. Shankar (violin), Zakir Hussain (tabla), Vikku Vinayakram
(ghatam, percussion), Jon Christensen (drums)
Album: Soul Searcher (1991, Polygram 46755 [CD])
L. Shankar (violin), Zakir Hussain (tabla), Vikku Vinayakram (ghatam,
percussion), V. Lakshminarayana vocals), Caroline (vocals)
and Peter Gabriel (vocals, synth)
RAVI SHANKAR
This well-known North Indian sitar player (arguably one of the finest
musicians in the world) has dabbled in innumerous genres, including
Indian-jazz fusion, especially with PAUL HORN. He's probably played with
every known Indian musician, including ALLA RAKHA. Included among those on
his Indian-jazz fusion albums are BUD SHANK and TOM SCOTT.
Album: ? (1961, World Pacific ST 21416)
Personnel: Ravi Shankar (sitar), Kanai Dutta (tabla), Nadu Mullick,
Harihar Rao (tamboura), Bud Shank (flute), Dennis Budimir
(guitar), Gary Peacock (bass), Louis Hayes (drums).
[Johann Haidenbauer notes: "Unfortunately I don't know the title of this
record. This is the earliest Jazz/Indian-music fusion album I know of."]
Album: Charly (Soundtrack) (1967/8?, EMI OASD 7552)
Personnel: Ravi Shankar (sitar), Alla Rakha (tabla), Bud Shank, Tom
Scott (flute), Artie Kane (piano), Laurindo Almeida, Bob
Bain (guitar), Ray Brown, Bill Plummer (bass), Emil
Richards, Milt Holland (percussion), Collin Walcott
Album: Improvisations (1965, RSMC-6; Fontana TL5285)
Personnel: Ravi Shankar (sitar), Paul Horn (flute), Bud Shank (flute),
Alla Rakha (tabla), Kanai Dutta (tabla).
SHANTI -- see ZAKIR HUSSAIN
STRUNTZ AND FARAH
Album : Mosaico (1980; Ganesh DRLS 4004)
Personnel: Jorge Struntz, Ardeshir Farah (guitar), L. Subramaniam
(violin), Gregg Lee (bass), Ron Wagner (drums), Luis Conte
(percussion)
L. SUBRAMANIAM
Violinist Subramaniam is from a South Indian violin-playing family which
includes his brother L. SHANKAR. He has collaborated with a number of jazz
artists, including LARRY CORYELL, STU GOLDBERG, HERBIE HANCOCK, JOHN HANDY
and STRUNTZ AND FARAH.
Album: Garland [with Svend Asmussen] (1978, Stv SLP 4075; 1982,
Storyville Records)
Personnel: Kenneth Knudsen (keys), Ole Flick (guitar), Huge Rasmussen,
Kim Menzer (percussion), Bo Stiff (bass)
Album: Fantasy without limits (1979, Trend TR 524)
Personnel: Frank Morgan (sax), Zakir Hussain (tabla)
Album: Blossom [with Herbie Hancock] (1981, Crusader's Records/MCA)
Album: Album: Indian Express (1984, Milestone M9120)
Personnel: Kim Menzer (trombone), Hubert Laws (flute)
Album: Conversation (1984, Milestone M9130)
Personnel: Frank Morgan (sax), Stephanie Grapelli (violin), Joe Sample
(keys)
Album: Mani & Co (1985, Milestone M9138)
Personnel: Maynard Ferguson (trumpet), Bud Shank (flute, sax), Larry
Coryell (guitar), Tony Williams (drums)
Album: Rainbow (with JOHN HANDY)
Album: Conversations (with Stephane Grappelli)
Album: Spanish Wave (MCD 9114-2)
Personnel: George Duke, Kevin Brandon, Gary Chang, Alla Rakha,
Guruvayoor Durai
Album: Fantasy Without Limits {with Frank Morgan & Zakir Hussain} (TRCD
524)
Album: Mani & Co. (1986, Milestone/Super Instinct)
Album: India 2000 (1986)
JUKKA TOLONEN
Some Indian influence on this guitar/piano players' song "East Meets West"
from Mountain Stream.
