Remember Shakti II Saturday Night in Bombay

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Verve has this scheduled for release on June 19
This is a recording of the Shanmukhananda Hall, Mumbai (Dec 9, 2000) show and also the Dec 8th show at Rang Bhavan.
(The title is a kind of relation to Friday Night in San Francisco)

Guests:
Shankar Mahadevan, vocal
Debashish Bhattacharya, Hindustani slide guitar
Sivamani, drums & percussion
Bhavani Shankar, dholak & pakhawaj
Roshan Ali, dholak
Aziz, dholak
Taufiq Qureshi, def, dafli & percussion
Shiv Kumar Sharma, santur
A.K Pallanivel, tavil

Track Listing/Details

  1. Luki
    written by JMcL
    5:39

    JmcL - guitar
    Zakir - tabla
    Shrinivas - mandolin
    Selvaganesh - kanjira, ghatam, mridangam
    Shankar Mahadevan - vocal
    Debashish Bhatacharya - Hindustani slide guitar
    Sivamani - drums & percussion
    Bhavani Shankar - dholak & pakhawaj
    Roshan Ali - dholek
    Aziz - dholek
    Taufiq Qureshi - def, dafli & percussion

  2. Shringar
    written by Shiv Kumar Sharma
    26:38

    JmcL - guitar
    Zakir - tabla
    Selvaganesh - kanjira, ghatam, mridangam
    Shiv Kumar Sharma - santur

  3. Giriraj Sudha
    written by U. Shrinivas
    10:45

    JmcL - guitar
    Zakir - tabla
    Shrinivas - mandolin
    Selvaganesh - kanjira, ghatam, mridangam
    Shankar Mahadevan - vocal
    A.K. Pallanivel - tavil

  4. Bell'Alla
    written by Zakir Hussain
    18:48

    JmcL - guitar
    Zakir - tabla
    Shrinivas - mandolin
    Selvaganesh - kanjira, ghatam, mridangam
    Shankar Mahadevan - vocal
    Debashish Bhatacharya - Hindustani slide guitar
    Sivamani - drums & percussion (yes, i hear a drum kit!)

Album produced by JMcL
Liner notes by Jacques Denis (somewhat awkward moments in the translation)

Released by Universal Music France
in the U.S. through Verve (a division of Universal)
U.S. catalog # 440 014 164-2

Package design notes:
still using the "shakti" brush calligraphic "logo"
bright pink CD label