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Shakti: Joy

By Ian Patterson
August 17, 2023
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Nobody had seen anything quite like it before. Thrilling virtuosity from fusion pioneers Shakti at the 1976 Montreux Jazz Festival. In bringing both Carnatic and Hindustani traditions together with jazz, John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, L. Shankar and T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram broke new musical ground. Shakti marked 50 years in 2023 with This Moment (Abstract Logix), its first studio album in 46 years. The accompanying tour, a triumph. Still joyful, still exhilarating. Still unique.

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