℗ 2022 Yarlung Records
Released | September 16, 2022 |
Duration | 1h 16m 38s |
Record Label | Yarlung Records |
Catalogue No. | YAR84146 |
Genre | Indian (Indian Classical) |
Sangam
Paul Livingstone, Peter Jacobson
Available in 88.2 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Jaisalmer (Improvisation on Chandra Kauns)
Paul Livingstone; Peter Jacobson |
4:35 | |||
1.2
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Duality (Raga Yaman)
Paul Livingstone; Peter Jacobson |
19:29 | |||
1.3
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Zila Kafi
Paul Livingstone; Peter Jacobson |
11:26 | |||
1.4
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Playas
Paul Livingstone; Peter Jacobson |
6:52 | |||
1.5
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Jungli Storms (Raga Megh)
Paul Livingstone; Peter Jacobson |
11:03 | |||
1.6
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River to the Ocean (Raga Desh)
Paul Livingstone; Peter Jacobson |
16:23 | |||
1.7
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Bhairavi
Paul Livingstone; Peter Jacobson |
3:34 | |||
1.8
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Surrender
Paul Livingstone; Peter Jacobson |
3:16 | |||
Digital Booklet
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Something magical can happen when two rivers meet, two traditions collaborate, or two talented friends work hard on a joint creation. Paul Livingstone on sitar and Pete Jacobson on cello take inspiration from the Hindustani musical tradition, and from Paul’s teacher and mentor Ravi Shankar who collaborated so eloquently with Yehudi Menuhin on violin and helped to popularize Hindustani music in the West. Pete and Paul also draw inspiration from American jazz improvisation. Sangam, in Hindi, means many things, including “confluence,” or the blending of two people, ideas or traditions into something fresh and new. Paul and Pete focus on the Hindustani tradition in this recording. Hindustani music centered in Northern India after diverging from Carnatic music in the 12th Century. The most basic elements in South Asian classical music are the raga and tala. A raga is traditionally a monophonic melody, though Paul and Peter take liberties, incorporating occasional counterpoint and harmony (often in thirds). Each raga adheres to a strict musical structure, which can be executed vocally or on instruments in their individual styles. The tala is the cyclic rhythmic framework which outlines a beat cycle and provides the glue to bring the instruments together in polyrhythmic play. I love what Pete and Paul do within this classical tradition, blended from time to time on this album with their inspired incorporations of new music and jazz. This is not as far-fetched or radical as it may at first seem; both Indian classical musicians and modern jazz cats focus on improvisation on the main melody or idea, just as European players did in the Renaissance. - Bob Attiyeh, producer.
88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Yarlung Records Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.66 -8.14 to -0.10 | -27.32 -32.28 to -24.21 | -24.06 -27.90 to -21.20 | 15 11 to 17 | |
1 | Jaisalmer (Improvisation on Chandra Kauns) | -3.87 | -29.46 | -25.9 | 17 |
2 | Duality (Raga Yaman) | -0.10 | -24.98 | -21.6 | 15 |
3 | Zila Kafi | -1.00 | -25.73 | -22.8 | 17 |
4 | Playas | -4.35 | -25.77 | -23.1 | 14 |
5 | Jungli Storms (Raga Megh) | -2.37 | -25.46 | -22.7 | 15 |
6 | River to the Ocean (Raga Desh) | -1.44 | -24.21 | -21.2 | 15 |
7 | Bhairavi | -8.01 | -30.66 | -27.9 | 11 |
8 | Surrender | -8.14 | -32.28 | -27.3 | 16 |