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COMPILATIONS
Six
Degrees Records 657036-10232-3)
Album:
Asian Travels 2 (Six
Degrees Records 657036-10692-5)
Album:
Mystic
Groove (Quango
Records)
Album:
Planet Soup (1995, Ellipsis
Arts CD3450)
Planet
Soup, a 3-CD set, is an awesome collection of world
music, including a number of pieces which fit the Classical
Indian/Jazz Fusion idiom. The set includes a 48-page book.
Artists listed in this guide who appear on this set include BADAL
ROY, DISSENDENTEN, MIKE
RICHMOND, and MYNTA. Tracks which
contain Classical Indian/Jazz influence from this collection
include:
- Artists:
Jim Bowie, Mike Richmond, and Badal Roy
- Song:
Rinpoche's Rag [Disc 3, Track 6]
- Personnel:
Jim Bowie (banjo), Mike Richmond (bass), Badal Roy (tabla)
- Artist:
Dissendenten
- Song:
Love Supreme [Disc 2, Track 6]
- Personnel:
Marlon Klein (percussion, keys), Friedemann Josch (flute,
keys), Uve Müllrich (strongs, keys), Karnataka College of
Percussion {R.A. Ramammani, Ragavendra, T.A.S. Mani, T.N.
Shashikumar, R.A. Rajagopal, Govinda Swami}
- Artist:
Gualberto
- Song:
Cante [Disc 3, Track 8]
- Personnel:
Gualberto García (guitar, programming)
- Artist:
Chuck Jonkey
- Song:
Gowchara [Disc 1, Track 11]
- Personnel:
Chuck Jonkey (guitar, programming), Shubho Shankar
(sitar), Jef Feldman (charango)
- Artist:
Mynta
- Song:
Nandu's Dance [Disc 3, Track 9]
- Personnel:
Mikael Nilsson (percussion), Max Åhman (guitar), Fazal
Qureshi (tabla), Christian Paulin (bass), Nandkishor Muley
(santoor, sång), Anders Hagberg (flute)
JOHN
ABERCROMBIE -- see COLLIN
WALCOTT, DAVID LIEBMAN
RABIH
ABOU-KHALIL
www.enjarecords.com/RAK.htm
While
Abou-Khalil plays a Middle Eastern instrument (the oud), he
features artists familiar to Classical Indian/Jazz Fusion
lovers, including GLEN MOORE, GLEN
VELEZ and CHARLIE MARIANO, who lend
an Indian element to his fusions.
- Album:
Between
Dusk and Dawn (1986, Enja
MMP-170886 2)
- Personnel:
Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud), Charlie Mariano (sax), Glen Velez
(percussion), Glen Moore (bass), Ramesh Shotham
(percussion), Christian Burchard (marimba), Michael Armann
(piano)
- Album:
Roots
and Sprouts (1988, Enja
MMP-170890 2)
- Personnel:
Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud), Sonny Fortune (sax), Glen Moore
(bass), Glen Velez (percussion), Ramesh Shotham (percussion)
- Album:
Bukra
(1989/1993, Enja
MMP-170889 2)
- Personnel:
Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud), Sonny Fortune (sax), Glen Moore
(bass), Glen Velez (percussion), Ramesh Shotham (percussion)
- Album:
Al-Jadida
(1991, Enja
ENJ-6090 2)
- Personnel:
Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud), Sonny Fortune (sax), Glen Moore
(bass), Ramesh Shotham (percussion), Nabil Khaiat
(percussion)
- Album:
Blue
Camel (1992, Enja
ENJ-7053 2)
- Personnel:
Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud), Charlie Mariano (sax), Kenny
Wheeler (flugelhorn, trumpet), Steve Swallow (bass), Milton
Cardona (congas), Nabil Khaiat (frame drums), Ramesh Shotham
(percussion)
- Album:
Tarab
(1992, Enja
ENJ-7083 2)
- Personnel:
Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud), Glen Moore (bass), Ramesh Shotham
(percussion), Nabil Khaiat (frame drums), Selim Kusur (nay)
- Album:
Sultan's
Picnic (1994, Enja
ENJ-8078 2)
- Personnel:
Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud), Howard Levy (harmonium), Kenny
Wheeler (horns), Charlie Mariano (sax), Michel Godard
(tuba), Steve Swallow (bass), Mark Nauseef (drums), Milton
Cardona (percussion), Nabil Khaiat (percussion)
- Album:
Odd
Times (1997, Enja
ENJ-9330 2)
- Personnel:
Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud), Howard Levy (harmonica), Michel
Godard (horns), Mark Nauseef (drums), Nabil Khaiat (frame
drums)
- Album:
Nafas
(1995, ECM
1359)
- Personnel:
Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud), Glen Velez (percussion), Selim
Kusur (nay, vocals), Setrak Sarkissian (darabukka)
- Album:
Yara
(1998, Enja
ENJ-9360 2)
- Personnel:
Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud), Dominique Pifarely (violin),
Vincent Courtois (cello), Nabil Khaiat (percussion)
ALIEN
CHATTER
www.alienchatter.com
Eastern
Classical tabla player Satnam S. Ramgotra combines forces with
jazz electronica musician Rodney Lee in an interesting
collaboration.
