A little more than fifty years ago, in 1955, Ali Akbar Khan issued
an LP called "Music of India: Morning and Evening Ragas", with
spoken introduction by violinist Yehudi Menuhin. Until then, Indian
music was terra incognita in the West. When the same album was
reissued as a CD in 1995, under the title "Then and Now", it was
nominated for a Grammy. Between "then and now" has been the
explosive influence of Indian music and culture in the West. Words
such as karma, yoga, raga, nirvana, all once unknown here, have
entered the language. Most famously, the wonders of the Indian -
musical world were spread by George Harrison and the Beatles. The
music also had a profound effect on Mickey Hart and the Grateful
Dead, John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra), the Byrds, John
Coltrane and many others. The annus mirabilis 1967 saw the
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi spreading the wonders of transcendental
meditation, Swami Prabhupada founding the International Society for
Krishna Consciousness in New York City and the growing influence of
Ravi Shankar. Four years later, George Harrison organized the
groundbreaking Concert for Bangladesh, the first charity event of
rock. Shankar had already wowed audiences at the Monterey Pop
Festival, and he achieved stardom at the Madison Square Garden
event (where Westerners, new to the sounds they heard, applauded
after the musicians had finished tuning their instruments!). Peter
Lavezzoli, a Buddhist and a musician, has a rare ability to
articulate the personal feeling of music and at the same time
narrate a history. In his discussion on Indian - music theory, he
demystifies musical structures, foreign instruments, terminology
and the Eastern - musical framework. Lavezzoli has interviewed more
than a score of musicians, including Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan,
David Crosby, Philip Glass, Zakir Hussain, Mickey Hart, Zubin
Mehta, and John McLaughlin. These interviews add an unforgettable
immediacy and authority throughout the book. The chapters on the
relationships between Indian music and jazz, rock and electronic
music will be judged definitive. A glossary and rare photos further
enhance a fascinating story.
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