Be the Change
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Performer: PrasannaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-01-14
Music Label: Susila Music
Soundtracks:
- Pangaea Rising (w/ Victor Wooten, Jeff Coffin, Derico Watson)
- Ta ka ta ki ta Blues (w/ Victor Wooten, Jeff Coffin, Derico Watson)
- Satyam (w/ Alphonso Johnson, Andy Suzuki, Shalini, Ralph Humphrey)
- Ragabop (w/ Alphonso Johnson, Ralph Humphrey)
- The Grapevine (w/ Victor Wooten, Jeff Coffin, Derico Watson)
- Dharma becomes Alibama (w/ Alphonso Johnson, Andy Suzuki, Ralph Humphrey)
- Uncensored (w/ Alphonso Johnson, Andy Suzuki, Ralph Humphrey)
- Bliss Factor - part I
- Bliss Factor - part II (w/ Victor Wooten, Shalini, Derico Watson)
- Kalyani Connection (w/ Alphonso Johnson, Andy Suzuki, Ralph Humphrey)
Free Music Notes for Be the Change
Free Music Review: Pure Genius!
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is pure genius. It combines at once two very serious improvisational art forms, carnatic(south indian classical music) and jazz, and brings it to an audience which is bound to have a very
unique experience. This album is bound to change your view of jazz -- forever. Never before has
multicultural collaboration been attempted at this honest and serious a level. Ok, maybe Akamoon is
probably as serious (apparently Prasanna plays with them regularly in Europe), but how often do you
hear odd-signature songs this accessible? If you are an avid Shakti fan and are wondering what to
listen to next, not only should you listen to this album, but also check out Prasanna's "Peaceful,"
which I believe is available through his website at guitarprasanna.com. In "Peaceful," you will find
Prasanna shining in a freer setting, with some renditions of traditional carnatic -- meant clearly to
showcase his absolute genius as a guitar player and his very creative ideas as a musician.
Pick up "Be The Change" for compositional integrity, pure genius guitar playing, the grammy-winning musicians, and the use of a rare (musical) vocabulary.
Be the Change Poster
Considered by many to be one of the most unique guitar virtuosos in the world, Prasanna takes a quantum leap into the future with ?Be the Change?. Stellar performances from an all star line-up of some of the worlds? best musicians like multi-Grammy winning Bela Fleck and the Flecktones bassist Victor Wooten, ex-Weather Report bass legend Alphonso Johnson, the dynamic Flecktones saxophonist Jeff Coffin, ex-Frank Zappa drummer Ralph Humphrey, one of LA?s hottest saxophonists Andy Suzuki, the explosive drummer Derico Watson and the versatile vocalist Shalini, complement Prasanna?s dynamic guitars, vocals and strikingly original compositions of rare depth. ?Pangaea Rising? musically mirrors the result of cataclysmic changes in the Earth?s geological past, ?Bliss Factor? is a song in Sanskrit with the text from the advaita Hindu philosophy of ancient India wafting through some high voltage Jazz/ Funk, ?Ragabop? showcases the journey of the chromatically adventurous Carnatic raga ?Kapi? in a be-bop laden jazz acoustic guitar trio format with jaw-dropping virtuosity, Dharma becomes Alibama? brings in the bitter-sweet dissonance of carnatic ragas Dharmavathi and Saramathi rising over some exquisite straight ahead Jazz, ?The Grapevine? is a now Jazz-now progressive rock camouflage, ?Satyam?, the bi-lingual English/Sanskrit song blends R and B, Funk, Carnatic, Disco and African elements with soaring vocals, a powerful message and infectious groove, ?Kalyani Connection? unleashes the power of the inexhaustible carnatic raga ?Kalyani? clothed in an instrumental Rock Power ballad, at times even sonically bordering on New Age, the blazing ?Ta ka ta ki ta Blues? is a pounding blend of hard rock, blues and jazz against an unmistakable rhythmic tala structure of carnatic music, ?Uncensored? is proud old-school Jazz/Rock peppered with an incendiary new twist of Clave-meets Carnatic Tala vocalization.?Be the Change? is a mind, body and soul experience.
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