- Album:
Music for Aliens
- Personnel:
Satnam S. Ramgotra (percussion, vocals, programming), Rodney
Lee (piano, synths, programming)
ANCIENT
FUTURE
www.ancient-future.com
World
Music Fusion Page: www.ancient-future.com/links/index.html
Ancient
Future is one of the longest-lived groups producing "world
fusion" music, a word they themselves coined in 1978. Their
music has grown to be quite sophisticated over the years, under
the tutelage of such gurus as ALI AKBAR KHAN,
and in collaboration with noted percussionist ZAKIR
HUSSAIN and his student EMAM. Early
member Mindy Klein now produces excellent Indian fusion on her
own as MINDIA DEVI.
- Album:
Visions
of a Peaceful Planet (1979, World
Fusion Music AF79)
- Personnel:
Matthew Montfort (guitar, sitar, zither), Mindia Devi Klein
(flute, bansuri), Benjy Wertheimer (tabla, esraj), Phil Fong
(sarod, guitar, Irish harp, zither), Mark Fuller (cymbal)
- Album:
Natural
Rhythms (1981, Rounder
PHIL9006)
- Personnel:
Matthew Montfort (guitar, sitar, zithers, Mindia Klein
(flute), Benjy Wertheimer (percussion), Kazuyo Muramoto (koto,
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:
Quiet Fire (1987, Narada
1012)
- Personnel:
Matthew Montfort (guitar, charango), Randy Mead (flutes),
Benjy Wertheimer (tabla, esraj, piano), Marcia Sloane
(cello), David Michael (harp), Ian Dogole (percussion), Doug
McKeehan (keys), Bruce Bowers (violin), Alex DeGrassi
(piano), Darol Anger (mandolin)
- Album:
Dreamchaser
(1988, Sona
Gaia 62754)
- Personnel:
Matthew Montfort (guitar, charango), Ian Dogole
(percussion), Doug McKeehan (keys), Bruce Bowers (violin)
- Album:
World
Without Walls (1990, Sona
Gaia 163)
- Personnel:
Matthew Montfort (guitar), Doug McKeehan (keys), Jim Hurley
(violin), Ian Dogole (percussion), Zakir Hussain (tabla),
Jack Dorsey (drums), Gary Brown (bass), Bruce Kaphan
(percussion), Jeff Narell (steel drums), Vince Delgado
(tambourine)
- Album:
Asian Fusion (1993, Narada
Equinox ND-63023)
- Personnel:
Matthew Montfort (guitar), Jim Hurley (violin), Doug
McKeehan (keys), Ian Dogole (percussion), Zhao Hui (zither),
Bui Huu Nhut (dan bau), Emam (tabla), Bill Douglass (bass,
flute), Eric Golub (strings), Jack Dorsey (drums)
ANTIGRAVITY
-- see WARREN
SENDERS
JAMES
ASHER
www.james-asher.co.uk
Asher
is a jazz drummer turned world beat musician. The albums listed
below are those with distinct Indian influences; the numerous
accompanists include GLEN VELEZ and PETE
LOCKETT.
- Album:
Tigers Of the Raj (1998, New
Earth Records 9805/1418)
- Personnel:
James Asher (percussion, keys), Kiran Pal Singh (santoor),
Miles Bould (conga), Glen Velez, Volker Grun (guitar), Craig
Pruess (keys, sitar, tamboura), Pete Lockett (percussion),
Johnny Kalai (percussion), Al Gromer Khan (sitar), and many
more.
ASIABEAT
Founder and percussionist Lewis Pragasam of Malaysia has been
blending Indian, Balinese and African music with jazz since
1979. His group integrates "bols" (the Indian solfege
system) with western melodies and styles.
Monsoon
(1995, Planet
Earth Music)
Personnel:
Otmar Liebert (guitar), Lewis Pragasam (percussion),
Nandakumar (percussion), Lim (erhu, pipa), Andy Peterson
(bass), Nariyinko (guitars, percussion), Samuel J.Dass
(sitar), Abdullah (keys), Ken (keys), Gana Vinodhan (bansuri)
- Album:
Drumusique (1997, Planet
Earth Music)
- Personnel:
Lewis Pragasam (percussion), Nariyinko (guitars,
percussion), Steve Thornton (percussion), Ravi (percussion),
Paul Jackson (bass), John Kaizan Neptune (shakukachi)
- Album:
Asiabeat with Otmar Liebert (1998)
- Personnel:
Chito Kawachi (keys), Nantha Kumar (percussion), Makoto
Matsushita (synthesizer, guitars), Mohd Nor (percussion),
Andy Peterson (bass), Lewis Pragasam (percussion), Mohd.
