Colors Of The Mind

Steve Gorn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dharma Moon
• ASIN: B00006HI4T
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,539 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

--- Krishna Das

"Unsurpassable for yoga, meditation, relaxation or pure enjoyment"

About the Artist

Steve Gorn has performed Indian Classical Music and New American Music on the bansuri bamboo flute, soprano saxophone and clarinet in concerts and festivals throughout the world. Well known to audiences in India and the west, he has been praised by critics and leading Indian musicians as one of the few westerners recognized to have captured the subtlety and beauty of Indian music.

His distinctive flute sound is featured on Paul Simon’s CD, "You're The One", Krishna Das’ "Breath of the Heart", Jai Uttal’s "Shiva Station" Richie Haven’s "Wishing Well". He has toured and recorded with Jack DeJohnette, Tony Levin, Glen Velez, Simon Shaheen, Peter Kater, Alessandra Belloni, Layne Redmond, Badal Roy, and Nana Vasconcelos.

He was featured in Jerome Robbins' Ballet, "Watermill", and Julie Taymor's "Transposed Heads". He has received critical acclaim for his Indian music recordings, "Luminous Ragas" and "Parampara", and the classic world music recording, "Asian Journal".

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For exploring inner space, September 24, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Colors Of The Mind (Audio CD)

Had a busy day? Feeling a bit frazzled? Try Colors of the Mind. In the space of an hour Steve Gorn's exquisitely sensuous playing transports you to the tranquil interior of your own mind. And best of all, that tranquil mood keeps resonating in your body long after you've finished listening. Life is sweet!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars explore the next level of your yoga practice, April 1, 2003

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martha hamilton (w. stockbridge, ma United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Colors Of The Mind (Audio CD)

I am a yoga instructor/studio owner and play 'Colors of the Mind' frequently. Steve Gorn's flute creates a magical zone providing an energetic boost to the next level of hatha yoga practice. My students and I experience a quiet easeful opportunity to open our hearts and the heart of our practice. This is very different then an accompaniment that acts upon yoga flows. 'Colors of the Mind' creates a relationship - a light in tone but powerfully synergistic dialogue with our flows.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous!, January 28, 2009

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Prokopton (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Colors Of The Mind (Audio CD)

There are no drums or tablas on this lovely recording -- Gorn is partnered by a variety of instruments from synthesizer to wordless vocal to slide guitar. It is all tasteful, nothing garish or overdone, but at the same time, certainly nothing boring. And Gorn's playing is utterly ravishing.

I don't know this album well enough yet, but after a few listens I can say the music-making is wonderfully spontaneous, yet deep. There is a great range of moods and ideas. The final track, Hummingbird, very simple in instrumentation, flashes through the mind like a beam of sunlight and retains its freshness through repeated listens.

Why live without such beauty? :) Recommended.