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Subject: East Greets East - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 30-Jul-83 08:42:06 EDT
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inmet!rgh    Jul 30 02:00:00 1983

Here's one to make you feel international:  Indian and Japanese musicians
teamed up on a German label.  "East Greets East -- Ravi Shankar in
Japan" (on Deutsche Grammaphon) features sitar, tabla [drums],
shakuhachi [bamboo flute], and koto [a large plucked-string instrument]
in various combinations.  The ensemble piece is an improvisation on
"Rokudan", a classic Japanese melody.  The other pieces (koto solo,
tabla solo, shakuhachi+tabla, sitar+tabla+tambura) are compositions by
Shankar, using ragas which resemble traditional Japanese modes.  Each
of the musicians is a virtuoso, and the various instrumental combinations
work quite well.  Recording quality is excellent.  I recommend this to
anyone who has a taste for non-Western music.

						Randy Hudson
						{harpo,ima}!inmet!rgh