Trialog [EP]

Trialog [EP]

Track Listings

1. Behind the Fog

2. Tal Der Dornen

3. Inferno

4. Radiolarie

5. Trialog

Tracks:

Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story': Overture
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story': Scherzando
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story': Blues
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story': Somewhere
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story': Scherzo - Andante Con Moto; Vivace Il Legero
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story': Mambo
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story': Cha-Cha
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story': Cool
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story': The Rumble
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story': I Have a Love - Finale
Songs From 'West Side Story': Something's Coming
Songs From 'West Side Story': Maria
Songs From 'West Side Story': America
Songs From 'West Side Story': Jet Song
Songs From 'West Side Story': One Hand, One Heart
Songs From 'West Side Story': I Feel Pretty
Songs From 'West Side Story': Tonight
Songs From 'West Side Story': A Boy Like That; I Have a Love

Customer Reviews:

Like West Side Story? Like the Piano? This is for You!.......2006-06-08

The remarkable piano playing sisters Katia and Marielle Labeque have done it again with this upbeat, rich piano interpretation of Leonard Bernstein's beloved masterpiece, West Side Story. The Labeque duo plays the Symphonic dances and songs from the musical as transcribed by Irwin Kostal for two pianos. When Kostal went to get Bernstein's endorsement, his first reaction was "What about the percussion?" No fear, Lenny, the Labeques rock out with the Symphonic Dances with two percussionists and a jazz drummer.

1. Overture: Short, but engaging. Gets your attention. ***
2. Scherzando: Sweet and snazzy. It's basically the prologue. ***
3. Blues: Enthralling take on the piano. Great percussions. ***
4. Somewhere: Beautiful and rich. A real tear-jerker. *****
5. Scherzo: A fun song. Great performance by both sisters. ***
6. Mambo: Fantastic! Upbeat and wild, this is my all-time favorite. *****
7. Cha-Cha: Sweet. This song always sounds great on a piano. (Or two in this case!) ****
8. Cool: Awesome! The Labeques play this piece with a jazz flair. *****
9. Rumble: This is the rumble, every note right on key. ***
10. I Have a Love (Finale): Beautiful...get your hanky out for this one. ****
11. Something's Coming: Never one of my favorites, but the Labeques do a good job, as always. ***
12. Maria: Strong and passionate. Beautiful piano playing by both sisters. ****
13. America: Starts off high and upbeat. Awesome high-voltage playing. Powerful! *****
14. Jet Song: Upbeat and rocky, the Labeques boogie woogie this one. ****
15. One Hand, One Heart: Not as powerful as the others, but wonderful all the same. ****
16. I Feel Pretty: Again, not one of my favorites, but Kostal turned this one into a sweet, music box composition. At first, actually, the Labeques didn't want to include I Feel Pretty, but in the end were pleased by Kostal's Chopin-like arrangement. ***
17. Tonight: Enthralling! Sends shivers up my spine. Amazing music. *****
18. A Boy Like That/I Have a Love: Amazing, passionate. Very, very passionate. *****

Overall, this CD is a five star all the way. Lenny would be proud.

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miles_gurtu
Interesting melding of Electronica/Jazz
A fascinating hybrid
Nu-jazz at its best...
A truly moving, provocative, Electronica / Percussion fusion

Miles_Gurtu
Robert Miles , and Trilok Gurtu
Manufacturer: Narada
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Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

Golden Rust
Soul Driven
Wearing Masks
Tragedy : Comedy
Omen
Loom
Languages Of Conscious Thought
Without A Doubt
Small World
Small World (Reprise)
Inductive
The Big Picture
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Customer Reviews:

miles_gurtu.......2007-01-18

The sticker on the cellophane says 'Two masters of music combine to produce a rich blend of electronica, nu-jazz and world music'. The liner notes describe Robert Miles (whose real name seems to be Roberto Concina) as 'studio wiz of international renown, pan-continental leftfield dj, eclectic radio producer and undisputed progenitor of electric dream music'. So there you are. I'm not sure why Miles is 'undisputed' and 'pan-continental' in the manner of a heavyweight champion, but he would seem to be one of those modern types who are forever flying around the world working on 'projects', and who manage to be famous and anonymous all at once. Whatever happened to four or five blokes being in a band? Trilok Gurtu is a virtuoso genre-busting percussionist who has taken Indian percussion (he plays 'mainstream' too) into jazz with people like John McLaughlin and Pat Metheny. The album also includes Mike Patto, which had me scurrying to Google, because I remembered him from the eponymous Patto (a jazzy rock band that never quite made it) of my youth, and thought he was dead. Well, he is - this is his son, which is kind of nice. Nithin Sawnhey pops up to play some acoustic guitar. An intriguing prospect then, and an opportunity to go into an area of music that is otherwise too nebulous for me to grasp (if it doesn't get a section to itself in a record shop I don't know what it is).

Well, it's very nice. Cool jazzy mood music - the aural equivalent of artfully-lit modern interiors. I like chilled music, but only when it's like this - when jazz colours and a touch of improvisation add some depth and intelligence to the moods. Double-bass tethers it all to the ground and gives it a fallible, human dimension, allowing the electronics to go off on little dreamy excursions. The percussion too, is a result of people hitting things, which is so much better than the programmed sort. The ghost of Miles Davis appears, as so often in this sort of thing, in muted trumpet epigrams. Occasional speech samples suggest a filmic ambience. The signature sound though, is the spacey reverberant tone of the Fender Rhodes electric piano. Odd that this once dated instrument sounds modern again. You can let the music drift by, you can listen to it, or you can do a bit of both. There's a sense of it not amounting to much (in a Chinese meal kind of way), and it does 'stop' rather than 'end', but that's probably in the nature of the ambient beast. File alongside St Germain, Lars Danielsson, Bugge Wesseltoft and Laurent De Wilde in the 'intelligent jazzy mood music' section. Now, if record shops had a section like that it would save me an awful lot of time.

Interesting melding of Electronica/Jazz.......2005-07-17

I was in the mood for something different than the usual electronica/trance/smooth jazz that I listened to in years past. As it so happened, I accidently stumbled upon this album at a used store a few weeks ago.

After reading some of the blurb on the album and also being a fan of Miles "Dreamland", I purchased the album on the spot.

I was very surprised at the quality of the album. There was just "something" to the album that made it good to listen to. Unlike the other reviewers, I didn't really notate any of the names of the tracks.

The album as a whole is good and it is difficult to know where one song starts and ends. For those in the mood for something different than some of recycled music that exists out there, give this album a spin.

A fascinating hybrid.......2004-10-16

The not unrelated worlds of futuristic jazz, electronica, and world beat have been engaged in a rather elaborate courtship dance for at least two decades. One thinks of some of Jan Garbarek's discs (I Took up the Runes, Legend of the Seven Dreams, Khomsa, Madar), and, especially, his latest, In Praise of Dreams. Then there are Matthew Shipp's Blue Label experiments (e.g., William Parker's Eloping with the Sun, Guillermo Brown's Soul at the Hands of the Machine, and Craig Taborn's Junk Magic), some of Bill Frisell's stuff (esp. his latest, Unspeakable), Mylab, almost anything involving Tucker Martine, Eyvind Kang's Nade stuff, as well as his altogether remarkable though hard to find solo disc Sweetness of Sickness, Josh Roseman's Treats for the Nightwalker, Dave Douglas's Freak In, Rita Marcotulli's spectacular Koine, Chris Gestrin's noteworthy Stillpoint, Susie Ibarra's startling work, both in her solo discs and with Mephista, Steve Beresford's two wonderful Cue Sheets discs, and Nicholas Payton's Sonic Trance, to name only a few.

Astute readers will notice that the above list comes primarily from the jazz side. Not that the world beat side is unrepresented. We have, for example, Karsh Kale's Liberation, Numerous Bill Laswell experiments, Frazer Fifield's spectacular disc, Honest Water, Tabla Beat Science, Dhafer Youssef's incredible disc Digital Prophecy, Claude Chalhoub's fabulous eponymous recording, Toufic Farroukh's two magnificent discs, Ali on Broadway and Drab Zeen, Omar Sosa's transcendent Free Roots and Sentir, not to mention his staggeringly brilliant duo disc with Adam Rudolph, Pictures of Soul.

