Track Listings (5) - Disc #1| All Artists: L Subramaniam Title: Global Fusion Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Elektra / Wea Original Release Date: 7/6/1999 Release Date: 7/6/1999 Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop Styles: Far East & Asia, India & Pakistan, India Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 639842549523, 639842549561 |
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L. Subramaniam, the brother of violinist L. Shankar, has been making musical worlds collide since the 1970s, recording with jazz artists like John Handy and Larry Coryell. On Global Fusion the pace is set with "Jai Hanuman... more » |
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Amazon.com L. Subramaniam, the brother of violinist L. Shankar, has been making musical worlds collide since the 1970s, recording with jazz artists like John Handy and Larry Coryell. On Global Fusion the pace is set with "Jai Hanuman!", a rousing adaptation of the Balinese "Ramayana Monkey Chant" (a.k.a. "Ketjak") stoked by Indian percussion and Subramaniam's soaring violin. With its ability to go between the notes, the violin is perfectly suited to the microtonalities of Indian and Asian music. Subramaniam duets fluidly with Miya Masaoka playing the Japanese koto on "Lost Love" and creates an Indo-Chinese jazz on "Blue Lotus," with Jai Bing Chen playing the Chinese violin called the erhu. "Gipsy Trail" starts as a long raga alap, or introduction, with Kavita Krishnamurti's serene vocal melody, then launches into a slow-burn, Indian-Flamenco dervish section featuring guitarist Jorge Strunz of Strunz & Farah. Global Fusion should reestablish Subramaniam as a compelling improviser. --John Diliberto Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsUnique and diverse global vision JoAnn Whetsell | Seattle, WA | 12/29/2004 (4 out of 5 stars) "Global Fusion is truly that - not just East meets West but also East (India) meets Far East (Japan and China). L. Subramaniam and his collaborators prove themselves adept at mastering a diverse range of styles and blending them skillfully. The music ranges from energetic pieces that will have you nodding your head and tapping your toes to dreamy, lyrical pieces that unfold slowly and carry you away. Most of the pieces are quite long (10 minutes or more) so the short clips here do not do them justice. But if you're looking for a musical adventure and the reviews sound appealing, give it a try." An enjoyable experience JoAnn Whetsell | 06/23/2001 (4 out of 5 stars) "First of all i am not an authority to review a piece of the Maestro. Just a feedback of my listening experience....the opening track is amazing, and transports one to another world...there is a slow mellow down of the fusion, and then the fusion emerges again...a very good blend of music. However, i personally expected some more of "global fusion". For an L Subramaniam fan, this a good album to keep." The Simple Beauty of Music Seshadri Veeraraghavan | Houston, Texas USA | 11/14/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "Charming, and totally disarming, Dr Subramaniam conquers the world with his work, and his Violin. A must-have. The tracks are exotic, but not for the sake of being so - they truly unify the World's diverse musicform, with their inherent limitations, which could also be their charm. For example, Jai Hanuman is a brisk, fast-paced chant of the Monkey Tribe from Bali, Indonesia. To listen to it is to get absorbed and transported to the deep jungles of Indonesia! And Blue Lotus could almost be termed 'exquisite' without it sounding like a tired cliche - one should listen to the track to believe the micro-tonal quality of the performances. The use of "foreign" instruments in a mainly India-themed collection actually intrigues the senses, and satisfies the most demanding of listeners. Purists may cringe, but who cares!"
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