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Ananda Shankar | Format: Audio CD
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Ananda Shankar was born in Almora, Uttar Pradesh in 1942. The son of dancers Uday and Amala Shankar and the nephew of Pandit Ravi Shankar, he was raised in an artistically creative atmosphere. He studied sitar with Dr Lalmani Mishra in Banaras at the Hindu University. In the late sixties he travelled to the West Coast of America when the flower power generation was in full swing. The pop world was… Read more in Amazon's Ananda Shankar Store

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  • Audio CD (February 21, 2006)
  • Original Release Date: 2006
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Times Square Records
  • ASIN: B000CQO1E8
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #192,269 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Jungle Symphony
2. Dancing Drums
3. Back Home
4. The River
5. The Alien
6. Charging Tiger
7. Streets of Calcutta
8. Storm
9. Renunciation
10. Cyrus
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Disc: 2
1. Anjali
2. Radha
3. Celebration
4. Namaskar
5. Discovery of India
6. Night in the Forest
7. Universal Magic
8. Exploration
9. Gypsy
10. Indrasabha
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4.0 out of 5 stars Transitional Fossils, June 12, 2006
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There is a vast chasm between Ananda's two US-released albums, "Ananda Shankar" (1970) and "Walking On" (1999). The former was kitchy (mostly) rock 'n roll performed on sitar, while the latter was sophisticated Indian dance music featuring modern electronic treatments by State of Bengal, aka Sam Zaman. The two albums just didn't sound like they could be products of the same musician.

In a way, they weren't. We learned in the "Walking On" liner notes that Ananda had worked steadily over these three decades, mostly in the Indian film and television industries. He remained intensely popular in India, releasing a number of records that did very well in his native land but all during this time he was off the US radar.

This two-disc set aims to correct that. Compiled from seven different albums for EMI-India, the tracks are arranged not chronologically but in order from "Ananda Shankar" to "Walking On," showing how his music progressed from a rather primitive 'Western music on Indian instruments' concept to a much deeper and more intriguing fusion of the two cultures.

The seemingly-unbridgable chasm becomes understandable, even logical, and particularly on the second disc some of the transitional steps are fascinating in and of themselves. It's easy to see why he remained popular right up to his untimely heart attack on March 26, 1999.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Fusion, March 7, 2006
This review is from: A Life in Music (2 CD SET) (Audio CD)
This is a great companion to the "Ananda Shankar" album. The beats are body movers and it's great to hear more than just the sitar as a lead instrument. The sheer genius of this man shows in his arrangements once again because you hardly notice that the eastern instruments are playing alongside the western ones and you get 60's rock beats as well. Where there is singing it is more like skilled melodic blend rather than solo vocals. The tracks have been cleaned up too to give a clean sound. Who wants to buy scratchy vinal remnants after hearing this?
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Anand Shankar - The Fusion Genius, March 9, 2006
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There is so much to write about this great sitarist/instrumentalist, but all of a sudden i can't find much to write now! Anand Shankar was probably one of the 'pionners' of what many address it as 'fusion' music! He had a head start on this fusion role wayyyyyyy b4 some other were familiar with this term. I hear so many people going nuts over Ravi Shankar, but i don't think Ravi's mucic is as melodious as Ananda's were!!! Ravi is more widely known; where as, Ananda kept a very low profile. Ananda produced less but Quality cuts. Such a great blend of sitar, guitar, drum, tabla...aah list goes on. Another word, if you are looking for an instrumental cd, i don't think there are too many of this kind! I bought every single cd with his name on it and i'm still looking for more (knowing there aren't any new ones). If you have good ear for the music, i can't see how you can be disappointe by this master piece!!!
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