Electronica-generated world-beat/jazz discs are rarer. It's not that the trance/dance/breakbeat/deep house/DJ scene doesn't generate anything along these lines (one thinks of Book M by Secret Chiefs 3, for example); it's just that they're not usually interested in incorporating authentic world-beat/jazz instrumentation into their projects.

All that changes with this disc. Robert Miles, the electronica-genius/soundscape-crafter here meets Trilok Gurtu, a kind of world-jazz prophet with numerous distinguished recordings to his credit. My own view, coming primarily from the jazz side, is that it is a very significant, perhaps even watershed, accomplishment. These guys have done the seemingly impossible: they've retained the integrity and uniqueness of their separate musics while creating something that has probably never existed before (at least not in this exact configuration)--improvised electronic world jazz. It's pretty obvious from the other reviews at this site that not everyone is going to get on board. Electronica/trance/dance/DJ freaks may feel that there's just not enough rhythmic drive happening; jazzers, not enough improv. My own view is that each genre retains the core of its genius while their meeting generates something that is larger than the sum of its parts.

Highly recommended.

Nu-jazz at its best..........2004-06-08

A great journey on a MUZIK train that starts with you leaving your favorite chair at home to taking a sit on a train speeding away to the new horizons...

1. Allow time. Listen to the recording straight from the beginning to the end without interruption. Its 42:19 should tolerate you to take the break.
2. Be open-minded. Imagine. Some may hear a train approaching and passing by, others may picture a starship. This much depends whether you enjoy the current moment or are up to the future.
3. Second half of the recording is a bit too over-electronics'ed which you may like or don't..
4. The recording is not well-rounded at the end and stops neither with a question nor with an open end.
5. This recording will definitely not be background music. It can also hardly be listened to in a random mode.
6. You are lucky if you listen to Miles_Gurtu on an advanced audio as you will be able to grasp all those small details that add to the music and create its atmosphere.
7. What kind of music is Miles_Gurtu by genre? That is not another blend of Anglo- sax (Roberto Concina is from Italy) and Indian music (Trilok Gurtu is a famous percussionist originating from Indian).It is nicely put in the linear notes: "Improvised? Partly. A new kind of jazz? Maybe. The sound of surprise? Most definitely." To me, the recording is a logically developed creative nu-muzik.
8. Sit in your chair and enjoy.

A truly moving, provocative, Electronica / Percussion fusion.......2004-05-27

A slightly bizarre pairing of two regarded musicians, in the form of pianist turned electronic composer "Robert Miles", and celebrated percussionist "Trilok Gurtu", have (on paper at least) nothing in common with each other musically. But here they are collaborating on a joint effort that encompasses everything from creative Jazz, to melodic electronic breakbeat. The dynamics behind this are relatively simple.....Miles provides the musician soundspaces, keyboards, melodies, breaks and string arrangments, and Gurtu provides his quite staggeringly array of tabla, snare, drums, clay pot & percussive beats either, over the top or subtly texturing the sound with compelling rhythms. (with the help of various artists such as `Nitin Sawhney' on guitar & `Adrian Bradbury' on Cello).

First track "Golden Rust" eases the listener in with deep cello grooves and a sensual keyboard arrangement, not unlike something that'd be heard in a smoky late night live jazz club. It's late night feel and seductive jazz tones feels more akin to Gurtu's multicultural arrangements, and although it doesn't sound like a radical electronic/ Percussion crossover, its still highly accomplished nonetheless, that bodes incredibly well for the rest of the album.

"Wearing Masks" is more relative to the work of Robert Miles, and his trance-like melodic passages are given ample room to morph into something more electronic and expansive sounding, negating thudding beats in favour of something more organic and contemplative, with a prominent piano arrangement the focal instrument in this track. Gurtu's percussion is subdued and understated, and focuses more on Miles' contribution to the track. And thus it's a strangely earthy sound that feels like a loose electronic arrangement, but stunningly beautiful in composition.

"Languages of Conscious Thought" is something that could have been lifted directly from Trilok's own "Glimpse" album, it's the rhythmic tabla that he made his name by, with the improvisational & Worldbeat influence jazz that earmarks his best albums. Complex tabla and clay pot rhythms are the order of the day here, and its hard not to be impressed, at how proficiently Trilok makes the execution of his playing, so superbly compelling. Miles' contribution here, is to subtly texture the music with keyboard hums & gentle samples, and appears to be helped with an additional musician that lends slight bass guitar.

