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George Harrison

Born: February 25, 1943

At the height of the Beatles' popularity, he was often characterized as the "Quiet Beatle", noted for his introspective manner and his growing interest in Hinduism.

In the mid 1960s he began playing the sitar, which influenced the sound of the Beatles music in such songs as "Norwegian Wood," "Love You To", and "Within You Without You". His experimentation with the instrument brought him into contact with the sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, who became a close friend and mentor.

It was his meeting with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi that led him first into meditation. In the summer of 1969, the Beatles produced the single "Hare Krishna Mantra", performed by Harrison and the devotees of the London Radha-Krishna Temple that topped the 10 best-selling record charts throughout UK, Europe, and Asia.

The same year, he and fellow Beatle John Lennon met Swami Prabhupada A.C

Brad Mehldau Live at The Falcon

by Mike Jurkovic
September 7, 2023

Brad Mehldau The Falcon Marlboro, NY August 28, 2023 Twenty four hours after a raucous, spirit raising performance by South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini and his trio mates, drummer Francisco Mela and bassist Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere the evening began quietly like a haiku. Brad Mehldau thanked his Hudson Valley neighbors, ...

Not Like Before: Michael Robinson's Jazz Without Borders

by Michael Robinson
March 22, 2023

Playing my personal vision of jazz, claiming that name as part of my heritage, I endeavor feeling the rhythms of life in the present, past and future, entering into them through touch and nuance at the piano, connecting rajas, sattva and tamas; circular movement, cohesion and disintegration. I've been fortunate to know masters of improvised ...

Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History

by Doug Collette
March 18, 2023

Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History Bill Janovitz 592 Pages ISBN: #978-0306924774 Hachette Book Group 2023 A quick perusal of the late Leon Russell: The Master of Space And Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History will most likely leave an ...

Leon Russell: Signature Songs

by Doug Collette
March 18, 2023

Originally released in 2001 and out-of-print since a 2007 re-release, Leon Russell's Signature Songs is now available again on compact disc and vinyl LP in tandem with a new distribution agreement for late Beatle George Harrison's label imprint, Dark Horse Records. A collection of eleven stripped-down takes on The Master of Space And Time's best-known songs, ...

Revolver Super Deluxe Edition (5CD)

By The Beatles

Label: UME/Apple/Capitol
Released: 2022
Track listing: CD 1: Revolver (New stereo mix) - Taxman; Eleanor Rigby; I’m Only Sleeping; Love You To; Here, There And Everywhere; Yellow Submarine; She Said She Said; Good Day Sunshine; And Your Bird Can Sing; For No One; Doctor Robert; I Want To Tell You; Got To Get You Into My Life; Tomorrow Never Knows. CD 2: Sessions One - Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1); Tomorrow Never Knows (Mono mix RM 11); Got To Get You Into My Life (First version) – Take 5; Got To Get You Into My Life (Second version) – Unnumbered mix - mono; Got To Get You Into My Life (Second version) – Take 8; Love You To (Take 1) - mono; Love You To (Unnumbered rehearsal) - mono; Love You To (Take 7); Paperback Writer (Takes 1 and 2) – Backing track – mono; Rain (Take 5 – Actual speed); Rain (Take 5 – Slowed down for master tape); Doctor Robert (Take 7); And Your Bird Can Sing (First version) – Take 2; And Your Bird Can Sing (First version) – Take 2 (giggling). CD 3: Sessions Two - And Your Bird Can Sing (Second version) – Take 5; Taxman (Take 11); I’m Only Sleeping (Rehearsal fragment) - mono; I’m Only Sleeping (Take 2) - mono; I’m Only Sleeping (Take 5) - mono; I’m Only Sleeping (Mono mix RM1); Eleanor Rigby (Speech before Take 2) Eleanor Rigby (Take 2); For No One (Take 10) – Backing track; Yellow Submarine (Songwriting work tape – Part 1) - mono; Yellow Submarine (Songwriting work tape – Part 2) – mono; Yellow Submarine (Take 4 before sound effects); Yellow Submarine (Highlighted sound effects); I Want To Tell You (Speech and Take 4); Here, There And Everywhere (Take 6); She Said She Said (John’s demo) - mono; She Said She Said (Take 15) – Backing track rehearsal. CD 4: Revolver (Original mono master) - Tracklist same as above. CD5: Revolver EP - Paperback Writer (New stereo mix); Rain (New stereo mix); Paperback Writer (Original mono mix remastered); Rain (Original mono mix remastered).

Revolver Super Deluxe Edition (5CD)

by Doug Collette
October 30, 2022

The five CDs in The Beatles' Revolver Super Deluxe Edition reaffirm a fundamental verity regarding the group's work. The Liverpudlian quartet was never more unified in its creativity than in writing, recording and producing the sixteen tracks that comprise the box in collaboration with producer George Martin, engineer Geoff Emerick and the additional musicians and technicians ...

A Different Drummer, Pt. 8: Ustad Zakir Hussain Talks Tabla

by Karl Ackermann
August 25, 2022

Origins of the Tabla The twin hand drum was developed in its current form about 300 years ago on the Indian subcontinent but the roots of the tabla may date to pre-Muslim, Arabia. The name comes from “tabl," the Arabic word for drum, and temple carvings of tabla-like double-hand drums date to 500 BCE. Tabla is ...

The Beatles And India

by Doug Collette
June 19, 2022

The Beatles The Beatles And India Renoir Pictures/MVD 2022 The Beatles And India is not an authorized piece of film approved for release thru the current Apple organization, but perhaps it ought to be. This feature-length documentary collects in one place the various story lines arising around the iconic British band's ...

Michael Robinson's Piano Improvisations: Seven Albums of Unique Takes on Standards

by Hrayr Attarian
June 18, 2022

Keyboardist Michael Robinson is a prolific and creative artist who is best known for his haunting, Eastern-inspired, musical soundscapes. He usually utilizes his own invention, the digital Meruvina, for these recordings. Robinson, however, is also an accomplished pianist and has self-produced several superb solo albums of piano improvisations. In 2021 and 2022 he released seven of ...