Review: Ravi Shankar is often cited as one of the most famous and influential sitar players in the world and none of his albums do quite as much justice to that claim than Shankar Family & Friends, first released in 1974. Unlike many of his former albums, this LP places a front-and-centre focus on Shankar's family members, with whom he collaborates throughout the album. Though, that's not to say it doesn't also come with commercial draws - indeed, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston and Tom Scott also make cameo appearances. For all its humble harkenings-back to familial source, Shankar does not hesitate to fuse his own ancestral Indian classical music with the Western pop and jazz elements of his friends. The likes of 'I Am Missing You' and 'Jaya Jagadish Hare' are nonetheless utter dreamscapes, and thanks to this reissue via the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab series, this version comes as the highest-quality version of the record yet.
Raga Khumaj - Chhed - Aochar Alap - Jor Gat & Tan In Teental (14:20)
Raga Sindhi Bhairavi - Chhed & Chalan/Gand & Tan In Dadra/Gat & Tan In Kaharva (6 beats/8 beats) (6:21)
Raga Adana - Chhed/Drut Gat, Tan & Jhala In Ektal (12 beats) (3:24)
Raga Manj Khamaj - Chhed & Chalan/Gat & Tan In Chancher/Drut Gat, Tan & Jhala In Teentai (14 beats/16 beats) (15:34)
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