Vision

• Artist: Shankar with Jan Gabarek and Palle Mikkelborg
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• Release Date: 1983 04
• Total Time: 45:07
• Genre: Jazz

Review

L. Shankar's Vision is an ethereal tour-de-force -- an oxymoron, perhaps, but an appropriate description of the otherworldly visions he conjures with his manipulations of his 10-string, stereophonic, double-necked, electric violin. The lengthy title track is a solo space journey on his massive instrument, with lots of phasing undercurrents and an aural experience of weightlessness that is rather pleasant. On the other tracks, Shankar is flanked by the hot, piercing Jan Garbarek on saxes and the cool Palle Mikkelborg on trumpet and flugelhorn, who contribute heat and ice to Shankar's textures. "All For You" is a no-man's-land of sound that uses Indian scales and minimalist repetition. "Psychic Elephant" finds Garbarek and Mikkelborg revolving around Shankar's pizzicato violin, and then the two horn players provide percussion for Shankar's dialogues with himself and Garbarek's growls on the rare bass saxophone. Exotic pan-cultural ingredients and all, Vision is reassuringly easy to listen to, undoubtedly aided by ECM's sweetly reverberant sound. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
All for You	Lakshminarayana Shankar	Jan Garbarek, Palle Mikkelborg, Shankar	(6:36)
Vision	Lakshminarayana Shankar	Jan Garbarek, Palle Mikkelborg, Shankar	(13:45)
Astral Projection	Lakshminarayana Shankar	Jan Garbarek, Palle Mikkelborg, Shankar	(5:47)
Psychic Elephant	Lakshminarayana Shankar	Jan Garbarek, Palle Mikkelborg, Shankar	(11:54)
The Message	Lakshminarayana Shankar	Jan Garbarek, Palle Mikkelborg, Shankar	(7:21)

Credits

Jan Garbarek (Percussion), Jan Garbarek (Sax (Baritone)), Jan Garbarek (Sax (Bass)), Jan Garbarek (Sax (Soprano)), Jan Garbarek (Sax (Tenor)), Palle Mikkelborg (Trumpet), Palle Mikkelborg (Flugelhorn), Shankar (Performer), Manfred Eicher (Producer), Jan Erik Kongshaug (Engineer), Lakshminarayana Shankar (Percussion), Lakshminarayana Shankar (Main Performer), Lakshminarayana Shankar (Double Violin), Barbara Wojirsch (Design), Petra Nettelbeck (Photography), Petra Nettelbeck (Cover Photo)

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