Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!rgh From: rgh@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music Subject: East Greets East - (nf) Message-ID: <246@inmet.UUCP> Date: Sat, 30-Jul-83 08:42:06 EDT Article-I.D.: inmet.246 Posted: Sat Jul 30 08:42:06 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Aug-83 07:15:31 EDT Lines: 17 #N:inmet:6600008:000:792 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