Passage To India Series: Fusion India

Compilation of the best fusion artists on Navras. Georg Brooks, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Larry Coryell, Rahul Sharma, Shivkumar Sharma, Silk World Music Group. Published in 2003

ID: NRCD 0174

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In 2003, one might assume that a compilation entitled Fusion India would be some sort of electronica offering, given the success of some of the Asian underground movement, but that's not the case. The Western elements fused here are those of jazz and, to a lesser extent, Western classical music as on "Sandhya Shree." Rahul Sharma does use some keyboards on a couple of his pieces, but the sound is much closer to Tangerine Dream than anything headed for the dancefloor. Shivkumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia are two of India's finest players, and it's interesting to hear them in a non-classical setting. - Review by Sean Westergaard

1. Hariprasad Chaurasia, George Brooks & Larry Coryell – Celebration 3:22     
2. Hariprasad Chaurasia, George Brooks & Larry Coryell – Creation 5:46     
3. Hariprasad Chaurasia & L'Orchestre Transes Europeennes – Sandhya Shree 10:38     
4. Silk World Music Group – Colour Of Love 8:01     
5. Silk World Music Group – Shadows 6:30     
6. Rahul Sharma – Energy Within 3:44     
7. Rahul Sharma – No-Mind 5:17     
8. Rahul Sharma – Back To Life 3:37     
9. Shivkumar Sharma – Ananda 7:09     
10. Rahul Sharma – Here Comes The Rain 3:31     
11. Rahul Sharma – Mela 3:55     
12. Shivkumar Sharma* & Hariprasad Chaurasia – Love 10:48     

72:23 min.