Distant Kin, by Zakir Hussain

Distant Kin

by Zakir Hussain

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1.	Jig O' Beer & Chai 06:08	buy track
2.	Celnataka 05:11	buy track
3.	Trinkamp / Tajir 10:39	buy track
4.	Waterman's 02:44	buy track
5.	The Baby Tune 06:05	buy track
6.	Michael's Matches / Rakesh's Bansi 05:10	buy track
7.	Watergirl and Then Some 11:11	buy track
8.	Encore: Making Music Revisited 06:20	buy track

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"Tabla genius Zakir Hussain’s cross-cultural project combines an ensemble of master Indian musicians with a stellar group of artists from the Celtic tradition in an exploration of their shared language. This inspired concept first took shape in 2011 during Hussain’s appearance in Glasgow with an esteemed cast of Celtic musicians, with a triumphant reprise at the 2012 London Olympic Festival. The harmonious blend of sonorities from these disparate cultures provides a musical experience that explores common threads with sounds rarely heard together. In Zakir’s words: "I had all these preconceived ideas of what we would do and how we would make it work. But the more I think about this the more I’ve come to feel that we’re musicians. We’re the same the world over. If you put us in a room together, we’ll make music…There’s no meter that hasn’t been played, no rhythm that hasn’t been composed. It’s the musicians’ own qualities that allow them to make music different – that’s what’s exciting about this project for me. It’s fresh music sparked by the humanity of those involved." - SF Jazz

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released September 25, 2015

Featuring
Jean-Michel Veillon
Charlie McKerron
Ganesh Rajagopalan
Fraser Fifield
Rakesh Chaurasia
Tony Byrne|Patsy Reid
John Joe Kelly

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Moment Records California

Moment! Records was founded in 1991 by by tabla maestro and world music legend Zakir Hussain with a mission to record and present great moments from performances of the classical music of India and contemporary world music. We are proud of a catalog which includes audiophile-quality concert recordings of the great contemporary classical masters of India, ... more