DVD Remember Shakti The way of beauty 2006 John McLaughlin

Meester gitarist John McLaughlin en Tablaspeler Zakir Hussain waren de grondleggers van de fusion van Jazz en Indische traditionele muziek in hun seventies groep Shakti. Op deze unieke dvd uit 2006 een documentaire over de evolutie van de groep en concerten van hun reunieband Remember Shakti (vanaf 1997) samen met talrijke andere muzikanten uit India.


The Way of Beauty directed by Partho Sen-Gupta (2006)- Universal Music France 983 762 6 .LC 00699

This DVD features a 60 minute documentary (Shakti Timeless) on the band starting from the early seventies. John and Zakir speak about their beginnings, their era with L. Shankar and T.H. Vinayakram.

The film was screened at the Durban International Film Festival 2007 from 20 June to 1 July 2007 in Durban, South Africa.

The DVD also includes:

45 minutes of sound check footage of Remember Shakti before a Concert at the New Morning in Paris 2004

55 minutes of a historic concert called Saturday Night in Bombay (Mumbai, India) in 2000.

Two Live Concerts of the band shot with the original band (with L. Shankar & "Vikku" T. H Vinayakram from New Morning 1976 (Montreux Jazz Festival) as well as Montreux Jazz 2004.