Living Magic [Import]

Trilok Gurtu | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 26, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Creative Music Prod.
• ASIN: B000008B4G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,007 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous, July 12, 2005

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Marius Cipolla - See all my reviews

This review is from: Living Magic (Audio CD)

Trilok Gurtu and fellow percussionist Nana Vasconcelos are consummate magicians who produce an astonishingly sophisticated variety of rhythms from "primitive" instruments.

Both are capable of leading other musicians in a merry dance, and together the effect is dazzling. This is a complex and exciting recording which I never tire of, evoking rites, dances, incantations and other magical events.

Shanthi Rao on veena and European masters Jan Garbarek (in tense, excited mood) and Daniel Goyone (playfully evoking a termite-eaten piano in the jungle) fill out the melodic dimension. Nicolas Fiszman on bass is brilliant.

A thrilling album -- check out tracks 3, 4 and 7 for a quick sampling of the delights in store.

Highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars esoteric world fusion, electronica with acoustic percussion and sax may not be for you ?...3 and 1/2 out of 5, May 23, 2011

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B. Lafave "parisconcert" (lakeland , fl) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Living Magic (Audio CD)

That's a really good review the other reviewer wrote . I gave him a yes vote . As i sit and listen , yet again , to my cassette tape recording of the same disc , i gotta ask , are we listening to the same recording ? I like Trilok Gurtu . Sometimes more than others . I liked his short stint with OREGON (particularly their 45th PARALLEL recording) . Additionally , i really enjoy Mr. Gurtu's work with John Maclaughlin and Kai Eckhardt on their two collaborations . This is not the first or only recording of Mr. Gurtu's i've owned . Furthermore , i'm aware that Allmusic gives this recording almost the full measure of 5 stars . Basically 5 stars . Do i need hemp to appreciate what's going on here more ? I really do like the (acoustic) piano playing of Mr. Goyone and the funky , chunky fat electric bass of mr. Fiszman . Sometimes , i do feel some of these songs are knotty simply for the sake of being knotty . Sometimes , i wonder why Jan Garbarek sounds as if he is endeavouring to "charm" the percussion on his two guest efforts . Sometimes , the electronic drum kit and keyboards are just tedious . This recording is most certainly not as strictly acoustic as you may think or wish . It's different . That's good . It's very different . B.Y.O.W though .