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Release Date: 19-09-2007
Label: Sona Rupa
Catalog Number: SRCD114
Barcode: 5060002521144
Musical Style: New Age
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Making Music; Hariprasad Chaurasia, Zakir Hussain & John McLaughlin | 6 | Love Story; Rahul Sharma |
| 2 | Ya Man; Niladri Kumar | 7 | Senses; Niladri Kumar |
| 3 | Meeting; Rakesh Chaurasia & Talvin Singh | 8 | Sublime Trance; Rakesh Chaurasia |
| 4 | Faith; Rahul Sharma | 9 | Dreams; Niladri Kumar & Rakesh Chaurasia |
| 5 | If; Niladri Kumar | ||
Description:
We are all inspired in our daily lives by what we perceive around us, be it chance encounters with great personalities, supreme craftsmen such as musicians or by the pure beauty exuded by a young child; God personified.
It is difficult if not impossible to define music. Suffice to say that music has been shown to suggest and affect our state of mind. Moreover, musical patterns and structures shape our perceptions of beauty, form, figures, themes and much more. All these provide gifted musicians from different traditions to compose works that are well balanced and make for an enjoyable experience for the connoisseur of music.
Some years ago, Indian music maestros flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and Ustad Zakir Hussain, themselves inspired by their exposure to diverse musical traditions the world over, collaborated with the legendary Norwegian Jazz Saxophonist Jan Garbarek and the incomparable English Guitarist John McLaughlin to gel together in the album Making Music, a truly ground breaking amalgam of music from the East and West that set a bench mark for the younger generations to aspire to. These Giants were truly inspired by the common thread that invariably exists between varying traditions of world music. In this case, just as Indian classical music allows the artist the liberty to improvise within a defined structure, Jazz musicians such as Garbarek find the same freedom to embellish music with their own unique style. Guitarist John McLaughlin, on the other hand, was exposed to Indian Music, particularly the Carnatic tradition at a very young age that has continued to influence his music to this day.
Call it Fusion or Crossover music; this one of a kind best selling album continues to inspire today's young generation to make music that is at once unique and yet universal in its appeal. We dedicate this album Inspirations to these legendary musicians of the Millennium featuring one of the tracks from their album, and hope that our selection of music made by tomorrow's stars in the making, flautist Rakesh Chaurasia, Sitarist Niladri Kumar, Santoor player Rahul Sharma and the multi-talented wizard Talvin Singh will inspire you to greater heights in whatever field you choose.
Inspirations will soothe and relax your inner senses: soulful music to give joy and comfort to one and all. Unwind to the music of Inspirations.
