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The Shape of Ragazz to Come...
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****4 STARS REVIEW...See what "Wilson and Alroy's Record Reviews" say about this CD......"If you're tired of the piecemeal use of "ethnic" musics by people like Bill Laswell and Peter Gabriel, but you want to hear something beyond the same old jazz..."
| Sample: She said, What? | |
| Sample: Karna | Sample: Wake Up and... |
| Sample: Wanrawan | Sample: Post Modal |
How it came about?
In January 2000, Kalyan put together a 12 people ensemble for the purpose of exploring the Ragazz sound and to record a CD of his own original music. Kalyan assembled everyone at his home in the second week of January and after 2 rehearsal days they went to the "Hot Ham & Cheese" recording studio for 3 days to capture the sound the band had been creating under Kalyan's direction.
Why is this CD cool and different?
Unlike most of the commercial music in the market these days, the sound on this music album contains no digital samples, loops, or highly processed sound bits in search of the so-called ethnic or tribal sound. There are no fancy solo fixings, or digitally manipulated sections on this album. Therefore, what 12 musicians created in supercharged energy by being with each other for 5 consecutive days, is what you will hear.
The moments shared over spicy food and aromatic incense, and the time spent in intense discussions about music from India v/s jazz, eventually came to be reflected in our playing with each other. Each of us felt a sense of deep joy and a feeling of a profound experience in creating this music together and we hope to share that with our listeners.
Who done what?
Kalyan Pathak: Tabla, Drumset, Spoken Tabla
Matt Kanelos: Piano
Matt Thompson: Upright Bass
Arati Shah-Yukich: Vocals, Tanpura
Hitesh Master: Vocals, Harmonium
Elizabeth Basta: Vocals
Ryan Shultz: Bass Trumpet
Ron Dewar: Tenor Saxophone
Scott Burns: Tenor & Soprano Saxophones
Jonathan Paul: Electric Bass
Puranlal Vyas: Dholak, Tabla
Shivanad Bangar: Madal, Manjeera, Naal, Dhol, Dholak
Recorded by Chad Moore at 'Hot Ham & Cheese' recording studio on January 10, 11, 12, 2000. Mixed by Kalyan Pathak and Chad Moore on January 13, 17, 18, 2000
Radio Air Play: 91.5FM WBEZ, NPR Chicago, 90.9FM NPR from College of Du Page for North-West Chicago, NYC (WKCR), Washington D.C. WPFW, Albany-NY, 88.1FM Allentown-PA, 93.9FM Easton-PA, Radio Bremen-Germany heard around Europe on a special world music broadcast, NPR Austin....
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