Learn Pat Martino - 1997 Burn Dance

Fire Dance is an East-meets-West fusion recording that was the brainchild of Peter Block (flute) together with Habib Khan (sitar). Block recruited Pat Martino for this session later hearing his operate on The Maker together with Baiyina, making him a logical choice. Martino is to a greater extent than oftentimes than non relegated to a sideman/group fellow member role, but he is given enough of space. While Block, Khan, tabla histrion Zakir Hussain, together with violinist Ilya Rayzman audio perfectly at dwelling household here, Martino doesn't ever audio comfortable. That is non to propose this isn't a worthy effort, every bit the session every bit a whole is really rewarding. In fact, coupled with Martino's adventures on All Sides Now, this recording proved that he was non content to remain inside whatsoever kind of comfort zone. While the results practice non represent the inspired operate John McLaughlin did with Shakti, they are comparable to his much-beloved together with influential Baiyina.

After finishing All Sides Now for Blue Note inwards 1997, the concept album of pairings with musicians of diverse compatability, Pat Martino headed off to San Francisco to tape this intriguing east-meeting-west project. In a sense, it has a collaborative spirit that extends the before project, but here, the musicians cross freely over cultural boundaries, mainly inwards the administration of Indian classical tradition. The session is led past times flutist Peter Block together with sitarist Habib Khan, who supply the compositions-improvisational vehicles to a greater extent than than anything-and are joined past times violinist Ilya Rayzman together with the ever-robust Zakir Hussain on tabla. But it is Martino who provides the greatest excitement here, partly because of the unorthodoxy of the electrical guitar inwards this setting, together with partly because he burns, pure together with simple. He serves a clean-but-ferocious trend that is inimitably his own, together with yet which adapts itself to other modes of musical thinking.

Far to a greater extent than adventurous is Firedance, a 1997 recording inwards which Martino guests with an organic quintet that includes the stunning tabla histrion Zakar Hussain together with sitarist Hibab Khan. In a laid of inspired performances, Martino rises to the challenge of fusing his bittersweet trend with the rapturous, intense skills together with songs of these Indian masters. Weaving his notes roughly the others with pure selflessness, he seems to a greater extent than intent on listening together with learning than leading. He adds funky riffs to the lustrous "Sacred River" together with thoughtful, Wes-like chords together with inspired picking to the shimmering "Forgiveness."

To start off I am non really versed inwards traditional Indian music at all, but this album changed that, it gave me my get (aware) exposure to the mastery of Zakir Hussain together with I bring since delved deeper. I'm already a huge Pat Martino fan together with I genuinely got this from an acquaintance giving away his one-time cd's, together with this is quite perchance my favorite with them. Considering he gave me a giant box of cd's including the bulk of the industrial plant of Joe Pass together with Pat Martino, that's proverb something. This album is a perfect merger betwixt the surprisingly similar worlds of modern jazz together with traditional Indian music. Many times Pat volition barely move audible, only letting the band become its course, each fellow member a phenomenal histrion sewing this epic yarn of expression.

FireDance presents a pleasing together with good balanced blend of international starts who are masters of their ain respective instruments, including the good known jazz hollo of Pat Martino together with the tabla superstar, none other than Ustad Zakir Hussain.. Block on the flute is quite noteworthy every bit well.. the tracks introduce themselves every bit frolicking, fanciful low-cal pieces with each instrumentalist taking his plow on the improvisational wheel, amidst the constant rhythmic wizardry of Zakir, who is the highlight of the disc every bit far every bit this listner is concerned.. if y'all are looking for the intense, difficult meat improvisational jams of Shakti, y'all volition non genuinely detect them hither - this cd is less intense (improvisationally) together with caters to the listener whose ear is perhaps non accustomed to an international blend.. however, an essential slice for the indian classical music-jazz fusion collection.

Track listing

01. Firedance
02. Amrita
03. Sacred River
04. Garland for a Poet
05. Summer Stars
06. Avatar
07. Forgiveness
08. Zeeshan
09. H5N1 Season inwards Solitude
10. Song for Yogam

Personnel:

Pat Martino - Guitar
Peter Block - Alto together with Bass Flutes
Habib Khan - Sitar
Ilya Rayzman - Violin
Zakir Hussain - Tabla, Percussion