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Ravi & Anoushka Shankar   05/03/2002

Historic State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Source Sony ECM-717>Sony MD MZ-R700>Philips CDR 600
Media cdr   2 discs
Notes DAUD/MD>CDR
Tech Notes :1st set:
*Anoushka-sitar,
*Bikram Ghosh-tabla,
*Tanmoy Bose-tabla,
*Alan Kozlowski-bass tamboura,
*Kenji Ota-treble tamboura
:Due to arriving a few minutes late and a couple of nosey ushers, I missed the first raga and the beginning couple of minutes of the second raga. Approximately 13 minutes from the beginning of Anoushka's set is missing.
:2nd set:
*Ravi-sitar,
*Anoushka-sitar,
*Bikram Ghosh-tabla,
*Tanmoy Bose-tabla,
*Alan Kozlowski-bass tamboura,
*Kenji Ota-treble tamboura
:set 2 is complete!
:Ravi's farewell tour-introducing his daughter and successor, Anoushka.
:Ravi is 82 years old and Anoushka is 20 years old on this recording.
:Anoushka does the tuning to Ravi's sitar while Ravi does introductions (like a good student, she tunes her mentor's instument!)
:Alan and Kenji are Ravi's students
:All musicians were sitting Indian-style on an extremely large tapestry. Four corners with Ravi & Anoushka in the center.
:This entire performance was as real as anything can get!
:high energy!
:The microphone was clipped to my shoulder (incognito)-thus, there is some random crowd noise.
Microphones Sony ECM-717 stereo mic
Trades Allowed Yes
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