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Artist.....: Zakir Hussain
Album......: And The Rhythm Experience
Type.......: Album
Genre......: Ethnic
Style......: Indian Fusion
Label......: Moment Records
CatalogNr..: MRCD 1007
Url........: http://www.momentrecords.com/zakir.html
Rel.date...: 31.07.2007
Str.date...: 00.00.1991
Source.....: CDDA
Grabber....: EAC 0.95 beta 3
Encoder....: Lame 3.97 -V 2 --vbr-new
Quality....: VBRkbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo
Tracks.....: 8
Size.......: 65.53 MB
Length.....: 44:52
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Tracklist
01. Balinese Fantasy 03:51
02. Lineage 04:58
03. Nines Over Easy 07:52
04. Rapanagatun 03:35
05. Triveni 06:59
06. Ryupak 04:16
07. Def And Drum 01:34
08. Rhythm Sonata in E Major 11:47
Total Time: 44:52
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Release Notes
Artist info:
The tradition of Indian percussion has been revolutionalized by tabla player
Zakir Hussain. The son of Ustad Allah Rakha, the long time collaborator of
Ravi Shankar, Hussain has inherited his father's quest for bringing the music
of India to the international stage. His recording credits include albums with
George Harrison, Joe Henderson, Van Morrison, Jack Bruce, Tito Puente, Pharoah
Saunders, Billy Cobham, the Hong Kong Symphony and the New Orleans Symphony.
His work with Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead have included performances and
albums with the Diga Rhythm Band and Planet Drum. Hussain joined with British
guitarist John McLaughlin and Indian violinist L. Shankar to form the
east-meets-west supergroup, Shakti, in 1975. Although the group disbanded in
1978, they reunited to tour as Remember Shakti in 1998. Hussain has been
equally successful as a bandleader. During the 1980s, he toured with Zakir
Hussain's Rhythm Experience. His debut solo album, Making Music, released in
1987, was called "one of the most inspired East-West fusion albums ever
recorded". In 1992, Hussain launched a record label, Moment Records, that
focused on Indian music. A lengthy list of awards have been bestowed upon
Hussain throughout his career. In 1988, he became the youngest percussionist
to be awarded the title "Padma Shri" by the Indian government. Two years
later, he recieved the Indo-American award in tribute to his contributions to
furthering relations between the United States and India. Planet Drum, an
album co-produced with Hart in 1992, received a Grammy for "best world music
album", a NARM Indie Best Seller award and won the Downbeat Critics Poll for
"Best world music album". Still a youngster when he began to attract attention
with his virtuosic playing, Hussain began his musical career at the age of
seven and was touring by the age of twelve. In 1970, he made his American
debut as accompanist for Ravi Shankar. Three years later, he became the leader
of the Tal Vadya Rhythm Band. The group subsequently evolved into the Diga
Rhythm Band. In 1976, the band collaborated on a self-titled album with Mickey
Hart. Hussain has performed on the soundtracks of numerous films including
Apocalypse Now!, In Custody and Little Buddha. At the 1983 Cannes Film
Festival, he was nominated for an award as composer and music director of the
film, Heat And Dust. (allmusic.com)
Album info:
Tabla-master Zakir Hussain heads The Rhythm Experience, a world percussion
ensemble founded in 1984. His new release is world music at its very best,
weaving the rhythms of India, Cuba, Africa, the Middle East and Indonesia into
combinations of skillfully improvised exchanges with precise unison drumming.
Guests include Mickey Hart, Narada Michael Walden, Mel Martin and Jim
Loveless, as well as Zakir's father, Ustad Alla Rakha. The core group, with
Fazal Qureshi, Dana Pandey, and ex-Diga Rhythm Band members Vince Delgado,
Aushim Chaudhuri, Syed Arshad and Ray Spiegel, work out on an array of
instruments, such as tabla, congas, darbukka, temple bells, maracas, claves,
talking drum, vibes and others, using rock beats, call-and-response spoken
boles and a surprisingly melodic base along the way. There are seven other
Moment releases, each with Hussain, and Collection, Vol. 1, with tracks from
each. (allmusic.com)
(Ripper's note: All my CDs are kept in ProSleeves to save space, hence the
unusual photos.)
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