Album: Mountain Stream (Sonnet SLP-2636 {out of print}; Sonnet SNTF818)
RALPH TOWNER
Another musician who gets around a fair bit when it comes to Indian-jazz
fusion. Towner went from the PAUL WINTER CONSORT to OREGON, and since that
time performed with a number of artists mentioned in this guide, including
LARRY CORYELL, JAN GARBAREK, EGBERTO GISMONTI, and Oregon members TRILOK
GURTU, GLEN MOORE, PAUL MCCANDLESS and COLLIN WALCOTT.
Album: Trios Solos [with Glen Moore] (1972, ECM 1025 [CD])
Personnel: Ralph Towner (guitar, piano), Glen Moore (bass), Paul
McCandless (oboe), Collin Walcott (tabla)
TRI ATMA
Spacey New Age/ethno-fusion band founded in 1977 by German guitarist Jens
Fischer and Indian tabla player Asim Saha.
Album: Yearning & Harmony (1982)
Album: Yummy Moon (1986)
Album: Belong to the Sun! (1989)
Album: The Essential Tri Atma (1990)
Album: Ka Jakee Music
JAI UTTAL
Uttal is a sarod player who studied under renowned sarodist ALI AKBAR KHAN.
He also plays keyboards and utilizes electronic sampling, and leads a band
by the name of The Pagan Love Orchestra.
Album: Footprints (1991?, Triloka)
Personnel: Jai Uttal (sarod, vocal), Don Cherry (trumpet), Lakshmi
Shankar (vocal), Daniel Paul Karp (tabla), Jerry Watts
(bass)
Artist: Jai Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra
Album: Monkey (1992, Triloka 71942 [CD])
Artist: Jai Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra
Album: Beggars and Saints (1994, Triloka 72082 [CD])
NANA VASCONCELOS -- see CODONA
This Brazilian percussionist, perhaps best known as a member of the Pat
Metheny group, appears on a variety of albums. He was a seminal member of
CODONA, and performed with, among others, ANCIENT FUTURE, BADAL ROY and
PERRY ROBINSON.
ROY VENKATARAMAN
Indian guitarist who has played with DIVYA and SANGAM. The myriad of
artists who appear on his album Lifelines (produced together with RANJIT
BAROT) includes HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA and Randy Brecker.
Album: Lifelines (1995 [CD])
Personnel: Roy Venkataraman (guitar), Louis Banks (keys), Ranjit Barot
(drums), Karl Peters (bass), Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute),
Sultan Khan (sarangi) , Randy Brecker (trumpet), Frank Lacy
(trombone), Clive Stevens (soprano sax), Jay Rodriguez
(tenor sax), Rachel Z. (keys), Albert Menendez (keys), Adam
Holzman (keys), Sammy Figueroa (percussion)
COLLIN WALCOTT
Originally a member of the PAUL WINTER CONSORT, Walcott went on to form
OREGON with PAUL MCCANDLESS, RALPH TOWNER and GLEN MOORE. While in Oregon
he concurrently teamed up with DON CHERRY and NANA VASCONCELOS to form the
group CODONA, and also released solo albums and collaborations with JOHN
ABERCROMBIE, DAVE HOLLAND, JACK DEJOHNETTE, and others. He played tabla on
many albums, including MILES DAVIS' On the Corner, COSMOLOGY's Ditto, and
THE ALAN LORBER ORCHESTRA's The Lotus Place. Walcott studied tabla with
ALLA RAKHA and briefly studied sitar with RAVI SHANKAR, with whom he has
collaborated.