Rafi (mandolin, harp), Jose Elhmir Saison (keys), Norihiko
Yamanuki (synthesizer)
LOUIS
BANKS
Banks, known as "The Godfather of Indian Jazz" (and
composer of over 7,000 aadvertising jingles!), has played with
(among others) ROY
VENKATARAMAN (who appears on Call of the mermaid),
CHARLIE MARIANO, SILK,
SHANKAR MAHADEVAN and SANGAM.
- Album:
Lifelines (with Clive Stevens)
- Personnel:
Clive Stevens (?), Louis Banks (keys), Roy Venkataraman
(guitar)
- Album:
City Life (1982, Jazz India)
- Album:
Call of the Mermaid (1992, Crescendo 40004)
- Personnel:
Louis Banks (keys), Roy Venkataraman (guitar), Karl Peters
(bass), Rajesh Singh (drums), Braz Gonsalves (sax)
TAKIS
BARBERIS
Takis Barberis is probably little known outside of his native
Greece, which is a shame, because his music would have wide
appeal if it were better known worldwide. Barberis sports
incredible talent and amazing versatility, and is now among my
three favorite jazz guitarist (along with John McLaughling and
Pat Metheny). Most of his music is unmistakably influenced by
the Indian Classical tradition, often with numerous Indian
accompianists, including (on at least one album) TRILOK
GURTU.
- Album:
Naiva (1998, Lyra ML 0661)
- Personnel:
Takis Barberis (guitar, synth, programming), George
Polyhronakos (percussion), Yiorgos Georgiadis (bass), Manos
Saridakis (keys), Shankar Lal (tabla), Reshma Srivastava
Pizanis (sitar), Girish Chandra Srivastava (tabla), Asha
Srivastava (tanpura), Petros Loucas Chalkias (clarinet),
George Kontrafouris (piano), Takis Farazis (accordion),
Takis Paterelis (sax)
- Album:
Episodes (1995, Lyra ML 0177)
- Personnel:
Takis Barberis (guitar, synth, programming), Takis Farazis
(keys, accordion), Pandeus Benetatos (keys, programming),
Takis Paterelis (sax), Yiannis Vassalos (bass), Costas
Kalogirou (drums), Petros Kourits (percussion), Yiotos
Kiourtsoglou (bass), Yiannis Papayiannis (oboe), Trilok
Gurtu (percussion), Petros Loucas Chalkias (clarinet)
- Album:
Are you Happy? (1992, Lyra CD 4684)
- Personnel:
Takis Barberis (guitar), Takis Paterelis (sax), George
Contrafuris (keys), Yannis Vasalos (bass), Costas Kalogirou
(drums), George Delis (piano)
RANJIT
BAROT -- see SANGAM,
ROY VENKATARAMAN
ASHWIN
BATISH
batish.com
(Batish Institute)
This
sitarist combines jazz, rock and Indian music into what's now
commonly referred to as "World Beat" music.
- Album:
Sitar Power #1 (Batish
Records BR6001C [Cassette]; BR6001LP [LP])
- Personnel:
Ashwin Batish (sitar), David Harnish (guitar), Ravi Batish
(vocals)
- Album:
The Third Stream (Batish
Records BR6002)
- Personnel:
Ashwin Batish (sitar), David Harnish (guitar)
- Album:
Sitar Power #2 (Batish
Records BR6003C [Cassette]; BR6003CD [CD])
- Personnel:
Ashwin Batish (sitar), David Harnish (guitar), S.D. Batish
(vocals)
BETWEEN
Germany's answer to The Paul Winter Consort, 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)
- Personnel:
Standard, plus "Jimmy J." [James] Galway (flute),
Ulrich Stranz
- Album:
Dharana (1978, Wergo SM-1011)
- Personnel:
Standard, plus Gary Todd (bass), Charles Campbell (conga),
Anatol Arkus (synth), Aparna Chakravarti (tamboura)
- Album:
Hesse Between Music (1978, 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 (1973, Wergo SM-1014/Philips
6360 612)
- Personnel:
Standard, plus Duru Omson (drums)
- Album:
Stille uber der Zeit/Silence Beyond Time (Wergo SM-1023)
VISHWA
MOHAN BHATT
Bhatt has numerous albums, many of which feature unlikely (for
the genre) collaborators, including RY
COODER, Taj Mahal, Jerry Douglas and BELA
FLECK. V.M. Bhatt continues to collaborate with numerous
musicians, among them COLONIAL COUSINS.
