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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0791022015928
Label: Rykodisc
Manufacturer: Rykodisc
Number Of Tracks: 10
Publisher: Rykodisc
Release Date: April 22, 2002
Studio: Rykodisc
Sales Rank: 533916
Disc 1:- My Meditation
- Monsoon
- For Julia
- Allegro
- Clouds
- Passage Into Dawn
- Self Portrait
- Bach In Time
- Nocturne / Evening Chant
- Before Summer Rain
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Album Description:
A blend of Eastern and Western Styles. One of Jerry Garcia's last recordings.
Amazon.com:
Though this musically rich album, recorded in 1995, casts a net wide enough to appeal to lovers of Eastern music as well as fans of the Grateful Dead, it's no bland crossover mix. The self-assured, virtuosic guitarist Sanjay Mishra is a thoroughly engaging artist, able to weave multivoiced strands from his MIDI classical guitar together into dancing, organic shapes. The blend of traditional Indian tabla, bamboo flute, and Western instruments--with hints of raga scales in Mishra's remarkable compositions--alternately brings to mind a sun-kissed, promising dawn (the positive flow of energy in "My Meditation") and a surrounding cloud of serenity ("Before Summer Rain"). In what turned out to be one of his final projects, Jerry Garcia collaborates on three of the tracks. His openness to new sounds and to jamming with musicians of all stripes contributes an amazing chemistry, especially in "Clouds," where Garcia's lovingly shaped phrases dovetail with Mishra's guitar in a moving lyrical embrace. You can hear this either as an unintended lament or a blissful acceptance of the peace that passes understanding--either way it's an unforgettable document. --Tom May
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"Blue Incantation" is a thoughtful, meditative album. Indian guitarist Sanjay Mishra, who moved to the US from Calcutta, blends acoustic music with native percussion and a New Age sensibility. His debut album was also Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia's last. Garcia guests on the songs "Monsoon","Clouds",and "Nocturne/Evening Chant." Garcia was on the verge of some electrifying East-West fusion when he passed away,giving this album a poignant quality.
The opening song,"My meditation" ... Read More
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Sanjay Mishra's "Blue Incantation" is a wonderful album of meditative acoustic Indian music. It's a bittersweet taste of East/ West fusion. Mishra collaborates with Grateful Dead front man, Jerry Garcia, in "Monsoon", "Clouds" and "Nocturne/ Evening Chant." Since this album was Garcia's last, "Blue Incantaion" has a tragic quality to it. It stands as Garcia's musical will and testament, proclaiming shanti (peace) to the earth.
"My meditation" and "Self portrait" are introspective, thoughtful ... Read More
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This is a great gateway album to indian music. A few of the tracks are absolutely mindblowing compositions that take you on a journey winding through time and space. However, Jerry Garcia's additions are the weakest part of the album. He plays electric guitar, sits in the background playing long notes while sanjay noodles endlessly. Makes Jerry look bad. This album is worth it by all means if nothing else, just for the song "Julia", which flies sky high with electrical energy that makes the body shake, ... Read More
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Most artists who are popularized at any given moment in history are vastly overated. Sanjay Mishra... particularly as evidenced in his 'Blue Incantation' album, is not one of those artists. The creative and thoughtful balance of this man's craft will be as fresh tomorrow as any of the known European composers are today.
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this would be one of my desert island cds--its that good. garcia aside, mishra composes beautiful timeless songs. " for julia" and the last track on the album are chilling. "clouds", the ballad w/garcia is one of jerry's finest recorded moments---passionate & emotional--recorded before his death. this is the type of album anyone in the "new age/world" genre wish they could create. its moody, dark, inspirational, melodic, meditative, well-crafted, and sublime without the phony empty musicianship of the ... Read More
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