Icon: A Transcontinental Gathering
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| Studio album by Jonas Hellborg | |
| Released | January 25, 2003 |
| Recorded | Air Edel Studios in London, England; Bardo Studios in New York; The Dungeon in Memphis, Tennessee |
| Genre | Jazz fusion, world fusion |
| Length | 59:19 |
| Label | Bardo |
| Producer | Jonas Hellborg |
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Icon: A Transcontinental Gathering is an album by bass guitarist Jonas Hellborg, released on January 25, 2003 through Bardo Records. The album merges contemporary jazz-fusion and traditional Indian improvised music[2][3][4] and features guitarist Shawn Lane in his last officially released studio recording before his death in September of that year,[5] as well as the sons of ghatam player Vikku Vinayakram: Selvaganesh (kanjeera), Umashankar (ghatam) and Umamamesh (vocals), who also perform passages of konnakol, the vocal "scatting" often used as a memory device by Indian percussionists.[6] The album's name stands for a common cross-cultural ideal image, beyond vanity and self-identity, also present in this kind of musical communication.[7]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Jonas Hellborg and V. Selvaganesh.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Anchor" | 15:02 |
| 2. | "Mirror" | 23:20 |
| 3. | "Vehicle" | 16:11 |
| 4. | "Escape" | 4:46 |
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Total length:
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59:19 | |
Personnel
- Jonas Hellborg – bass, production
- Shawn Lane – guitar
- V. Umamahesh – vocals
- V. Selvaganesh – konnakol, kanjira
- V. Umashankar – konnakol, ghatam
References
- ↑ Tilland, William. "Icon - Jonas Hellborg". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
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