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For his next act, the decibel champion of electric jazz shocked the world by unplugging and returning to South Indian music before an excitable audience at South Hampton College. Yet the alert John McLaughlin follower will note that beyond the reliance upon South Indian instruments and scales, there are unbroken links to records like My Goal's Beyond and the high-speed electric music that McLaughlin was casting aside at the moment. McLaughlin called his new quintet Shakti, which means "creative intelligence and beauty and power" and the music here has all of that and something else, a ferocious streak inherited from the Mahavishnu days. McLaughlin ignites "Joy" by playing at a blazing speed, his cohorts Lakshminarayana Shankar (violin), Ramnad V. Raghavan and T.H. Vinayakram (mridangam), and Zakir Hussain (tabla) keeping up with the furious unison tempos with great dexterity and discipline, while a reworking of "Lotus Feet" forms a meditative interlude. Side two is taken up by a single, lengthy raga-like track in which McLaughlin combines his rapid-fire Western manner with note-bending techniques clearly emulating a sitar, and the Indians get plenty of dueling room. In its way, this fire-eating acoustic music is just as energizing as the most electrified Mahavishnu flights. ~ Richard S. Ginell
Digitally remastered by Larry Keyes.
Recorded at South Hampton College, July 5, 1975. Includes liner notes by John Ephland.
Shakti With John McLaughlin: L. Shankar (violin); John McLaughlin (guitar); Zakir Hussain (tabla); T.S. Vinayakaram (ghatam, mridangam); R. Raghavan (mridangam).
Producer: John McLaughlin.
Reissue producer: Mike Berniker.Q (11/94, p.146) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Shakti were a revelation when they hit town. East and West finding a common goal in the creation of things lyrical and affirming..."
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Shakti worth getting Submitted by a reviewer (Rockford, IL USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Great ensemble playing Not only John, but this whole group effort is stellar! Don't waste your time any substitutes. GET THIS ONE... Submitted by bendett2 (San Diego, CA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Transcendent One of the most incredible live performances ever recorded. McLaughlin's playing on the custom scalloped fingerboard guitar, with its prominent drone strings, explodes with passion and technique. The tabla and ghatam playing by the two masters (Hussain and Vinayakaram) makes you realize that it doesn't take a stage-wide drum set for real percussionists to express themselves. And the violin of L. Shankar provides a perfect foil and more traditional sound to the sharpness of McLaughlin's searing guitar. While the studio albums that followed are excellent, only this album captured the experience of seeing this band live. Submitted by paul (Phoenix, AZ) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Superhuman Mclauglin To learn to play Indian music is like becoming a Jedia in Star Wars. Mclauglin is truely a superhuman. In this Album he demonstrates his superpowers. It is a must have album!!!! Submitted by a reviewer (London) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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