Philly '77 Shakti show changed my life..sitting near the stage and watching the blissed out look on ALL the musicians. I think I was transported to another dimension that evening. I went home to the Jersey shore and walked the beach 'til dawn , high AF
Same lineup.......I think.........at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco in 77.........or so. All I know is that I was there and it was incredible.
Good lord! These musicians are super human. Shankar plays beyond imagination; lightning fast, and the most beautiful phrasing with slurring the notes in the Indian fashion. McLaughlin is so incredible, as is Zakir. We are blessed to witness this majesty.
gods among men. L.Shankar's playing is ridiculously beautiful. he gives the melodic instruments its soul in this group. And having both a northern drummer and southern is just amazing. A real testament to music being a universal language.
John McLaughlin said that he had a premonition that they should record the next concert they were about to play as he felt something special was about to happen. If you listen to that first record, you will feel it, especially on this track. Joy indeed. Great to hear this version.
The absolute peak of spiritual guitar playing and how to empathise and integrate with other musicians..the perfect blend of rhythm and melody. This transcends categories, defies logic. amazes and humbles me
I attended shakti's live concert in Bruxelles 1976 and I discovered that music is rithm. Unique experience. Unique period/people. I will try to convey to my teenager child.
Lakshminarayana Shankar is and always will be one of the most amazing Violinists I have ever seen. No one in the west can improvise with such liberated joy. Greetings !
Also Vikku Vinayakaram the player on the Ghatam (Pot) is a Legend. (The grammy was honored by him). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DYEh5uXrL4w.html
I was working at a downtown club in NYC called the Cavern in 81 and 82. I had just finished mic'ing everything, and as I was heading off the stage who do I see but L. Shankar! If I remember correctly a friend said he should check out the band that night, because at that time North Moore st. in Tribeca was way off the beaten path. He and I spoke for a good twenty minutes that night, and he was one of the nicest people that I have ever met. A true gentleman, with such a kind spirit. His music reflects all of that, and more!
saw them in Chicago when they released 'a handful of beauty' and the cat was tossing that sucker up in the air & catching it pete townsend-style. one of the best concerts i ever saw...right up there with the 'birds of fire' tour w/ the original mahavishnu orchestra
Shakti: the gods of sheer freedom, exuberance, and the manifestation of being transparent to transcendence and in being the vehicle for the great spirit to speak to you, and through you. Wow!
10/29/16 L SHANKAR INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT REVIEW "The stage was set with a platform shrouded in rugs, on which the musicians sat. Another massive rug hung like a tapestry on the back wall, delivering a wide spectrum of colors to the otherwise bare wooden Crowell stage. The musicians sat with legs crossed, playing a total of six songs. Every track delivered unique emotional resonance........Skankar, with his five-and-a-half octave vocal range, engrossed audiences with his unparalleled vocal ability over a skillful series of plucks and bends on his 10-string stereophonic double violin....." see complete review below wesleyanargus.com/2016/10/31/world-music-legend-shankar-74-receives-warm-welcome-at-navaratri-festival-performance/
What need have I for this, what need have I for that, I'm dancing at the feet of my lord, all is bliss, all is bliss. Fearless and savage, it just doesn't get any better.
I saw Shakti, (this line-up) in 1977, at Royal Oak Music Theatre in Detroit. It is still the BEST concert I have ever been to. Amazing show! The audience gave them a standing ovation at the end, that seemed to go on forever.
True living legends and the original Rockstars...sadly unrecognized in our own country and unfortunately a dying Indian breed... :( ....Shenkar's violin just gives u a high, Zakhir and Vikku just awesme ...Vikku's inhibition in dressing marks his love n respect to our culture:) ..U rock
Speaking as an admittedly crappy guitar player, Lenny's playing makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. He's like watching a great painter paint with a guitar. I get lost in his improvisations.
John opened me up to a whole new school of rhythm called shakti. Watching videos of the children at school able to connect so deeply and so in tune spiritually on that rhythmic level totally changed my perspective on life.
+trevor Carlisle Shakti is essentially divine energy, meaning empowerment, loosely. What you're talking about in terms of a rhythmic system is called konnakol.
+Sritanshu Sinha Hey, I don't know if you're still trying to figure it out or not, but John McLaughlin and L. Shankar are both basically just playing E Phrygian Dominant without the 6th. Try it! It sounds wonderful.
A brilliant performance! It was my first year at Loyola in Montreal.One of my best friends,Dan Keating, asked me if I could join him and a bunch of Hingston Hall friends for a concert at McGill University. And that musical evening remains etched in my memory forever. Such a seamless fusion of four great artists oozing with wonderful energy of joy. What a collection Shakti has been.
***** being Mr. Missionary is nothing bad, think about that. The english root "mission" means a strongly felt aim, ambition, or calling. Shakti has aim and ambition. What are your skills Mr. Pagan?
My friend worked at Flipside Records and we went to dozens of shows last minute when he could get free tickets. Saw them at the Park West in Chicago and was mind blowing.
I stop my timemachine also there, JOY was my first Vinylalbum and I hear this today yet in special moments. Deep THX for posting eduzappa for this neverseen vid! :-)
Danté André-Kahan I play tabla and have studied with zakir students and pandit swapan chaudhuri so i know what a good tabla is, and the one zakir is playing is a subpar instrument. It was much more difficult to obtain a good instrument in the 70s but compared to the caliber of tabla he plays today it is less than quality. But he still makes it sing.
Its a building process if the violin was playing more it would compromise the song structure via acoustic percussion growing until the treble picks up. LISTEN TO DJANGO REINDHEART.
First heard this sweet pea of a peace in England......pure love fractal, every time it plays.Enjoy yourself everybody it's getting better all the time.........cheers too the millennium !!!
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