Comments on: fusion music https://www.cyclingaboutindia.com/2010/08/21/fusion-music/ Sun, 29 Dec 2024 10:34:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: musicmumbai https://www.cyclingaboutindia.com/2010/08/21/fusion-music/#comment-108 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:32:02 +0000 http://musicmumbai.wordpress.com/?p=167#comment-108 In reply to amie maciszewski.

thanks amie, were you not able to see the full thread on gauhar jaan? It is all there. I deleted nothing.

]]> By: amie maciszewski https://www.cyclingaboutindia.com/2010/08/21/fusion-music/#comment-107 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:22:20 +0000 http://musicmumbai.wordpress.com/?p=167#comment-107 Greetings, brother James, and other music lovers! Fusion music is a vast and little understood subject. I’ll just throw in a few examples and opinions. Ali Akbar Khan did what I call an Indo-jazz fusion album, “Karuna Supreme,” with sax player John Handy in the early 1970s. I’m lucky to have a cassette copy of it. While they kind of drag sometimes, or perhaps Handy is deferring to Khan, there is a definite meeting of the minds in terms of melody and soulfulness. The vocal quality of the sax resonates well with Khan Saheb’s profound explorations of sur.

Another of Khan Saheb’s albums I like is his Ali Akbar College Ensemble’s “Journey.” While it often touches on the folksy, singer-songwriter genre, the compositions sparkle with Khan Saheb’s brilliance, and the thoughtful coordination of the various instruments (guitar, sarode, sitar, bansuri, tabla, percussion–to mention a few) is a feat in itself. I must say I find it most uplifting!

I also have to admit that I play fusion quite a bit, with a jazz saxophonist. We do some tunes that are really bandishes in raags; the saxist composes some original tunes in which he tries to feature a part for the sitar that showcases the instrument. We’re going to have a CD release next month! I’ll put up some new tunes on my EPK and let you aficionados be the judge/s.

I’d love to see what else you and your friends wrote about the book on Gauhar Jan!

In music, Amie

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