- Album:
A Meeting by the River (with Ry Cooder) (1993, Water
Lily Acoustics WLA-CS-29-CD)
- Personnel:
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (veena), Ry Cooder (guitar), Sukhvindar
Singh (tabla), Joachim Cooder (dumbek)
- Album:
Mumtaz Mahal (1995, Water
Lily Acoustics WLA-CS-46-CD)
- Personnel:
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (veena), Taj Mahal (guitar and/or
banjo?), N. Ravikiran (chitra vina)
- Album:
Bourbon and Rosewater {with Jerry Douglas} (1996, Water
Lily Acoustics WLA-CS-47-CD)
- Personnel:
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (veena), Jerry Douglas (dobro), Edgar
Meyer (bass)
- Album:
Tabula Rasa (1996, Water
Lily Acoustics WLA-CS-44-CD)
- Personnel:
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (veena), Bela Fleck (banjo), Poovalur
Srinivasan (mridangam), Ronu Majumdar (flute), Sangeetha
(violin), Jie Bie Chen (er-hu)
BHAVANI
This group, headed by RAMESH
SHOTHAM, includes the omnipresent CHARLIE
MARIANO.
- Album:
Open Hand (1993, Keytone
Records KYT 761)
- Personnel:
Ramesh Shotham (percussion), Aro Tunçboyaci (percussion,
saz, vocal), Naresh Shotham (konakol, veena), Ara Dinkjan (oud),
Charlie Mariano (sax)
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 Ronstadt!).
Only a few of the pieces contain characteristics of classical
Indian music, notably All India Radio and Rawalpindhi
Blues.
- Album:
Escalator
Over the Hill [with Paul Haines] (1972, JCOA EOTH 3
& JCOA JT 4001; 1974, JCOA 1003 4 5 & Barclay 840050
1 2; ECM
3403 [2-CD set])
- 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), and Bob Stewart (vocals, tuba)
LEE
BOICE
www.leeboice.com
Lee is
a perennial performer on the New York City world fusion music
scene. He has performed with INDOFUNK,
and a public CD release is planned soon.
- Album:
Sacred Spaces (2000, personal release)
- Personnel:
Lee Boice (guitar, dobro, keys)
GEORGE
BROOKS
www.georgebrooks.com
A
sampling of Brooks' music reveals some of today's most beautiful
and exciting examples of Classical Indian/Jazz fusion. His
albums also include some of the best-known artists in this
genre, including ZAKIR HUSSAIN, HARIPRASAD
CHAURASIA, T.H. (Vikku) VINAYAKRAM,
LARRY CORYELL and USTAD
SULTAN KHAN.
- Album:
Lasting Impression (1996, Moment!
Records MR1016)
- Personnel:
George Brooks (sax, bass clarinet), Zakir Hussain (tabla),
Krishna Bhatt (sitar)
- Album:
Night Spinner (1998, Moment!
Records MR1018)
- Personnel:
George Brooks (sax), Zakir Hussain (percussion), Aashish
Khan (sarod), Ustad Sultan Khan (sarangi), Jack Perla
(piano), Dave Belove (bass), David Rokeach (drums)
- Album:
Music Without Boundaries [with Hariprasad Chaurasia, Larry
Coryell, Swapan Chaudri and T.H. Vinayakram] (2000, Navras)
- Personnel:
Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute), Larry Coryell (guitars),
George Brooks (sax), Swapan Chaudri (tabla), T.H."Vikku"
Vinayakram (percussion)
DAVE
BRUBECK
This famous jazz pianist featured some Indian-inspired pieces on
the album listed below, which included famous artists Louis
Armstrong, Charlie Mingus, Peter, Paul & Mary, Tony Bennett,
Gerry Mulligan, Carmen McRae and Thelonius Monk.
- Album:
Summit Sessions (1973,
Columbia
C 30522)
Personnel:
Dave Brubeck (piano), Palghat Raghu (percussion), Louis
Armstrong (trumpet), Charles Mingus (bass), Peter Yarrow
(vocals), Paul Stookey (vocals), Mary Travers (vocals), Tony
Bennett, Addiss & Crofut, Thelonius Monk (piano), Darius
Brubeck (piano), Jimmy Rushing (vocals), Carmen McRae
(vocals), Gerry Mulligan (sax), Leonard Bernstein & The
New York Philharmonic
SERGIO
BULGAKOV
www.tasknet.net/bulgakov/
Sergio
Bulgakov is an Argentine musician whose influences derive from
Buenos Aires and India. His masterful sitar playing is
interwoven with computer composition.
- Album:
El
Tiempo Transversal (1998)
- Personnel:
Marisa Salas (vocals), Eduardo Prado (clarinet), Lito
Messore (guitar, sitar), Damián Nisenson (sax), Fernando
Kabusacki (guitar), Ale Franov (accordion), María Kelsey
(vocals), Mario Perkins (sitar), Sergio Bulgakov (sitar,
percussion)
ANATHOLI
BULKIN
www.anatholibulkin.com
This
world-class guitarist is also a world fusion man. Some of his
recordings contain a hint of Indian influence.
