11 October 2013

Tony Scott - 1968 - Music for Yoga Meditation and Other Joys

Quality: 5 out of 5
Trip-O-Meter: 5 out of 5

Tony Scott was a bop artists throughout the 1950's but he seemed to have lost the plot by the mid-60's. Fortunately, he did so in the best way possible, and stumbled into the sounds of the sitar after a 1964 flirtation with traditional Japanese musicians.  Unlike many of the sitar laden albums of the late 60's, and in spite of the cover art, there is nothing particularly exploitative about this date.  What we get is a great, likely improvised fusion of prime Indian drones and jazz flute skipping a path along more exotic scales.

Featuring only sitar and flute, the general timbre of the tracks are quite similar.  As the cover states, this is meditative music.  Both instrumentalists are masters, however, and the melodic variations speak of a lively duet of gurus on the wild mountainside.  A tabla would have been nice in a spot or two, but these tunes are of a strict duet nature.  I don't know if there's much use going through individual tracks.  I've been listening to this for years straight through and have never really brought my magnifying glass to the proceedings.  All of this flows downstream as a whole.

This album is a fascinating and enjoyable early example of the world's music seeping through Stateside. Tony Scott was a few steps ahead of the game.  This is more Indian than jazz, but Scott's fine flute playing brings just a touch of a midnight, rain-
swept Chicago alley to the proceedings and managed an album that is quite wonderful.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/95416362/file.html

danilo said...

Thanks great contribution.

Unknown said...

great work by this author. music is one of the great method for getting peace of mind

Anonymous said...

Thanks alot! This is great stuff! Love it!

Psyffer23 said...

quite enjoyed this. Thanks.

ChrisGoesRock said...

Hi, i have you at my bloglist and would be glad if you an add my blog: http://dariuschrisgoes.blogspot.se/ //ChrisGoesRock

Anonymous said...

Thanks very much for this. Haven't heard it yet but I agree that tabla is always a plus.

Rev. bIGhIG said...

Excellent choice. Have used this in yoga class. Fans, also check out Scott's "Music for ZEN Meditation", another gem without synthesizers.

Richie Benaud said...

Good yoga related post, thanks for sharing.

Ayahuasca healing retreats
Peruvian ayahuasca retreats
Ayahuasca retreats peru
peru ayahuasca retreats
ayahuasca ceremony peru

Jams Runt said...

Dude, you are killing me. Awesome album, awesome website, but Tony is playing clarinet not flute.

Dr. Schluss said...

Ya got me! I play many instruments, but none of the ones you blow into. Twenty years ago I dated a girl who played the bassoon and had a best friend who made oboes, but I'd be hard pressed to tell the two apart. I did finally learn to distinguish Miles Davis from his saxophone players, though. I don't want to admit how long that took.