Icon: A Transcontinental Gathering
2003 studio album by Jonas Hellborg
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Icon: A Transcontinental Gathering is an album by bassist Jonas Hellborg, released on 25 January 2003 through Bardo Records. The album merges contemporary jazz-fusion and traditional Indian improvised music[2][3][4] and features guitarist Shawn Lane in his last officially released studio recording before his death in September of that year,[5] as well as the sons of ghatam player Vikku Vinayakram: Selvaganesh (kanjeera), Umashankar (ghatam) and Umamamesh (vocals), who also perform passages of konnakol, the vocal "scatting" often used as a memory device by Indian percussionists.[6] The album's name stands for a common cross-cultural ideal image, beyond vanity and self-identity, also present in this kind of musical communication.[7]
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 25 January 2003 | |||
| Recorded | Air Edel Studios in London, England; Bardo Studios in New York City; The Dungeon in Memphis, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, world fusion | |||
| Length | 59:19 | |||
| Label | Bardo | |||
| Producer | Jonas Hellborg | |||
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Jonas Hellborg and V. Selvaganesh.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Anchor" | 15:02 |
| 2. | "Mirror" | 23:20 |
| 3. | "Vehicle" | 16:11 |
| 4. | "Escape" | 4:46 |
| Total length: | 59:19 | |
Personnel
- Jonas Hellborg – bass, production
- Shawn Lane – guitar
- V. Umamahesh – vocals
- V. Selvaganesh – konnakol, kanjira
- V. Umashankar – konnakol, ghatam