TK RAMAMOORTHY Indian Carnatic-Jazz (His Master`s Voice) RARE India 1st Press EX
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TK RAMAMOORTHY Fabulous Notes And Beats Of The Indian Carnatic-Jazz (His Master`s Voice ECSD 2410) RARE India 1st Pressing EX
Extremely RARE Indian first pressing of TK Ramamoorthy`s charming "Fabulous Notes And Beats..." on His Master`s Voice, distributed by EMI (1969).
"Come join us on another of our spatio-temporal musical journeys. This time we're off to Madras 1969 to hear legendary south Indian film music composer/director, T. K. Ramamoorthy's prescient Fabulous Notes And Beats Of The Indian Carnatic-Jazz, a daring fusion of Carnatic music and jazz. Although jazz musicians had been using Indian elements before this time, Fabulous Notes was the first recording in which accomplished Indian musicians adopted jazz elements. And these are accomplished musicians indeed, veterans of the demanding Indian film music studios, trained in the strict discipline of the traditional Carnatic system, led by the visionary Ramamoorthy, a legendary composer who collaborated with M. S. Viswanathan in providing soundtracks for more than 700 films. The music here is a true Indian music, adhering to traditional Carnatic ragas with their varying ascending and descending modes, using a wide range of Indian instruments in an appealing fusion with jazz instruments, ideas and rhythms. The result is not a slavish imitation of modish Western styles, but a stimulating and surprising new entity; fans of later Ethio-jazz may well experience a frisson of familiarity at certain moments when listening to these recordings.
Famed composer Ramamoorthy is also a masterful arranger and orchestrator, giving us surprising vistas of timbre, allowing instruments to come to the fore, supported in appealing combinations. But the true heart of both Carnatic music and jazz is improvisation, and TKR allows these fine players space within the relatively brief to make their own statements within the ragas, as detailed in the the liner notes accompanying this reissue. What we hear is a new meeting of worlds, both sharing a respect for the primacy of improvisation, a love for the intricacies of ensemble playing, and a fine understanding of the power of propulsive yet sophisticated rhythms. Fabulous Notes reveals a true Indian music, not merely Occidental music with hints of Indo-spice. We can picture the recording sessions, with the musicians seated on the floor of the studio, Indian musicians playing Indian music, playing jazz, playing Fabulous Notes And Beats Of The Indian Carnatic-Jazz." - Sleeve notes for the CD re-issue.
Tracklist
1 Gowla 3:22 2 Ranjani 3:02 3 Begada 3:45 4 Mohana 3:37 5 Udaya Ravi Chandrika 3:28 6 Natta 5:14 7 Byag - Maya Malava Gowla 3:10 8 Sahana 3:57 9 Kanakangi 2:57 10 Rasikapriya 5:11Credits
- Bass Clarinet – Ganesan, Varadharajan
- Bulbul Tarang [Bul Bul Thara] – Abubaker
- Conch [Senku] – Kuppuswamy
- Directed By [Musical Director] – T.K. Ramamoorthy
- Double Bass – P.I. Johnson
- Drums – Tony D'Costa
- Flute – K. Sanjeevi
- Ghatam – S. Narayana Iyer
- Guitar – Sadanandan
- Idiophone [Jaltra] – P. Raijah
- Mridangam – C.P.S. Bhaskar
- Performer [Chandai, Sudha Madhalam] – N.C. Narayana
- Piano – S. Ramalingam
- Saxophone – Erric Horn, Willy Horn
- Tabla [Tabla Tharang] – N.V. Moorthy
- Tabla, Bongos [Bongo] – P.S. Lakshmanan
- Tape – J. Dass
- Trumpet – Newzealand
- Veena – Ch. V. Kameswara Sharma
- Veena [Gotuvadyam] – D. Kittappa
Notes
Original Indian release from 1969, not a re-issue.GRADING:
VG+ COVER with a fair degree of overall wear. Please see photos for details.
- Original unlaminated first-pressing sleeve.
- Edge wear to top and bottom: Both edges are coming apart and need to be handled with care!
- Small tear (1 cm) to opening edge on back cover (at center).
- Partial discolouring to white areas of the back cover, as shown.
- Store stamp in blue ink ("New Gramophone & Watch House...Bombay 16") on back cover.
VG+ RECORD "Made In India", with very fine audio reproduction throughout.
- The record has a fair amount of general hairlining, as well as a few superficial, non-sounding scratches.
- Sporadic background crackle in between tracks and in some quiet passages.
- The record has no recurring clicks or pops whatsoever!
- Original first pressing matt-black His Master`s Voice labels with a few light spindle lines on each label.
- Wear to spindle hole as shown.
- The matrix stamps in the run-off grooves read "2YJT 5 - 2YS 1259" and "2YJT 6 - 2YS 1260".
- Mothers/Stampers: "- / G" on Side One and "- / G" on Side Two.
- This record is fully certified to be an original, very first pressing of "Fabulous Notes And Beats Of The Indian Carnatic-Jazz", released in India in 1969.
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