01.Firedance
02.Amrita
03.Sacred River
04.Garland for a Poet
05.Summer Stars
06.Avatar
07.Forgiveness
08.Zeeshan
09.Season in Solitude
10.Song for Yogam.
(feat. Habib Khan, Ilya Rayzman, Pat Martino & Zakir Hussain)
Fire Dance is an East-meets-West fusion recording that was the brainchild of Peter Block (flute) and Habib Khan (sitar). Block recruited Pat Martino for this session after hearing his work on The Maker and Baiyina, making him a logical choice. Martino is mostly relegated to a sideman/group member role, but he is given plenty of space. While Block, Khan, tabla player Zakir Hussain, and violinist Ilya Rayzman sound perfectly at home here, Martino doesn't always sound comfortable. That is not to suggest this isn't a worthy effort, as the session as a whole is very rewarding. In fact, coupled with Martino's adventures on All Sides Now, this recording proved that he was not content to stay within any sort of comfort zone. While the results do not match the inspired work John McLaughlin did with Shakti, they are comparable to his much-beloved and influential Baiyina. Robert Taylor, All Music Guide
Pat Martino - Fire Dance (1998)
ReplyDeleteFire Dance is an East-meets-West fusion recording that was the brainchild of Peter Block (flute) and Habib Khan (sitar). Block recruited Pat Martino for this session after hearing his work on The Maker and Baiyina, making him a logical choice. Martino is mostly relegated to a sideman/group member role, but he is given plenty of space. While Block, Khan, tabla player Zakir Hussain, and violinist Ilya Rayzman sound perfectly at home here, Martino doesn't always sound comfortable. That is not to suggest this isn't a worthy effort, as the session as a whole is very rewarding. In fact, coupled with Martino's adventures on All Sides Now, this recording proved that he was not content to stay within any sort of comfort zone. While the results do not match the inspired work John McLaughlin did with Shakti, they are comparable to his much-beloved and influential Baiyina. Robert Taylor, All Music Guide
Fire Dance
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