Jyothi (album)
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Jyothi is an album by American jazz alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano
and The Karnataka College of Percussion
featuring R. A. Ramamani recorded in 1983 and released on the ECM label.
Charlie Mariano
Carmine Ugo Mariano was an American jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Cologne, Germany.-Biography:Mariano was the son of Italian immigrants....
and The Karnataka College of Percussion
Karnataka College of Percussion
The Karnataka College of Percussion is a music school in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, which is dedicated to the teaching of the Carnatic percussion and vocal music of South India. It was founded in approximately 1964 by the mridangam player T. A. S...
featuring R. A. Ramamani recorded in 1983 and released on the ECM label.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars stating "Mariano wails, winds, and experiments with Karnataka College of Percussionists".Track listing
- All compositions by R. A. Ramamani
- "Voice Solo" - 5:03
- "Vandanam" - 7:49
- "Varshini" - 8:19
- "Saptarshi" - 6:41
- "Kartik" - 11:10
- "Bhajan" - 6:29
- Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in February 1983
Personnel
- Charlie MarianoCharlie MarianoCarmine Ugo Mariano was an American jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Cologne, Germany.-Biography:Mariano was the son of Italian immigrants....
- soprano saxophoneSoprano saxophoneThe soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in 1840. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and tubax.A transposing instrument pitched in...
, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... - R. A. Ramamani - vocals, tamboura
- T. A. S. Mani - mridangam
- R. A. Rajagopal - ghatamGhatamThe ghaṭam is a percussion instrument used in the Carnatic music of South India. Its analogue in Rajasthan is known as the madga and pani mataqa "water jug"....
, morsingMorsingA morsing is a wind percussion instrument, mainly used in the Carnatic music of South India and Sindh . It can be categorized under lamellophones, which is in the category of plucked idiophones...
, konakkol - T. N. Shashikumar - kanjiraKanjiraThe kanjira, khanjira or ganjira, a South Indian frame drum, is an instrument of the tambourine family. It is used primarily in concerts of Carnatic music as a supporting instrument for the mridangam...
, konakkol