Shakti (album)
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Shakti is the eponymous first album by Shakti
Shakti (band)
Shakti was a group which played a novel acoustic fusion music which combined Indian music with elements of jazz; it was perhaps the earliest practitioner of the musical genre world fusion....

, described as "another brain blowing achievement" by Agha Yasir http://www.jazzreview.com/corners133.html.

Track listing

  1. "Joy" (John McLaughlin
    John McLaughlin (musician)
    John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...

    /L. Shankar
    L. Shankar
    Lakshminarayanan Shankar, also known as L. Shankar and Shenkar, is an Indian-born American violinist, singer and composer.-Early life:...

    ) – 18:13
  2. "Lotus Feet" (McLaughlin) – 4:44
  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" (McLaughlin/Shankar) - 29:03

Personnel

  • John McLaughlin
    John McLaughlin (musician)
    John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...

     - Guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • L. Shankar
    L. Shankar
    Lakshminarayanan Shankar, also known as L. Shankar and Shenkar, is an Indian-born American violinist, singer and composer.-Early life:...

     - Violin
    Violin
    The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

  • R. Raghavan - Mridangam
  • T. H. Vinayakaram - Ghatam
    Ghatam
    The ghaṭam is a percussion instrument used in the Carnatic music of South India. Its analogue in Rajasthan is known as the madga and pani mataqa "water jug"....

     and Mridangam
  • Zakir Hussain
    Zakir Hussain (musician)
    Zakir Hussain , , is an Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer.-Early life:Hussain was born in Mumbai, India to the legendary tabla player Alla Rakha. He attended St...

     - 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...


Personnel - Production (Record
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

)

  • John McLaughlin - Producer
  • Nathan Weiss - Manager
  • Joseph D'Anna - Engineer
  • Stan Tonkel - Engineer
  • Apeksha Bacciagallupi
  • Pranavanada - Photos
  • Gregory diGiovine - CBS Records
  • Danny Wong - Lettering
  • Marie de Oro - Design

Personnel - Production (CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

)

  • Mike Berniker
    Mike Berniker
    Michael Berniker was a record producer who was recognized with nine Grammy Awards over the course of his career for his work on albums with such performers as Perry Como, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Johnny Mathis and Barbra Streisand, as well as Broadway theatre cast recordings, Latin jazz,...

    - Producer, Coordination
  • Larry Keyes - Digital Remastering
  • Gary Pacheco - Coordination
  • Penny Armstrong - Coordination
  • Tony Tiller - Package Coordination
  • Pete Cenedella - Package Coordination
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