"Inductive" is interesting for it use of warm synthesizers & samples, that evoke memories of prime era `Brian Eno'. Its a lush melodic effort that impresses with beautifully integrating the electronic and percussive elements of the two main artists involved, which has that balance of beautiful tension and organic percussion, all in one, that although nothing new, is brilliantly implemented and essentially taken the rich and time-honoured tradition of the tabla, and fused it with contemporary electronic studio wizardry, which feels like an reinterpretation of hypnotic Indian classical music, and more than justifies the (slightly unexpected) collaboration between these two artists.

It should also be noted that between the majority of these incredibly worthwhile tracks, these are punctuated with some truly gorgeous instrumental pieces that range from neo-classical, to soothingly detached ambient moments that are so good that it's feels incredibly short sighted not the flesh these interludes into full compositions. (Think: "Harold Budd/Brain Eno's - The Pearl").

This is a record that although having the cross over appeal to incite fans of both musicians is neither entrenched firmly with either musician. Instead its more of a even contribution from both artists, so those expecting an album or just electronica or India fusion persuccion will be disappointed, as it has its foot in both camps and makes no concession to either. What you should realise is this is an album of beautifully realised compositions and songs of undulating space and sophistication, its an album that in theory isn't restricted to musical trends, and therefore has the potential for substantial longevity. (provided you give ample time between listens), it works as elegant mood/seductive chilli music to have playing whilst you work or study. Or music that you can really lose yourself in, whilst listened to uninterrupted. Fans familiar with both artists should seek this out immediately, and those that aren't, should be aware that this is geared towards an eclectic listening audience, although it has to power to seduce new audiences.

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World Music Album of the Year

unique - gurtu in an african village

Farakala
Trilok Gurtu & Frikyiwa Family
Manufacturer: Frikyiwa
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Dhine Dhadhin
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Farakala

Album Description

Recorded in southern Mali in the village of Farakala, Trilok Gurtu's new album is a unique and surprising production. Having explored for some time the similarities between Indian and African music, this is the first time that he has actually recorded in the sub-Saharan bush. The result is a subtle and deep Afro-Indian combination arrived at through combining south-Malian percussive styles with the rhythmic influences of his own Indian heritage. The originality of tracks like "Santour", "Di Blues", "Dougoukolo", and "Roots No Fruits" testify to the success of this mix.

Profound, sensual, upbeat and liberating, this is an album of instinctive yet well developed styles that, as a result of Trilok Gurtu's innovative styles and erudition, escapes the cliché of being labeled just another fusion album…

Customer Reviews:

World Music Album of the Year.......2006-12-15

Gurtu is a boundary-stretching Indian drummer who has done everything from playing with John McLaughlin and Pat Metheny to taking the late Collin Walcott's place in Oregon. The Frikyiwa family are a group of very gifted and imaginative Malian guitarists, drummers, and vocalists from the same part of the world as Ali Farka Toure. This album was recorded in their "nomadic studio" in the desert, and it's mind-blowingly beautiful. Every track creates a different vibe -- from very spare guitar with female vocals to stuff that almost sounds like the music in David Byrne's dreams -- but it all feels wonderfully warm and unified. It's haunting, subtle, visionary music. Any fan of the gentler, moodier side of African music should pick this album up right away.

unique - gurtu in an african village.......2006-06-30

this was a much awaited album from trilok. his style of blending jazz with percussion has attained many an accolades world over. yet his last album, Broken Rhythms was a complete let down. it seemed he's got stuck with the indo-afro-perc fusion.

not any more, Farakala is a complete new breeze. recorded over 2 sessions in a village in Mali, West Africa. these recordings have such a raw feel, it seems they are performing in the backyard. no heavy duty fade-ins or fade-outs, no turn tables... just pure sounds from the village.

african vocals are haunting. and trilok's at his best again with some newly discovered african drums.

worth a pick, really!!!

