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Hindu devotional music has traveled a long way since the late '60s, when young American converts often tried to be more authentically Indian than the source material they drew upon. Like Krishna Das, Jai Uttal comfortably straddles two worlds, as content to play elaborately arranged rock songs as simple Indian folk or religious tunes.
On his sparkling 2002 release, the playfully-titled MONDO RAMA, Uttal mixes it up. "Narayana" opens the album with an impassioned plea to God. On "Shri Krishna," Uttal layers jazz horns over turntable screeches before segueing into a Beatles cover, "Tomorrow Never Knows." One of the standout tracks from the album is the entirely un-Hindu "Shalom," suggesting that Uttal's spiritual quest recognizes no earthly borders.
MONDO RAMA was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best New Age Album.
W/ The Pagan Love Orchestra
Personnel includes: Jai Uttal (vocals, various instruments); Peter Apfelbaum (saxophone, melodica); Jeff Cressman (cornet, trombone); Keith McArthur (keyboard, bass); Gabby (percussion); Sandy Cressman (background vocals).
NAPRA Review (05-06/02, p.76) - "...Uttal takes the traditional classical music of India....and fuses it with Kirtan, folk styles of India, and contemporary Western elements....Each song is ripe with passionate longing to meet the divine in all its many forms..." Mondo Rama Music | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, International CDs, Pop, New Age, World Beat, World | | Label | Narada | | Orig Year | 2001 | | All Time Sales Rank |  74988  | | CD Universe Part number | 2889669 | | Catalog number | 10978 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 11, 2002 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Personnel | Jeff Cressman - cornet, trombone
Jai Uttal - vocals, various instruments
Peter Apfelbaum - saxophone, melodica
Gabby - percussion
Keith McArthur - keyboard, bass
Sandy Cressman - background vocals
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Westerners like Jai Uttal and Krishna Das have become enormously popular by writing non-traditional music to accompany incantations to Shiva, Ram, Radha and a whole stable of deities. But where Das makes simple, heartfelt music to sing along to, Uttal aims for sophisticated ethnic fusions that are as appropriate for the dance floor as for a kirtan gathering. Uttal was already prominent in the field of world music when the 1997 release of SHIVA STATION brought him a large mainstream audience, bolstered by the growing popularity of yoga and chant.
Aided by producer and musical adventurer Bill Laswell, Uttal freely mixes classical Indian melodies with elements of funk, trance, dub, and an intoxicating feeling of controlled chaos. The passionate vocals sound largely improvised, enhanced by supportive backing from the Pagan Love Orchestra and samples of wandering street musicians of Bengal (to whom Uttal paid homage on his 1994 release BEGGARS AND SAINTS). A lush blend of instruments includes banjo, sitar, ...
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