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RAVI SHANKAR

'Improvisations'

Originally released 1962

This reissue released 2015

180g vinyl!

Improvisation On The Theme Music From Pather Panchali

Fire Night

Karnataki

Raga Rageshri: Part 1 (Alap)

Raga Rageshri: Part 2 (Jor)

Raga Rageshri: Part 3 (Gat)

Some of the first eastern-jazz fusion ever recorded, finally reissued on LP. Originally recorded in 1962 for World Pacific and featuring jazz musicians Gary Peacock on bass and Bud Shank on flute, the album opens with improvisations on the theme that Shankar wrote for the 1955 Indian neorealist film Pather Panchali, by legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. 'Fire Night' was another jazz-fusion piece, recorded to commemorate the fires that were burning all around LA when this session was recorded. The remaining two tracks, however, are traditional Indian pieces and serve to juxtapose the two major styles in Indian classical music. The first piece, 'Karnataki,' is in the Carnatic (southern Indian) style, while the second, 'Raga Rageshri,' is in the (northern) Hindustani style (which, of course, Shankar's himself was a master of).

This reissue LP is brand new and sealed!

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