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from contemporary to pop
Beat of Love is GREAT !
Surprisingly Dull
Funky & Majestic

The Beat of Love
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Release Date: 2001-06-12

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Amazon.com

The Bombay-born tabla master and percussionist Trilok Gurtu has become a fixture on the pop- and world-music scenes, performing with Pat Metheny, Gilberto Gil, and Bill Laswell. On this CD--produced by the famed Beninese Afropop superstar and Level 42 cofounder Wally Badarou--Gurtu forms a rhythmic rice-and-curry meal flavored with funk, raga, bhangra, and juju sonic seasonings. Backed by vocalist Sabine Kabongo (formerly of Zap Mama) along with bass, guitar, and sitar, Gurtu successfully merges the Aryan/Dravidian ancestral drum lines of his homeland with the processional pulsations of West Africa. The leader is joined on this quest by the continent's brightest stars: Benin's Angelique Kidjo lends her Fon-language contralto on the hypnotic "A Friend." Mali's Salif Keita Afro/Arabic Mande vocals christen the tantric tone poem "Have We Lost Our Dream?" Wasis Diop of Senegal beautifully complements Gurtu's textured tabla playing on "Passing By," while South Africa's Jabu Khanyile puts his township tones to the synthesized kalimba sounds on "Ingoma." Gurtu also includes his trans-Indian compatriots Mryudula and Bharat Desai on "Dance with My Lover." Chris Dilford of the rock group Squeeze wrote the lyrics to the anthemic "Ola Bombay." In Trilok Gurtu's hands, world beats are transformed by his silky subcontinental swing. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Customer Reviews:

from contemporary to pop.......2001-12-14

I have the recent 10 years been following this master- percussionist/composer.
and when it comes to innovating new sounds and blends of styles and cultures, Trilok Gurtu is differnetly in front as a pioneer.
This album is an example of he's incredible styleistic width and masterly sense of musicallity, no matter in witch content it may be, he will make music among the bedst - listen also to he's ground breaking first record "Ushfred" - and you will find an early version of drum & bass, this guy is ahead....

Beat of Love is GREAT !.......2001-11-15

I just went out and bought this CD because I had seen an ad for the show and was not able to make it - so I got the CD instead. Even after burning it out in my car - I still put it on sometimes at home. I will admit some tracks will be repetitious and I fast forward, but JHULELAI and a few others are incredible. It is great music to get ready to or when you want to hear something relaxing and energizing at the same time. Like a positive mellow kick in the (...). Angelique Kidjo and others are featured.

Surprisingly Dull.......2001-09-10

Gurtu is a great session and guest percussionist, but Beat of Love is a surprisingly bland salad of "world beat" clichés and pop synthesized keyboard filler. Like a lot of this kind of artificially thrown together, attempted melding of genres, it doesn't hold up after a couple of playings.

Funky & Majestic.......2001-09-07

You'll see Trilok Gurtu and Wally Badarou named on about half the CDs of the past couple of years that involve Indian or African musicians playing East-West crossover. I've avoided them all, until now. But this really works: thanks to an excellent set of vocalist guest stars, and some very classy percussion work. It's really nothing like I expected. The songs are a subtle mixture of Indian or African influences, or clearly from one camp or the other. And you'll never get the chant from 'Maya' out of your head. The production is absolutely crystal clear, something one tends to find in percussionists' recordings, since they're so used to being buried in the mix...

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2004 album from the highly original percussionist, recorded in Bombay with many exceptional Indian musicians and singers including Huun Huur Tu (the great throat singing group from Siberia). Cream.

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Masterpiece...
Trilok Gurtu - The Glimpse
Trilok's Tasty Treats
Marvelous usage of instruments melted with sineous melody.

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A Ilha Do Caju
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Customer Reviews:

Masterpiece..........2004-06-08

Variety, innovation, sound of the world. All of these and much more can be found on Glimpse. Trilok plays hard. So do the musicians invited for this session. Use of variety of acoustic instruments gives true natural feeling as opposed to many nowadays' programmed-drum recordings. You travel through a number of places, each constructed to the last detail. Enjoyable though not so easy understandable recording from the true master of percussion.

