Results for "Shakti"

Article: Album Review

Shakti: Mind Explosion

by Ian Patterson
August 4, 2025

This is the end--the final recording from arguably the greatest of genre-busting bands. A celebration, not only of Shakti's 50th anniversary tour in 2023 but of an entire career--one that began in 1973, when John McLaughlin and Ustad Zakir Hussain first jammed in New York's Greenwich Village. By embracing Indian Carnatic and Hindustani traditions--fused with McLaughlin's ...

Article: Year in Review

Popular Jazz Songs: 2024

by Michael Ricci
January 2, 2025

All About Jazz tracks how often a featured song is heard, and the following represent the most popular in 2024. If you missed them the first time around, give them a listen now, and enjoy! Click the album cover to listen to the song. Dive Into The Deep Blue From: ...

Article: Play This!

Remembering Zakir Hussain: Making Music

by Ian Patterson
December 19, 2024

It is with great sadness that All About Jazz notes the passing of tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, who died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on Sunday, 15 December. He was 73. A virtuoso with few peers, Hussain dazzled diverse audiences throughout the world, by dint of his collaborations with musicians across musical genres. Born in ...

Article: Profile

Marina Albero: Musical Nomad

by Paul Rauch
June 24, 2024

The city of Seattle is the last stop of the figurative continental big-city express on the west coast of the United States. Upon arrival, passengers are blocked by the Canadian border to the north, the high Cascade mountains to the east, and the Salish Sea to the west. Beyond the inland sea that is the Salish ...

Article: Live Review

Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, & Zakir Hussain with Rakesh Chaurasia at Ulster Performing Arts Center

by Mike Jurkovic
June 20, 2024

Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, & Zakir Hussain with Rakesh Chaurasia Ulster Performing Arts Center Kingston, NY June 14, 2024 Given that most of the old space heads who groove on these other forms of communication can't see that well to drive at night anymore, it was a bigger crowd than ...

Song of the Day

Shrini's Dream

March 14, 2024

Album: This Moment
By Shakti
Label: Abstract Logix
Released: 2023
Duration: 06:23

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Dhafer Youssef, Imogen Ryall, Joe Lovano, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 27, 2024

Enjoy a set featuring jazz inspired by a Persian mathematician, Omar Khayyam; jazz which blends with Hindustani and Carnatic music; jazz that meets a chamber string quartet; jazz that pays tribute to Joni Mitchell; and a whole bunch of other jazz permutations.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & ...

Article: Year in Review

Most Read Album Reviews: 2023

by Michael Ricci
January 1, 2024

All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is read, and the reviews listed below represent our top viewed in 2023. Though All About Jazz generates mostly organic traffic (i.e. via search and from within), results can be skewed by heavy social sharing. Still, most of the albums listed below align with staff favorites.

Album

This Moment

By Shakti

Label: Abstract Logix
Released: 2023
Track listing: Shrini’s Dream; Bending the Rules; Karuna; Mohanam; Giriraj Sudha; Palmas; Changay Naino; Sono Mama.

Video

Tiny Desk Concert

Featuring the music of Shakti
Duration: 19:39
December 18, 2023

It's hard to get past the significance of this performance by the Indian jazz fusion band, Shakti. Initially formed in 1973 by jazz guitarist John McLaughlin with virtuoso traditional Indian musicians, the band opened the doors for others to expand their musical appreciation beyond Western music. 50 years later, as guitarist McLaughlin reunites with tabla player Zakir Hussain to take Shakti on another world tour, the group stopped by for a magically inspiring performance behind the Tiny Desk.