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Sangam: Hindustani Music Meets Jazz & Contemporary Classical
Yarlung Records

Sangam: Hindustani Music Meets Jazz & Contemporary Classical

$21.99

Details

Composer
Hindustani Traditional
Artist
Paul Livingstone, Peter Jacobson
Format
CD
Label
Yarlung Records
Released
Sep 16, 2022
Catalog #
YAR84146
UPC
198002841469

About

Something magical can happen when two rivers meet, two traditions collaborate, or two talented friends work hard on a joint creation. Paul Livingstone on sitar and Pete Jacobson on cello take inspiration from the Hindustani musical tradition, and from Paul’s teacher and mentor Ravi Shankar who collaborated so eloquently with Yehudi Menuhin on violin and helped to popularize Hindustani music in the West. Pete and Paul also draw inspiration from American jazz improvisation. Sangam, in Hindi, means many things, including “confluence,” or the blending of two people, ideas or traditions into something fresh and new. Paul and Pete focus on the Hindustani tradition in this recording. Hindustani music centered in Northern India after diverging from Carnatic music in the 12th Century. The most basic elements in South Asian classical music are the raga and tala. A raga is traditionally a monophonic melody, though Paul and Peter take liberties, incorporating occasional counterpoint and harmony (often in thirds). Each raga adheres to a strict musical structure, which can be executed vocally or on instruments in their individual styles. The tala is the cyclic rhythmic framework which outlines a beat cycle and provides the glue to bring the instruments together in polyrhythmic play. I love what Pete and Paul do within this classical tradition, blended from time to time on this album with their inspired incorporations of new music and jazz. This is not as far-fetched or radical as it may at first seem; both Indian classical musicians and modern jazz cats focus on improvisation on the main melody or idea, just as European players did in the Renaissance. (Bob Attiyeh, producer)

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Jaisalmer (Improvisation on Raga Chandrakauns) 04:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    Jaisalmer (Improvisation on Raga Chandrakauns)
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sangam
  2. 2 Duality (Raga Yaman) 19:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    Duality (Raga Yaman)
    Duration
    19:29
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sangam
  3. 3 Zila Kafi (Alaap, Gat, Alaap-Jor) 11:26
    Track
    3
    Title
    Zila Kafi (Alaap, Gat, Alaap-Jor)
    Duration
    11:26
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sangam
  4. 4 Playas 06:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    Playas
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sangam
  5. 5 Jungli Storms (Raga Megh) 11:03
    Track
    5
    Title
    Jungli Storms (Raga Megh)
    Duration
    11:03
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sangam
  6. 6 River to the Ocean (Raga Desh) 16:23
    Track
    6
    Title
    River to the Ocean (Raga Desh)
    Duration
    16:23
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sangam
  7. 7 Bhairavi 03:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    Bhairavi
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sangam
  8. 8 Surrender 03:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    Surrender
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sangam