Album: Cloud Dance [with John Abercrombie] (1975, ECM 1062 [CD])
Personnel: Collin Walcott (sitar, tabla), John Abercrombie (guitar),
Dave Holland (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums)
Album: Grazing Dreams (1977, ECM 1096 [CD])
Personnel: Collin Walcott (sitar, tabla), John Abercrombie (guitars,
mandolin), Don Cherry (trumpet, flute, doussn'gouni), Palle
Danielsson (bass), Dom Um Romao (percussion)
Album: Works (1988, ECM 837 276-2 [CD])
Album: Dawn Dance [with Steve Eliovson] (ECM 1198)
Personnel: Collin Walcott (tabla), Steve Eliovson (guitar)
Album: Eternal Wind [with Steve Eliovson] (Flying Fish FF-348)
PETER WALKER
Album: Second Poem to Karmela (1968, Vanguard VSD 79282)
Personnel: Peter Walker (sarod, guitar), Jim Pepper (flute), John Blair
(violin), Jim Hotep (tabla), Midnite (tamboura), Michael
Chechik (organ),
PAUL WINTER CONSORT
One of the earlier efforts at combining Western music with music from
throughout the world, including lots of Indian influence thanks especially
to the presence of COLLIN WALCOTT. Consort members Walcott, GLEN MOORE,
PAUL MCCANDLESS and RALPH TOWNER went on to form OREGON. The Paul Winter
Consort 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 below contain Indian-jazz fusion stuff.) Standard (early) line-up:
Paul Winter (sax), Collin Walcott (tabla, sitar), Glen Moore (bass) or Herb
Bushler (bass), Paul McCandless (oboe), Ralph Towner (guitar), David
Darling (cello)
Album: The Winter Consort (A&M SP-4170)
Album: Something in the Wind (A&M SP-4207)
Album: Road (A&M SP-4279)
Album: Earthdance (A&M SP-4653)
Album: Icarus (Living LMR-4)
Album: Common Ground (A&M SP-4698)
Album: Callings (Living LMR-1)
WORLD MUSIC MEETING
This is one album i'd like to know more about...i got a tape from a friend
with this album on it, but minimal information. In addition, i can barely
read my friend's scrawl, so i'm sure i've got a lot of the names wrong.
Quite a variety of world instruments, including, of course, Indian. This
ensemble included TRILOK GURTU and CHARLIE MARIANO, among many other lesser
known names.
Album: World Music Meeting
Personnel: Hozan Yamamoto (shakuhachi), Kazesimi Debski (violin),
Charlie Mariano (sax), Alfred Harth (sax, clarinet,
trumpet), Juan Jose Gosalini (bandonoon), Karl Berger
(vibes, piano, marimba), Peter Kawatel (bass), Ken Johnson
(percussion), Ponda O'Brian (percussion), Trilok Gurtu
(percussion), Barry Altcshul (drums)
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Guide to Classical Indian/Jazz Fusion:
http://www.nitehawk.com/alleycat/indyjazz.html
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Rajan P. Parrikar
music related post.
In article <48i5te$g...@news.spectra.net> alle...@spectra.net (allen lutins) writes:
>L. SHANKAR
>Shankar, a South Indian violinist, is not directly related to North Indian
>sitar player Ravi Shankar, although he is the brother of violinist L.
>SUBRAMANIAM; and he is not at all related to L. (Lakshmi) Shankar, a female
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Since LakshmiS is LSubs' M.I.L. and LSubs LShanks' bro, I leave it to
you to make the necessary changes above.
>RAVI SHANKAR
>This well-known North Indian sitar player (arguably one of the finest
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Unarguably one.
The only arguable thing about this post is whether all these new-age
kundalini-raising bandicoots should be knackered or not, heh heh heh.
r
Jeff Volkman
On 17 Nov 1995, Rajan P. Parrikar wrote:
> A couple of comments on this elevator music, errr, sorry I meant fusion
> music related post.
>
> In article <48i5te$g...@news.spectra.net> alle...@spectra.net (allen lutins) writes:
>
> >L. SHANKAR
> >Shankar, a South Indian violinist, is not directly related to North Indian
> >sitar player Ravi Shankar, although he is the brother of violinist L.
