Man And His Music, The

Shankar, Ravi
Times Square Records
World | Mar 2006

Reviews

Don Farrell
Reviewed 2006-05-08
The Indian musician who brought the music of India and the sitar to the World. The notes have great info. on the sitar, the music and the performances
CD #1
***1: 12:31 1992 recording, a tribute to film maker Satyajit Ray, melody from film Panther Panchali (1955) Nice track, no long warm up/introduction (alaap) gets right to the sitar & tabla. Nice short track for a sound from India
****2: 23:04 short alaap & Jhala ( where the rhythm emerges) @ 7:40 tabla kicks in big time. Great tabla/sitar groove.
****3: 22:21 theme from film "Gandhi" duet with Ustad Ali Khan on sarod
4: 5:52 an excerpt featuring two dance styles Kathak (North) & Bharatnatyam ( South India) choral & percussive style vocal.
5: 3:27 female vocal, from 1961 film.
CD #2
****1: 19:19 a light romantic raga, the sitar soars. Tabla @ 14:00 from 1992
***2: 29:07 from 1982 a late evening raga nice tanpura (drone) /sitar groove, . . . tablas @ 12:00
***3: 26:48 tabla & sitar from the start with sarod Live in concert D Farrell 04/2006

Recent airplay

Raga Behag, Raga Rajya-Kalyan
Raga Tilak Shyam
No Cover, No MinimumJul 07, 2006
Farewell, My Friend
It's differentJul 05, 2006
Raga Behag
Thursday Lunch BreakJun 29, 2006
Kaisey Din Beetey (From Anuradha)
Kaisey Din Beetey (From Anuradha)

Charting

2006-05-07 — 2006-07-09 Reggae/World
Week EndingAirplays
Jul 9 2
Jul 2 1
Jun 11 1
Jun 4 3
May 28 1
May 21 1
May 14 1

Track listing

1. Farewell, My Friend
2. Raga Tilak Shyam
3. Raga Khamaj (With Ali Akbar Khan)
4. Ghanashyam - Dance Drama (Excerpt)
5. Kaisey Din Beetey (From Anuradha)
6. Raga Rajya-Kalyan
7. Raga Behag
8. Raga Mishra Bhairavi