- Artist:
Anatholi Bulkin Trio
- Album:
Initiation (1999)
HARIPRASAD
CHAURASIA
Chaurasia, a master of the Indian flute, was a student of
Annapurna Devi, ex-wife of RAVI
SHANKAR. He is a perennial accompianist, and has performed
with MINDIA DEVI, ZAKIR
HUSSAIN, ABBY RABINOVITZ, REMEMBER
SHAKTI and ROY VENKATARAMAN
- Album:
Companion (Ninaad Music 0039)
- Personnel:
Rakesh Chaurasia (flute), Marco Salaun (guitar)
DON
CHERRY
Another prolific indian-jazz fusion artist. Trumpeter Cherry was
one of the three CODONA
members (along with COLLIN WALCOTT and NANA
VASCONCELOS), and has also played with TRILOK
GURTU, L. SHANKAR, and JAI
UTTAL.
- Album:
Sangam [with Latif Khan] (1982, Europa JP-2009)
- Personnel:
Don Cherry (trumpet), Latif Khan (tabla)
- Album:
Actions [with Krzystof Penderecki] (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)
- Album:
The Eternal Now (1973; Sonet SNTF 653)
- Personnel:
Don Cherry (trumpet), Bengt Berger (mridangam)
- Album:
Hear and Now (1977; Atlantic
SD 18217)
- Personnel:
Don Cherry (trumpet), Collin Walcott (sitar)
BILLY
COBHAM -- see MAHAVISHNU
ORCHESTRA, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, WOLFGANG
SCHMID, PAUL WINTER CONSORT
Billy Cobham, a well-known jazz drummer who appeared on some of MILES
DAVIS's influential albums, is "[c]onsidered the
definitive fusion drummer [of] the 1970s" according to the All-Music
Guide.
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)
COLONIAL
COUSINS
www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/3458/cc-ind
ex.html
Jazz/funk/classical
indian fusion with a pop rock style featuring well-known Indian
musicians V.M. BHATT, TALVIN
SINGH and U. SRINIVAS.
- Standard
Lineup: Liyaquat Ali (sarangi), Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (guitar),
Deepak Borkar (percussion), A.
Hariharan (vocals), Vijay Jadhav (percussion), Leslie
"Lezz" Lewis (vocals, guitars), Keith Le Blanc
(drums), Skip McDonald (guitar), Ramakant Patil (flute),
Madhav Pawar (percussion), Vernon Reid (guitar), Erol Reids
(keys), Steve Sidwell (horn), Talvin Singh (percussion),
Dough Wimbish (bass)
- Album:
Colonial Cousins (1995)
- Personnel:
Standard lineup
- Album:
The Best of Channel Hits (1995, Magnasound)
- Personnel:
Standard lineup
- Album:
MTV Unplugged (1996)
- Personnel:
Standard lineup sans Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Skip McDonald and
Vernon Reid
- Album:
Colonial Cousins Unplugged (1997, Magnasound)
- Album:
The Way We Do It (1998)
- Personnel:
Standard lineup, plus: U. Srinivas (mandolin), Birju Maharaj
(vocals, percussion), Micheal Mondesir (bass), Chandrasekhar
(violin ), Bhavani Shankar (percussion), Sunil Das (sitar),
Vilas Pandekar (tanpura), Bombay Strings Orchestra
(strings), Amar Paul (percussion), Joy Chakraborthy
(percussion), Sanjiban (percussion), Suman Das (percusion),
Kamalkar (flute), Macwilliams (vocals), Mizzele (vocals),
Withers (vocals), Thorton (vocals), Owens (vocals)
- Album:
The Best of Colonial Cousins (1998, Magnasound)
ALICE
COLTRANE
Alice Coltrane was originally inspirated to incorporate
classical Indian music into her piano and harp playing while
studying under guru Sri Chinmoy, under whom {the Devadip} CARLOS
SANTANA and {the Mahavishnu} JOHN
MCLAUGHLIN also studied. Under guru Swami Satchidananda she
became known as Swamini Turiyasangitananda. Some of her
collaborations with Carlos Santana and PHAROAH
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, and performers
on the recordings listed here include CHARLIE
HADEN and JACK DEJOHNETTE.
- Album:
Journey in Satchidananda (1971, Impulse
IMPD-228; re-released 1997 Impulse
IMPD-228)
- Personnel:
Alice Coltrane (piano, harp), Pharoah Sanders (sax,
percussion), Charlie Haden (bass), Rashied Ali (drums),
Cecil McBee (bass), Vishnu Wood (oud), Tulsi (tamboura),
Majid Shabazz (percussion)
- Album:
Illuminations [with Carlos Santana] (1974, Columbia
PC32900)
- 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 (1977, Warner
Brothers)
- Personnel:
Alice Coltrane (keys, harp, percussion), Arjuna John
Coltrane, Jr. (drums), Students of the Cedantic Center
(choir, percussion)
- Album:
Transcendence (1977, Warner
Brothers)
- Personnel:
Alice Coltrane (keys, harp, percussion), Satori String
Quartet (strings), Sarada Devi King (vocals), Mahashakti
Williams (vocals), Hare Krishna Choir (vocals, percussion)
- Album:
Transfiguration (1978, Warner
Brothers [2 LP set])
- Personnel:
Alice Coltrane (keys), Reggie Workman (bass), Roy Haynes
(drums), Noel Pointer (violin), Sita Coltrane (violin)
RY
COODER
Ry Cooder has ben performing with musicians from every corner of
the globe for many years. His explorations include forays into
Classical Indian fusion with VISHWA
MOHAN BHATT and JON HASSELL.
