Blue Incantation is an album by guitarist Sanjay Mishra

Sanjay Mishra

Sanjay Mishra is an American Guitarist/Composer born in India and subsequently becoming a citizen of the United States who began performing after completing his studies at...

, with special guest Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia

Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...

.

The Denver Post

The Denver Post

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wrote of the album, "Sanjay Mishra plays acoustic guitar with an eclecticism well suited for his multicultural background.... [The] selections [with Garcia] are lovely and expansive."

The album is released on Akar Music, Mr. Mishra's collective label.

Track listing

1. My Meditation (4:03)
2. Monsoon (2:57)
3. For Julia (6:21)
4. Allegro (4.07)
5. Clouds (7:31) dedicated to Jerry Garcia
6. Passage Into Dawn (7:21)
7. Self portrait (2:27)
8. Bach In Time (4:09)
9. Nocturne (4:07)
10. Before Summer Rain (3:31)

Credits

• Sanjay Mishra - acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  
• Jerry Garcia - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
   (Doug Irwin) through a Crate amplifier
• Samir Chatterjee - tabla
  Tabla
  The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...
  
  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
   on all tracks except 7 and 10
• John w- bansuri
  Bansuri
  The bansuri is a transverse alto flute of Bangladesh, India and Nepal made from a single hollow shaft of bamboo with six or seven finger holes. An ancient musical instrument associated with cowherds and the pastoral tradition, it is intimately linked to the love story of Krishna and Radha, and is...
  
   on tracks 9, 10
• George Thomas - electric bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  on track 5
• Steve Zerlin - bass on tracks 2, 4, 8
• Matt - hajini on track 3
• Micah Solomon - Executive Producer
• Akar Music Records – Label
• Mark Daniels – Graphic Design