SHANKAR
JAZZ / MIXED CULTURE / INDIA / VIOLIN 1980
SHANKAR: WHO'S TO KNOW
ECM RECORDS, ECM 1195, 2301 195(LP)
(P)(C)1981 ECM RECORDS GMBH, W.GERMANY
RECORDED: NOVEMBER 1980
RELEASED: 1981, W.GERMANY
RE-ISSUED: ECM RECORDS, ECM 1195, 827 269-2(CD)
RELEASED: W.GERMANY
CREDITS (productions) :
Recorded November 1980 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwifsburg
Engineer: Martin Wieland
Photos: Dieter Rehm / Design: Barbara Wojirsch
Produced by Shankar and Manfred Eicher
The Pallavi is set on a new tala cycle, conceived by Shankar.
The first half of this cycles is based on 5 1/2 beats and the second half is based on 4 1/2 beats.
CREDITS (musicians) :
Shankar: double violin(sympathetic effect), tamboura
Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman: mridangam
Zakir Hussain: tabla
V.Lakshminarayana: conductor(tala keeping)
TRACKS (total time 46:07) :
1. Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi (22:11) [Shankar]
   Raga-Hemavathi
2. Ananda Nadamadum Tillai Sankara (23:45) [Shankar]
   Ragam-Savithri     Taka-Adi(8beats)