Asian music collection
The Lentz Collection for Asian Culture
Religious and folk music, ritual and dance from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Description:These six musicians joined together for a few nights of unrehearsed recording at a church in Santa Barbara, and they found in each other the magic that is at the core of all good improvisation, an open ear to each others music that led them into new territory. Velez creates a machine-like rhythm on the bendir a Moroccan frame drum or bodhran, then adds caxixi a Brazilian basket rattle or maracas. The Court Musicians are as "multi-cultural" as you get, with musicians from classical western and Indian backgrounds joined by bluegrass dobro players, a former violinist for Shadowfax, and middle eastern drummers. The Collection has broad coverage in the humanities and social sciences and a strong focus on selected subjects related to the humanities. The opening track is exemplary and evokes a ragtag procession which subtly accelerates while the various players - brassmen, guitarist, violinist - discuss among themselves on the way.
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