Search - Remember Shakti-the Way of Beauty on DVD

Gloria B. (glowbird) from SPOKANE, WA
Reviewed on 10/19/2021...

This dvd deserves description so I've snagged information from another source: A 60 minutes documentary film Shakti Timeless, which tells the story of the indo-western music group Shakti. Formed in 1975, the group pioneered a groundbreaking and highly influential musical East-meets-West approach. In the 70s, the group, whose name means creative intelligence, beauty and power, consisted of legendary British jazz guitarist John Mclaughlin, North Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain and violinist L. Shankar and ghatam (percussion) player T.H. Vikku Vinayakram, both of whom hail from South India. Together, they created a fluid and organic sound that managed to successfully combine seemingly incompatible traditions. After a number of very successful live concerts and albums they disbanded. The group was reformed in 1997 under the name 'Remember Shakti' with new talent from India like V. Selvaganesh who replaced his father Vikku and the young prodigy Mandolin U. Shrinivas who replaced L. Shankar. in 2000, the young Indian Classical singer Shankar Mahadevan joined the group as the first vocal element in the group.

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