After finishing All Sides Now for Blue Note inwards 1997, the concept album of pairings alongside 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 yesteryear flutist Peter Block together with sitarist Habib Khan, who furnish the compositions-improvisational vehicles to a greater extent than than anything-and are joined yesteryear 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 alongside 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 alongside the rapturous, intense skills together with songs of these Indian masters. Weaving his notes closed to the others alongside 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 begin off I am non real versed inwards traditional Indian music at all, but this album changed that, it gave me my commencement (aware) exposure to the mastery of Zakir Hussain together with I convey since delved deeper. I'm already a huge Pat Martino fan together with I genuinely got this from an acquaintance giving away his onetime cd's, together with this is quite peradventure my favorite amidst them. Considering he gave me a giant box of cd's including the bulk of the plant of Joe Pass together with Pat Martino, that's maxim 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 endure audible, only letting the band acquire 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 holler of Pat Martino together with the tabla superstar, none other than Ustad Zakir Hussain.. Block on the flute is quite noteworthy equally well.. the tracks introduce themselves equally frolicking, fanciful low-cal pieces alongside each instrumentalist taking his plow on the improvisational wheel, amidst the constant rhythmic wizardry of Zakir, who is the highlight of the disc equally far equally this listner is concerned.. if yous are looking for the intense, difficult gist improvisational jams of Shakti, yous 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. Influenza A virus subtype 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
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