Zakir Hussain  and John McLaughlin photo: courtesy the artist

Performing Arts REMEMBER SHAKTI WITH JOHN MCLAUGHLIN AND ZAKIR HUSSAIN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2003, 7:30 PM, $25 ($20 WALKER MEMBERS), $35 ($28), $40 ($32), LIMITED GOLD CIRCLE $75 ORCHESTRA HALL, 1111 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS

. . . every performance is a priceless moment in musical history."--India Currents

Founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 1970s, John McLaughlin is legendary for his blending of electronic instruments with classical Indian musical structures. In 1975, he and tabla player Zakir Hussain formed the quartet Shakti, a forerunner of world music as it has been popularized today. Jazz, blues, classical ragas, and talas find common ground in improvisation and rhythmic structures bound together by these virtuosic performers. For this extraordinary Minnesota debut, the pair reconvenes with U. Shrinivas (mandolin) and V. Selvaganesh (ghatam, kanjira, maretangham) in that continuing spirit of musical adventurousness. Copresented with the Cedar Cultural Center, the Dakota Bar and Grill, the Indian Music Society of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Orchestra.




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