- Album:
A Meeting by the River (with Vishwa Mohann Bhatt) (1993, Water
Lily Acoustics WLA-CS-29-CD)
- Personnel:
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (veena), Ry Cooder (guitar), Sukhvindar
Singh (tabla), Joachim Cooder (dumbek)
- Album:
Hollow Bamboo (Water
Lily Acoustics)
- Personnel:
Ry Cooder (guitar), Ronu Majumdar (flute), Jon Hassell
(trumpet)
CORMACK
AND ROSS
www.barncard.com/cormack-ross.html
Although
released in 1996, the album Horse of Stone was recorded in 1974
and 1977. Tom Ross and Jody Cormack both studied extensively
with Indian masters.
- Album:
Horse of Stone (1996)
- Personnel:
Jody Cormack (guitar, vocals), Tom Ross (guitar, bass,
vocals), Charlie Keagle (sax, flute,keys), Pat O'Hearn
(bass), Kim Calkins (percussion), Ashish Khan (sarod)
LARRY
CORYELL
www.kiosek.com/coryell
Coryell
has collaborated with OREGON members RALPH
TOWNER, COLLIN WALCOTT, and with GLEN
MOORE, STU GOLDBERG, HARIPRASAD
CHAURASIA, T.H. (Vikku) VINAYAKRAM,
GEORGE BROOKS and L.
SUBRAMANIAM. Coryell sat in with SHAKTI
during some of their live performances.
- Album:
The Restful Mind (1975, Vanguard
VSD 79353)
- Personnel:
Larry Coryell (guitar), Ralph Towner (guitar), Collin
Walcott (tabla, congas), Glen Moore (bass)
- Album:
Standing Ovation (1978, Mood
22888 {US}, Novus 3024 {UK})
- Personnel:
Larry Coryell (guitar, keys), L. Subramaniam (violin,
tamboura)
- Album:
From the Ashes [with L. Subramaniam] (Water
Lily Acoustics WLA-CS-59-CD)
- Personnel:
Larry Coryell (guitar), L. Subramaniam (violin)
- Album:
Music Without Boundaries [with George Brooks, Hariprasad
Chaurasia, Swapan Chaudri and T.H. Vinayakram]
- Personnel:
Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute), Larry Coryell (guitars),
George Brooks (sax), Swapan Chaudri (tabla),
T.H."Vikku" Vinayakram (percussion)
COSMOLOGY
Haven't heard these folx yet, but (like many other groups in
this guide) they jammed with COLLIN
WALCOTT.
- 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)
CURANDERO
One of an increasing number of collaborations between the
flamenco and Indian traditions. Their latest album features
notables BELA
FLECK and KAI ECKHARDT.
- Album:
Curandero
- Personnel:
Miguel Espinoza (guitar, palmas), Ty
Burhoe (percussion)
- Album:
Arás
- Personnel:
Miguel Espinoza (guitar, palmas), Ty
Burhoe (percussion), Bela Fleck (banjo), Kai Eckhardt
(bass)
DARK
I know little about this group except that it features MARK
NAUSEEF on drums, and L. SHANKAR is
a guest on their album Tamna Voda.
- Album:
Dark (1986, CMP
CMP-CD-28 [CD], CMP-28-ST [lp])
- Personnel:
John Bergamo, Mark Nauseef (synthesizer, percussion),
Catherine Guard (vocals), Walter Quintus (percussion), Kurt
Renker, Leonice Shinneman (percussion), Mark London Sims
(keys, bass, percussion)
- Album:
Tamna Voda (1992, CMP
CMP-CD36 [cd], CMP-36-CS [cass], CMP-36-ST [lp])
- Personnel:
David Torn (guitar), Mark Nauseef (percussion, keys), L.