> >SUBRAMANIAM; and he is not at all related to L. (Lakshmi) Shankar, a female
> Since LakshmiS is LSubs' M.I.L. and LSubs LShanks' bro, I leave it to
> you to make the necessary changes above.
> >RAVI SHANKAR
> >This well-known North Indian sitar player (arguably one of the finest
> Unarguably one.
> The only arguable thing about this post is whether all these new-age
> kundalini-raising bandicoots should be knackered or not, heh heh heh.
All of these folks are superb musicians (I've never heard Lakshmi
Shankar). I especially like L. Subramaniam. Can you recommend any good
Subramaniam recordings?
-Jeff
Thomas F Brown
>> >L. SHANKAR
>> >Shankar, a South Indian violinist, is not directly related to North Indian
>> >sitar player Ravi Shankar, although he is the brother of violinist L.
>> >SUBRAMANIAM; and he is not at all related to L. (Lakshmi) Shankar, a female
>> you to make the necessary changes above.
>> >This well-known North Indian sitar player (arguably one of the finest
>> The only arguable thing about this post is whether all these new-age
>> kundalini-raising bandicoots should be knackered or not, heh heh heh.
>
>All of these folks are superb musicians (I've never heard Lakshmi
>Shankar). I especially like L. Subramaniam. Can you recommend any good
>Subramaniam recordings?
Lakshmi S. is an incredible female singer. I can't recommend any recordings
though; I onlylisten to Indian music live.
Ancient Future
Readers of the GUIDE may like to know that the first group mentioned, ANCIENT
FUTURE, actually has 6 CD's out instead of 2. Their fifth CD, *World Without
Walls*, features ZAKIR HUSSAIN on tabla, which should be of interest to Indian
music fans.
The group is dedicated to the concept of world fusion music, and
has a new web site where one can find excerpts of their music, concert
schedules, etc.:
Also available at the site is information on the book *Ancient Traditions --
Future Possibilities: Rhythmic Training Through the Traditions of Africa, Bali
and India* by Matthew Montfort. The book offers rhythm training in both the
Hindustani and Carnatic traditions, as well as a chapter on how to fuse musical
traditions. Included at the web site are MIDI files of grooves from the book.
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allen lutins
>On 17 Nov 1995, Rajan P. Parrikar wrote:
>All of these folks are superb musicians (I've never heard Lakshmi
>Shankar). I especially like L. Subramaniam. Can you recommend any good
>Subramaniam recordings?
...unfortunately, i own an exceedingly small percentage of the recordings
listed in my Guide...there are sadly no L. Subramaniam recordings in my
collection, so i haven't the wherewithal to determine which ones are good
(or how many even exist)...i assume that will change some day...
-allen
John Boyd
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ASHWIN BATISH
This sitarist combines jazz, rock and Indian music into what's now commonly
referred to as "World Beat" music.
Here is some more information on Ashwin and his music.
1. Ashwin has done a few other albums worth mentioning.
1. Morning Meditation - Ashwin Batish - Sitar/ Pt. S. D. Batish - Tabla
2. In Concert - Ashwin Batish - Sitar/ Zakir Hussain - Tabla
3. Om Shanti Meditation - Swarmandal solo
2. He and his father Pt. Shiv Dayal Batish have also prepared video tutors to
teach Sitar, Tabla, Dilrubha, Dholak, Vichitra Veena, Harmonium, Violin etc. You
can get some information on these at
http://hypatia.ucsc.edu:70/0h/RELATED/Batish/Catalog/ctvidttr.html
3. He is also publishing an electronic magazine on the Web called RagaNet. Its
URL is http://hypatia.ucsc.edu:70/1/RELATED/Batish/RagaNet
4. Ashwin's Web page is at
http://hypatia.ucsc.edu:70/1/RELATED/Batish/Biographies/Ashwin
Cheers,
John Boyd
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