Fire Night

Ravi Shankar · 1962 · Improvisation inspirée par les incendies de Los Angeles de 1961

Context

Inspired by the 1961 Los Angeles fires, the piece has Bud Shank and double bassist Gary Peacock improvise over Indian percussion. Dennis Budimir (guitar) and Louis Hayes (drums) join on this track.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Indo-jazz, West Coast. Among the origins and influences of Indo-jazz: British jazz, Modal.

By the same artist

• Improvisation on the Theme Music from Pather Panchali (1962)

Sources

• EN: Improvisations (Ravi Shankar album)

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