Shankar (violin), Leonice Shinneman (synth, banjo,
percussion, vibraphone), Mark London Sims (organ, bass),
Miroslav Tadic (guitar)
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)
- 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), HERBIE HANCOCK, JACK
DEJOHNETTE, DAVID LIEBMAN, 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, Sony
SRCS 5713/4)
- Personnel:
John McLaughlin (guitar), Khalil Balakrishna (sitar), Badal
Roy (percussion), and numerous others
- Album:
On the Corner (1972/3, CBS 31906 {US}, CBS 65245 {UK},
CK53579 (CD))
- Personnel:
John McLaughlin (guitar), Khalil Balakrishna (sitar), Badal
Roy (percussion), Collin Walcott (sitar), Teo Macero (sax),
Chick Corea (keys), Michael Henderson (bass), Herbie Hancock
(keys), Harold I. Williams, Jr. (keys), David Liebman (sax),
William W. Hart (percussion), Don Alias (percussion), Jack
DeJohnette (drums), James Mtume (percussion), David Creamer
(guitar), Carlos Garnett (sax)
- Album:
Circle in the Round (1979, CBS 36278 {US}, Sony
Mastersound SRCS 9308/9)
JACK
DEJOHNETTE -- see ALICE
COLTRANE, COLLIN WALCOTT, MILES
DAVIS
MINDIA
DEVI
www.ancient-future.com/mindia
Talented
flutist, bansuri player, gamelan musician, and composer who has
studied with HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA and ZAKIR
HUSSAIN. Mindia was also a co-founder (under former name
Mindy Klein) of the group ANCIENT FUTURE.
DIGA
RHYTHM BAND -- see MICKEY
HART
DISSENDENTEN
This German trio, which incorporates much Middle East fusion,
developed out of the group EMBRYO.
They have performed both on their own and with the KARNATAKA
COLLEGE OF PERCUSSION (see also COLLECTIONS).
- Standard
line-up: Marlon Klein (keys, drums, vocals), Friedo Josch
(flute, vocals), and Uve Mëllrich (guitar, bass, vocals)
DIVYA
www.earthbeatmusic.com/pub/divya.htm
An
Indian group which has recorded an album containing some very
original electric compositions. Performers on Madras Cafe
include ROY VENKATARAMAN, SHANKAR
MAHADEVAN and FAZAL QURESHI.
Co-founder SANDHYA SANJANA has since
embarked on a solo career.
- Album:
Madras Cafe (1987, CBS)
- Personnel:
Dinshah Sanjana (keys), Roy Venkataraman (guitar), C.P.
Sriram (violin), Shernol Mathias (bass), Bondo Fernandes
(percussion), Fazal Qureshi (tabla, kanjira), Sridar
Parthasarthy (mridangam, ghatam), Sandhya Sanjana (vocals),
Shankar Mahadevan (vocals)
- Album:
Kumbhamela
(1998, Earth
Beat Music CD 002)
- Personnel:
Dinshah Sanjana (keys), Kalman (cymbalon), Carl Clements,
Sandhya Sanjana (vocals), D. Wood, Sanjay Maroo (drums),
Karl Peters (bass), The Alice Coltrane Choir, Sanjay
Divecha, Shrikanth Sriram (bass), Bobby Duggal (drums)
- Album:
In a Manner of Speaking (Hungaraton; available in Hungary
only)
DIZRHYTHMIA
British band which, according to one reviewer, "Borders on
spacey New Age and is somewhat overproduced." Nonetheless,
their line-up includes master sarangi player USTAD
SULTAN KHAN
- Album:
Dizrhythmia (1988, Resurgence
RES117)
- Personnel:
Jakko Jakszyck (guitar, sitar, piano, synth., vocals), Gavin
Harrison (drums, percussion), Danny Thompson (double bass),
Pandit Dinesh (tabla, percussion), Ustad Sultan Khan
(sarangi).
KAI
ECKHARDT -- see TRILOK
GURTU, JOHN McLAUGHLIN, CURANDERO.
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)
EKSTASIS
Ambient band featuring well-known fusionists BILL
LASWELL, ZAKIR HUSSAIN and BADAL
ROY.
- Standard
line-up: Nicky Stoplesis (guitar), Liebziet (guitar), Bill
Laswell (bass), Simon Shaheen (violin, oud), Zakir Hussain
(tabla), Badal Roy (tabla)
EMAM
home.earthlink.net/~emam/friends.html
Emam's
group features ANCIENT FUTURE members
Matthew Montfort and MINDIA DEVI, and
eminent musicians ZAKIR HUSSAIN, FAZAL
QURESHI, HABIB KHAN, GEORGE
BROOKS and SIVAMANI.
- Album:
Indian
Dream (1994, Eternal
Music)
- Personnel:
Zoltan Lantos (violin, tanpura), Naushad Ahmed (tabla), Emam
(dumbak, tabla, guitar), Gaurang Choudhary (mandal), Deepak
Ram (bansuri), Turkantam (guitar, keys, vocals), Taufiq
(drums), Babu Lal (dholak), Farhad Dadyburjor (keys), M.H.
