Making Music

by Zakir Hussain

Making Music cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: India
  • Length: 48:45
  • Community rating: 3.38/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Featuring a virtuoso acoustic quartet including Jan Garbarek, John McLaughlin, and Hariprasad Chaurasia, this ECM release is a masterclass in cross-cultural jazz fusion. Hussain's nuanced tabla rhythms effortlessly bridge Hindustani classical structures with pristine, atmospheric jazz improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Making Music (12:27)
  2. Zakir (6:18)
  3. Water Girl (3:49)
  4. Toni (3:47)
  5. Anisa (9:10)
  6. Sunjog (7:32)
  7. You And Me (2:07)
  8. Sabah (3:35)

Credits

  • Zakir Hussain - primary artist, tabla, percussion, vocals, written-by
  • Hariprasad Chaurasia - primary artist, flute
  • John McLaughlin - primary artist, acoustic guitar, written-by
  • Jan Garbarek - primary artist, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone

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