Re: Strange Fruit

Jim Ayson (jra@europa.com)
Tue, 11 Jul 1995 09:15:17 +0900


At 02:57 PM 7/10/95 -0400, Ashwin Tumne wrote:

>There are other quite a few jazz/indian classical collaborations, but I
>don't know any specific CDs. Zakhir Hussain has one with John MacGlaughlin
>but the name eludes me. I also heard one that was a Sitar/Hip-hop fusion. Don't
>recall the artist though. I'll find out though and let you know.

You must've been referring to John Mclaughlin's acoustic group "Shakti" in
the 70's. This was very Indian influenced. He formed this after his stint
with his successful Mahavishnu Orchestra.

I wonder what he's been up to lately though ...

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