Khan (sitar), Sami Khan (sarod), Ravi Rohtgi (dholak)
- Album:
Is
This Real? (1995, Eternal
Music)
- Personnel:
Doug Miller (bass), Emam (percussion, guitar), Farhad
(keys), Gareth Lewis (sitar), Gary Haggerty (oud, violin),
Geoff Johns (dumbek), Habib Khan (sitar), Leroy Critcher
(guitar), Maha Avatar Babaji (vocals), Matthew Montfort
(guitar), Mindia Klein, (flute), Naushad Ahmed (tabla),
Nishikant (tabla), Mylinda (marimba), Paul Grant (santur),
Rik Masterson (tanpura), Romy Benton (flute), Taufiq Qureshi
(percussion), Zakir Hussain (tabla), Zoltan Lantos (violin)
- Album:
Sacred
Insanity (1998, Eternal
Music)
- Personnel:
Emam (tabla), Gary Haggerty (oud, mandocello, violin),
George Brooks (sax), Jeffrey Sick (violin), Jillian Speer
(vocals, guitar), Kip Richardson (drums), Manose (bamboo
flute), Matthew Montfort (guitar), Moses Sedler (cello),
Narottama Alden (bass), Phil Baker (bass), Shabda Kahn
(vocals), Sivamani (drums)
EMBRYO
Embryo was 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)
FACING
EAST
While billing itself as a world music ensemble (with such
musical titles as Irish Rag), Facing East
(featuring flutist John Wubbenhorst) demonstrates strong roots
in the Indian classical music. Their melding of eastern and
western styles is seamless, and the group is one of the better
practitioners of Indian/jazz fusion out there _parent now.
- Album:
facing BELOVED (2003, Facing East Productions)
- Personnel:
John Wubbenhorst (flute), Subash Chandran (percussion),
Ganesh Kumar (percussion), Jorge Zamorano (guitar), Steve
Zerlin (bass)
ENZO
FAVATA
www.voyagensardaigne.it/home_e.html
Favata's
music is refreshingly different. While jazz and Classical Indian
are elements, the music draws on numerous other styles and
cultures (most notably Italian), evoking something akin to the
sounds of Oregon and the Paul Winter Consort.
- Album:
Jana
(1992)
- Personnel:
Enzo Favata (sax, percussion), Marcello Peghin (zither),
Roberto Pellegrini (vibraphone, percussion), Rashmi V. Bhatt
(tabla, vocals, pakawaj), Giovanni Maccioccu (cello), Nicola
Muresu (bass), Pinuccio Murrai (percussion), Antonello Salis
(accordion), Elena Ledda (vocals), Lucio Garau (piano),
Gruppo Folk Onnigazza (percussion)
- Album:
Islà
(1994)
- Personnel:
Enzo Favata (sax, flute, percussion), Marcello Peghin
(zither), Riccardo Tesi (organ), Federico Sanesi (tabla,
percussion), Elena Ledda (vocals), Salvatore Maiore
(contrabbass), Franca Deriu (viola, violin), Giovanni
Macciocu (cello), Tatsuro Matzui (vocals), Kenji Sadoshi
(vocals)
- Album:
Ajò
(1997)
- Personnel:
Enzo Favata (sax, vocals), Marcello Peghin (zither),
Salvatore Maltana (contrabass), Federico Sanesi (tabla,
percussion), Dino Saluzzi (bandoneon)
FLAIRCK
www.alfanet.hu/flairck/
Dutch
folk/jazz/classical band led by composer/guitarist Erik Visser.
As far as I know, the album listed below is their only recording
with both Classical Indian and Jazz influences.
- Album:
Variaties
Op Een Dame {Variations on a Lady} (1978, Polydor
LP 2925072/LP 2417330/MC 3167072/MC 3195209/CD 825071-2
- Personnel:
Erik Visser (guitar, sitar, mandolin, mandola), Peter
Weekers (flutes), Judy Schomper (strings), Hans Visser
guitar, bass), Fred Krems (percussion)
REINHARD
FLATISCHLER AND MEGADRUMS
Like Mickey Hart's projects, Flatischler brings together a flock
of famous, talented percussionists to perform a suite of
compositions with a variety of flavors, including heavy Indian
influences. The lineup inludes ZAKIR
HUSSAIN, AIRTO MOREIRA and GLEN
VELEZ.
- Album:
Layers of Time (1996, Ellipsis
Arts CD4130)
- Personnel:
Reinhard Flatischler (tschanggo, buk, rantang), Zakir
Hussain (tabla, dholak), Airto Moreira (percussion),
Wolfgang Puschnig (alto sax, flutes), Glen Velez (tar,
bodhran, riqq), and others
BELA
FLECK
Well-known banjo player who crosses over numerous genres; his
album Tabula Rasa, which co-stars perennial Indian
guitarist VISHWA
MOHAN BHATT, is dedicated "to Pandit Ravi Shankar and
Earl Scruggs." PAUL MCCANDLESS is
featured on a number of the Flecktones albums, and Fleck has
recorded with numerous other artists, including CURANDERO.
- Artist:
Bela Fleck and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
- Album:
Tabula Rasa (1996, Water
Lily Acoustics WLA-CS-44-CD)
- Personnel:
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (veena), Bela Fleck (banjo), Poovalur
Srinivasan (mridangam), Ronu Majumdar (flute), Sangeetha
(violin), Jie Bie Chen (er-hu)
- Artist:
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
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