The dawn of Indian music in the West : Bhairavi / Peter Lavezzoli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lavezzoli, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--India--History and criticism.

Music.

India.

Music--Indic influences.

Popular music--Indic influences.

Popular music.

Musicians--Interviews.

Musicians.

Spirituality in music.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

456 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2006.

Summary:

Focusing on Indian - music theory, this work aims to demystify musical structures, foreign instruments, terminology, and the Eastern - musical framework. It also contains chapters on the relationships between Indian music and jazz, rock, and electronic music.

Contents:

Bhairavi : the dawn of Indian music in the West

Nada Brahma : the way of Raga

West meets East : Yehudi Menuhin, Ravi Shankar, and Ali Akbar Khan

Swara samrat : Ali Akbar Khan

Tal mala : Mickey Hart

Essence of rhythm : Alla Rakha and Zakir Hussain

Music in motion : Philip Glass

Mind gardens : David Crosby and Roger McGuinn

The inner light : George Harrison

With a little help from my friends : Jim Keltner

Tal tantra : Tanmoy Bose

Mumbai maestro : Zubin Mehta

The philosopher's hand : Terry Riley

Indo-blue impressions : John Coltrane and the birth of Indo-jazz

Karuna supreme : the post-Coltrane Indo-jazz movement

A goal beyond : John McLaughlin

Sacred channel : Bill Laswell

Divine pastime : Cheb i Sabbah

Suns of sitar : Vilayat and Shujaat Khan

Jewels of Maihar : the Ali Akbar College of Music

Jugalbandi : Shubhendra Rao and Saskia Rao-de Haas

Ancient love : Anoushka Shankar

Full circle : Ravi Shankar

Sarang : an afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [445]-446) and index.

ISBN:

0826418155

OCLC:

62134753

Publisher Number:

9780826418159