Trilok Gurtu - The Glimpse.......2003-03-15

This is a mind boggling array of music I would rate this easily amongst the top 5 CD's in my collection (of about 500 CD's at this point in time). Trilok plays drums like no one I've ever heard (or seen). He makes the percussion a lead instrument that adds another dimension to this music. I can't recommend this album enough.

Trilok's Tasty Treats.......2001-01-21

This is acoustic music at it's finest,cookin' throughtout. Simmering grooves to burning blasts,this is the real meal,tasty as the best Shakti or Oregon. The compositions of Gurtu and pianist Andy Ember are superb,full of space and movement. Especially awesome are the chant and wordless vocal arrangements, integral to the progression of the music,not just melodically and harmonically, but often rhythmically as well. There is a breathing, building,(definative?), cover of Ornette Coleman's Law Years, that can only be described as perfect. The excellent acoustic bass work of Lars Danielson must be acknowledged, as well as the angular, yet propulsive trumpet of Paolu Fresu and the masterful guitar and gnaoua of Jay Deva. To quote from the tone pome contained in The Glimpse:"The Music was flowing Deeply in his Soul"... Trilok is one of our finest musicians and composers and The Glimpse is a must-have masterpiece . Buy it now!

Marvelous usage of instruments melted with sineous melody........1999-10-18

It is a very good CD. Buy it

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An Outstanding Moment In Music
Music from ALL FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH!! AMAZING!

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Customer Reviews:

An Outstanding Moment In Music.......2006-05-09

Trilok Gurtu and his band The Glimpse shine on this album with such a successful marriage of tradition Indian and modern contempary jazz fusion. There is no cliche here just pure talent, ingenious composition, rich melody, heart, soul and a stella performance of some of the world greatest musicians (although to most mainstream listeners they would be unknowns). Kathak is a must have for any lover of music that enjoys multi-layered, complex and diverse world music that is driven by mind blowing grooves and sublime bass playing. All of this rich rhythm is surrounded by an array of tradition Indian instuments and vocal performances: the end result is a sound never to be heard in this way previously or since. Gurtu's follow up album 'African Fantasy' is also brilliant, although takes a more mellow tact, blending in African music and is far less intense than 'Kathak'.

'Kathak' is really a musician's feast with displays of speed, feel and melody from all performers involved that would burn and bury anyone but the best at their craft.

Gurtu's percussive display is astonishing but it is the collaboration and accompaniment??of musicians such as Kai Eckhardt de Camargo on bass that open the musical doors to audience's that would not normally venture to cultural music such as Tradition Indian without such a beautiful transition (such as this album).

'Kathak' is on a whole other evolutionary step from most music made and has enriched my life deeply.

Music from ALL FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH!! AMAZING!.......1999-09-07

Trilok Gurtu, what else do I need to say? A drummer easily up to par with John McLauglin (John McLaughlin Trio) works again with his Trio mate Kai Eckhardt from Africa and Germany along with members from India and Italy.... I saw these magnificent players on September 6 at Seattle's Bumbershoot. This is a truely unique combination, influenced by such diverse acts as the Mahavishnu Orchestra to Dave Matthews and Bela Fleck, just to name a few. Not buying this album is just as well as cheating yourself of...well anything.

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Wuoo! Top 3 in my 3000 CD Collection
Indo-Jazz and Funked Up!

Crazy Saints
Trilok Gurtu
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No Discrimination

Customer Reviews:

Wuoo! Top 3 in my 3000 CD Collection.......2000-07-26

I'm glad I have the opportunity to write about this this title, that has become a rare collection and very hard to find, since i first got it in 1993. This is clearly Trilok's best effort ever. Talent is at its best with contributions by Pat metheny, Joe Zawinul, Daniel Goyone, Louis Sclavis, and Shoba Gurtu, Trilok's mother. Listen to Pat and Shoba's improv on tracks #1 and #6 and be impressed. Actually, I heard Pat accepted Trilok's invitation, just because he would have the opportunity to perform with his mother. For another surprise, try Joe Zawinul's and Trilok's duet on Tracks 2 and 3. Yes there are only two musicians on track 3. Definetely a Must buy!

