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1 |
Dangerous Ground |
2 |
Girls
And Boys |
3 |
Sunset |
4 |
River
Cycle |
5 |
Unforgotten
Days |
6 |
Tarana
(14 beat cycle) |
7 |
Mountain
Steams |
8 |
Garuda |
Baluji
Shrivastav - |
sitar,
tabla, vocals, percussion |
Linda
Shanovitch - |
vocal, ankle bells, dance, percussion |
Chris
Conway - |
piano,
keyboards, acoustic 9 string guitar, vocals, bamboo flute,
bombarde, zither, kalimba, percussion |
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special guest
Gerald
Wells- tabla
- track 5 |
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Jazz
Orient's first recording - remastered on CD for the first
time.
This Indo-jazz fusion band's first album set their stall
out. 4 pieces went on to be recorded again with different
arrangements and line-up on later albums but here is where
it all started.
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background
Jazz
Orient's first recording from 1991 remastered here on CD
for the first time. It had been thought that the master
to this album had been lost but has just recently been found.
Recorded at Linda & Baluji's house on borrowed multitrack
recording equipment, the album finds them in very creative
form laying down the first recordings to 4 pieces that would
become cornerstones of their set for many years. Inbetween
these pieces are improvisations.
Gerald Wells - guest tabla player and regular guest with
Jazz Orient passed away several years ago - this re-release
is dedicated to his memory.
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influences
Flora
Purim, Piirpauke, Oregon, Kolinda, Paul Winter, Trilok Gurtu
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trivia
1, 2, 8 - by Linda Shanovitch
4, 7- by Conway/Shrivastav
3 - by Conway/Shrivastav/Shanovitch/
5 - by Chris Conway
6. - by Baluji Shristav
Several
tracks went on to be recorded and relased on future albums
with different line-ups and arrangements.
Dangerous Ground was later recorded on Live At The
South Bank and Undiscovered Time
Unforgotten Days was recorded on Indian World Music
Fusion CD
Garuda was recorded with no lyrics on Indian World
Music Fusion
Sunset - became a template for improvisation (3
voices and keyboards) that Jazz Orient used often in concerts
and recording.
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