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Who's to Know

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Released
  
1981

Length
  
45:56

Artist
  
L. Shankar

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
November 1980

Who's to Know (1980)
  
Vision (1983)

Release date
  
1981

Label
  
ECM Records

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Songs
  
Ragam - Tanam - Pallavi: Raga - Hemavathi

Similar
  
L Shankar albums, Other albums

Who's to Know is an album by violinist Shankar recorded in 1980 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4½ stars stating "For this 1980 session, the violinist focuses on the traditional ragas of his native India, with two extended pieces... On the first raga (both pieces here are reconfigurations of traditional ragas), he moves from a meditative solo stretch to some frenetic interplay with Hussein, eventually ending the piece with an incredible, lightning-fast display of technique. The group opt for a more even-keeled pace on the second raga. Shankar is impressive again, while Hussein makes the best of some lengthy solo spots. An essential disc for L. Shankar fans".

Track listing

All compositions by Shankar
  1. "Ragam Tanam Pallavi" - 22:11
  2. "Ananda Nadamadum Tillai Sankara" - 23:45
  • Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in November 1980
  • Personnel

  • Shankar - 10-string double violin, tamboura
  • Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman - mridangam
  • Zakir Hussain - tabla
  • V. Lakshminarayana - conductor (tala keeping)
  • References

    Who's to Know Wikipedia