Shakti With John McLaughlin

by Shakti With John McLaughlin

Shakti With John McLaughlin cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 23 April 1976
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 51:59
  • Community rating: 4.09/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Moving entirely away from Mahavishnu Orchestra's massive electric amplification, John McLaughlin joins forces with Indian classical virtuosos L. Shankar and Zakir Hussain. The acoustic performance is a dizzyingly fast, telepathically tight display of cross-cultural mastery, fusing highly complex Indian rhythmic cycles with furious jazz improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, technical, instrumental, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Joy (18:12)
  2. Lotus Feet (4:43)
  3. What Need Have I For This-What Need Have I For That-I Am Dancing At The Feet Of My Lord-All Is Bliss-All Is Bliss (29:02)

Credits

  • Shakti - primary artist, ensemble
  • John McLaughlin - primary artist, guitar, producer [produced by], written-by
  • Marie de Oro - design
  • Ed Lee - design [with a little help from]
  • Stan Tonkel - engineer
  • Vikku Vinayakram - ghatam, mridangam
  • Ramnad Raghavan - mridangam
  • Pranavananda - photography by [album photos]
  • Zakir Hussain - tabla
  • Danny Wong - typography [lettering]
  • Shankar - violin, written-by

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