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  • Release Date: 06/19/2001
  • Sales Rank: 32,771
  • Label: UMVD LABELS
  • UPC: 044001416422

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Saturday Night in Bombay: Remember Shakti

1LISTENLuki 5:39
2LISTENShringar 26:38
3LISTENGiriraj Sudha 10:45
4LISTENBell'alla 18:48

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John McLaughlin brought his revived Indo-jazz project Shakti to Bombay (Mumbai) in late 2000, and the result is this live disc, which features only four compositions but runs over an hour in length. (The title is a deliberate play on 1980's Friday Night in San Francisco.) McLaughlin's electric guitar and Zakir Hussain's tabla remain at the core of the group's sound. U. Shrinivas (on mandolin) and V. Selvaganesh (on kanjira, ghatam, and mridangam, all Indian percussion instruments) remain from the previous album, but there are also a number of Indian guest musicians, giving the music many added dimensions. The most remarkable guests are Debashish Bhattacharya on Hindustani slide guitar, Shankar Mahadevan on vocals, and Shiv Kumar Sharma on santur, an Indian hammered dulcimer. Sharma composed the second track, "Shringar"; nearly half an hour long, it consists almost entirely of a hypnotic dialogue between santur and guitar. Mahadevan's vocal performance on the opening "Luki" resounds with spiritual power, while Shrinivas's "Giriraj Sudha" gives a sunny, optimistic lift to the somewhat mournful set. David R. Adler, All Music Guide

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July 05, 2004: This is one of my favorite Shakti CD's. It is tied with "The Believer" which is a completely different sound. Saturday Night In Bombay is the first Shakti CD to have multiple guest musicians on it. The CD was recorded live at their last show for that tour. Track 1, "Luki" is a Mclaughlin masterpiece that holds alot more melodic and jazz sensibility than most of Shakti's songs. A highlight on the CD is about halfway through this song where the vocalist and Mclaughlin do quick tradeoffs leading into a powerful crash of a western drum set (a first for a Shakti CD). The whole CD is amazing and I think it was even nomminated for a grammy. This is a great purchase! An all virtuoso band here! Check out "The Believer", too.