Making Music (Zakir Hussain album) explained

Making Music
Type:Album
Artist:Zakir Hussain
Cover:Making Music (album).jpg
Released:1987
Recorded:December 1986
Studio:Rainbow Studio
Oslo, Norway
Length:49:14
Label:ECM 1349
Producer:Manfred Eicher
Chronology:Zakir Hussain
Prev Title:Song for Everyone
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Tabla Duet
Next Year:1988

Making Music is an album by Indian tabla player and composer Zakir Hussain recorded in 1986 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia, guitarist John McLaughlin and saxophonist Jan Garbarek.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 2½ stars stating "World fusion/jazz group falls short of its great potential."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Zakir Hussain except as indicated

  1. "Making Music" - 12:31
  2. "Zakir" (John McLaughlin) - 6:23
  3. "Water Girl" - 3:52
  4. "Toni" - 3:51
  5. "Anisa" - 9:14
  6. "Sunjog" - 7:36
  7. "You and Me" (Hussain, McLaughlin) - 2:12
  8. "Sabah" - 3:35

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1300/1349.php ECM discography
  2. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed November 9, 2011