Indo-Jazz and Funked Up!.......2000-06-19

Rhythm Maestro Trilok Gurtu,Brings us another fine release from his CMP dates.Bringing in Jazz Guitarist Pat Metheny who makes the hair in your neck bop the blues,French Clarinet Cultivater Louis Sclavis,whose distinctive approach towards the clarinet can be clearly heard on "Thillana"(Highly Recommended Track) with another Frenchman Daniel Gayone,giving funkified jazz riffs that dwells on indian raaga on Thillana As well as on other tracks,There are 2 songs here which are higlights from a Famous Jazz Festival where Joe Zawinul brings in his vision to trilok gurtu's every so wonderfull dancing drums!. Truely a fine release,and one of trilok's best releases so far! ,but this cd could be,what the peers describes as "Slow Poison",meaning it takes sometime for you to get the hang of it,once you do..you'll never let it go!

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A novice's view....
Clean. A celebration of rhythm.
The very best work of Trilok Gurtu
Cultural Manifesto!

African Fantasy
Trilok Gurtu
Manufacturer: Blue Thumb
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004VVYF
Release Date: 2000-07-25

Tracks:

Rajasthan
DJ Didgeridoo
African Fantasy
You, Remember This
Big Brother
Folded Hands
Old African
Lisa
Dinki Puriya
Africa Con India
Big Brother Reprise

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Trilok Gurtu's evolution from mere percussion wizard to innovative composer of global jazz fusion takes a quantum leap forward on this remarkable collection of African, Indian, American, and Asian music. Keeping his drum and tabla polyrhythms within the ensemble framework, save for some explosive solos on "Old African" and "Dinki Puriya," the Indian maestro focuses on making new sonic textures from cross-pollination. For example, "DJ Didgeridoo" blends the tones of the title instrument with Ravi Chary's sitar and soaring vocals from Zap Mama's Sabine Kabongo. "Big Brother" is an orchestral marvel of Indian and American strings and synthesizers topped by the magnificent voice of Mali's Oumou Sangare. Gurtu also reprises the song "You, Remember This" with his mother, the legendary singer Shobha Gurtu, and he teams up with vocalist Angelique Kidjo on two of the less adventurous tracks. The band, especially bassist Kai Eckhardt, provides robust, empathic support throughout. --Britt Robson

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A novice's view...........2000-11-02

I don't really follow "world" music. Honestly, this is the first bit of music I've experienced from the genre. I bought it because the reviews on NPR were really good. I was not disappointed. Gurtu's music is rich in sound and rhythm, and is an enjoyable listen. I was, however, surprised how prevalent the influence of "western" pop music is in Mr. Gurtu's music. I don't suppose this is a negative thing, but in my first foray into the genre I expected to find something wholy new and refreshing and instead I found many of the same things you find elsewhere.

Clean. A celebration of rhythm........2000-10-06

I heard a few samples of this CD on NPR and immediately ordered it. The reviews below this one say it best. The vocals are as clean and fresh as a spring morning and the percussion is the same. It is hard not to move with the music. I wish I knew what to buy next in this genre.

The very best work of Trilok Gurtu.......2000-07-31

It is always good to "listen" when musicans are on constant progress. Trilok Gurtu with his new work is not only afirming his place as the best jazz drummer/percussionist, he is also getting a place as a really important musican. All titles are excepcional and you can find a lot of styles in just one album.

Cultural Manifesto!.......2000-07-29

This Mind boggling effort brings out the juice that has been rooted deep down by every percussionist (atleast good ones)in this era,Master Percussionist Trilok Gurtu and Gang,rock the steamboat wicked,by fusing Jazz and Funk Rhythms with African,Indian,Balinese and other forms of Indigenous beats, Great vocals on all of the tracks by the african singing sensations,Kai's slaps da' the groove out of his bass,and Shobha Gurtu is as exuberant as always!,As many fans are lucky to have this album released under Polygram/Blue Thumb for easier accessibility than his earlier album "Khatak" which went totally inaccessible in asian countries(esp.South East),this release should get more hands on it,else there is always Amazon.Com! Album Scores (4 1/2 out of 5 stars)

Blazing Drums - 2 Featuring the Gurus of Percussion

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Blazing Drums - 2 Featuring the Gurus of Percussion
trilok gurtu , sivamani , peter erskine , hossam ramzy , and terry bozzio
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Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000M89H1S

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