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Ranjit Barot

As technology and mass-media continue to shrink the globe, allowing once-disparate traditions to intermingle instantaneously, musicians are given unprecedented access to a range of influences unthinkable mere decades ago. Forging an artistic identity in the midst of this post-modern global exchange and its onslaught of possibilities is no mean feat, yet it is a challenge that Ranjit Barot welcomes. Raised at the intersection of two cultures, Barot comes from a family with deep ties to Indian classical traditions of music and dance, and yet he spent considerable time absorbing western culture in England

John McLaughlin Quintet al Teatro AEGI di Hannover

by Mario Calvitti
October 16, 2023

John McLaughlin Quintet Teatro AEGI Hannover, Germania 12.10.2023 Si è appena concluso il trionfale tour della sua band Shakti per la ricorrenza del cinquantennale (purtroppo solo 7 date in Europa, e nessuna in Italia) che il chitarrista John McLaughlin è di nuovo on the road, questa volta con un nuovo ...

Alex Acuna-Otmaro Ruiz, Soren Lee, John McLaughlin and Ranjit Barot

by Len Davis
December 18, 2022

New music from Alex Acuna, Danish guitarist Soren Lee, Quartado from Poland, plus John McLaughlin with Liberation Time , Ranjit Barot, Jeff Berlin, Tribal Tech and Steve Hunt rounds out the show. Playlist {Alex Acuna “In Town" from Gifts (Le Coq) 00:00 Quartado “Latin Spirit" from Quartado (Soliton) 0:05:57 Soren Lee “Some Funkiness" from ...

Gary Husband: The Gemini Dimension

by Mike Jacobs
August 23, 2022

Even if forced to count just one of the two musical associations he's most noted for--a 35-year long relationship playing with the late Allan Holdsworth, and a 15-year long (and counting) stint in John McLaughlin's 4th Dimension--Gary Husband would still easily make many people's musician watchlist. But with both to his credit, (each on a different ...

John McLaughlin: The Montreux Years

by Ian Patterson
May 22, 2022

Montreux Jazz Festival and John McLaughlin have shared a special bond since the English guitarist first performed at the internationally renowned Swiss festival in 1972, with The Mahavishnu Orchestra. Since then, the ever-searching McLaughlin has returned numerous times, with almost every formation he has ever led. This double vinyl or single-CD release is effectively a sampler, ...

Liberation Time

By John McLaughlin

Label: Abstract Logix
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Spirit Sings; Singing Our Secrets; Lockdown Blues; Mila Repa; Right Here, Right Now, Right On; Shade of Blue; Liberation Times.

Elemental, Erik Escobar, Jasper Van't Hof, Nguyen Le and Trilok Gurtu

by Len Davis
August 15, 2021

We go to Europe with Jasper Van't Hof't and Nguyen Le. The exciting music of Trilok Gurtu and Ranjit Barot, both extraordinary drummers. Jean-Luc Ponty brings African rhythms, and Brazilian bassist Michael Pipoquinha with his album Lua.Playlist Elemental “Dig" from Elemental (Blue Canoel) 00:00 Erik Escobar “Homenaje al Gran Maestro Gonzalo" from Erik Escobar ...

John McLaughlin: Liberation Time

by Geno Thackara
July 17, 2021

Perhaps the biggest success of Liberation Time is that its title feels sincere and not ironic. Such a sentiment could have easily come out as a cute bit of wishful thinking under the restrictions of pandemic life. Being who he is, though, John McLaughlin inevitably finds the value and positivity even in this strange state of ...

Touch Guitarist Markus Reuter, Terje Rypdal, ARC Trio, Chris Taylor Ranjit Barot and Trilok Gurtu

by Len Davis
April 11, 2021

Music from Markus Reuter's most recent album Truce, ARC Trio featuring Jimmy Haslip, Scott Kinsey and Gergo Borlai and Ranjit Barot and Trilok Gurtu. Playlist Markus Reuter"Swoonage" from Truce (Moonjune) 00:00 Terje Rypdal “Ornen" from Selected Recordings (ECM 06:12 ARC Trio “Joan Miro" from ARC Trio (Blue Canoe)12:25 Chris Taylor “Green Divided By Blue" ...

Celebrating the legacy of Joe Zawinul

by Len Davis
January 24, 2021

Scott Kinsey, Zawinul, Steve Khan and much more. Playlist Scott Kinsey “The Combat Zone" from Kinesthetics (Abstract Logix) 00:00 Joe Zawinul “Patriots" from Live in Oakland (Self Produced) 08:32 Sixun “Ali Go Go" from Nomads Land (Polygram Jazz) 17:05 Ranjit Barot-Mohini Dey “Ekalavya" from Ekalavya (Self Produced) 25:29 Steve Khan “Guy Lafleur" from The ...