Rockefeller Park
Battery City Park
River Terrace and Warren Street
New York City
Steppin' Off the Corner
River to River Festival
Inspired by Miles Davis' love for India!
Badal Roy Tabla
Kenny Wessel Guitar
Danial Moreno - Percussion
Steve Gorn - Bansuri and soprano sax
PLUS
Graham Haynes Trumpet
Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto sax
Michael Henderson - Bass
Mike Clark drums
RAGA
TARANGA
Various Artists
SYDA 106385
0637
1995
Inspired by the devotional
chants of Siddha Yoga, the beautiful melodies of Raga Taranga
were created to draw the listener's awareness inside, to the place
of inner stillness.
When we listen to instrumental
renditions of these melodies, we can experience the exquisite beauty
and power of the classical Indian ragas, melodic forms on which
the chants are based. Each raga evokes a different mood, such as
joyousness, tranquility, or bhakti (love and longing for God). A
characteristic of the chants of Siddha Yoga is the blending of Indian
and Western music and instruments, and this is a distinctive feature
of this album.
Raga Taranga,
which means "waves of melodies" in Sanskrit, is an interweaving
of six arrangements to form a continuous flow of meditative sound.