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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2023
  • Felix Contreras | October 30, 2023
    It's hard to get past the significance of this performance by the Indian jazz fusion band, Shakti. Initially formed in 1973 by jazz guitarist John McLaughlin with virtuoso traditional Indian musicians, the band opened the doors for others to expand their musical appreciation beyond Western music. 50 years later, as guitarist McLaughlin reunites with tabla player Zakir Hussain to take Shakti on another world tour, the group stopped by for a magically inspiring performance behind the Tiny Desk.
    "Shrini's Dream" sets the stage with both melodic and rhythm instruments, before vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan and McLaughlin each take turns calling out to the muse for inspiration. The entire set is a drummer's dream given Hussain is considered a master tabla player both within and outside the tradition.
    Shakti's music has always been built around complex traditional rhythms and they are on full display with Hussain and Selvaganesh Vinayakaram. The band was born in the aftermath of McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra and "Lotus Feet" channels that band's hypnotic exploration of time and melody, while the aptly titled "Bending the Rules" mixes Indian traditions and the custom of jazz musicians trading licks back and forth, bringing this historic moment to an energetic close.
    SET LIST
    "Shrini's Dream"
    "Lotus Feet"
    "Bending the Rules"
    MUSICIANS
    John McLaughlin: guitar
    Zakir Hussain: tabla
    Selvaganesh Vinayakaram: kanjira, ghatam
    Shankar Mahadevan: vocals
    Ganesh Rajagopalan: violin
    TINY DESK TEAM
    Producer: Felix Contreras
    Director/Editor: Kara Frame
    Audio Engineer: Neil Tevault
    Series Producer: Bobby Carter
    Videographers: Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant
    Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
    Audio Assistant: Josephine Nyounai
    Photographer: Keren Carrión
    Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Josh Rogosin, Hazel Cills
    Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
    VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
    Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
    #shakti #nprmusic #tinydesk
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  • @bikashtangha7904
    @bikashtangha7904 8 месяцев назад +3118

    NPR just casually dropped one of their most wildest concerts. I cannot even fathom half of the talent I am being shown on this screen.

    • @akarshrastogi3682
      @akarshrastogi3682 8 месяцев назад +49

      This is possibly the pinnacle of the most virtuosic supergroup conceivable.

    • @MurkyDregs
      @MurkyDregs 8 месяцев назад +20

      Johnny Mac & Friends have been the GOATS for decades!

    • @richardking-page2918
      @richardking-page2918 8 месяцев назад +4

      Absolutely unbelievable!!!

    • @CamCarvalhoPoetry
      @CamCarvalhoPoetry 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@akarshrastogi3682 I agree with you, but you’re forgetting about return to forever

    • @karankarki5318
      @karankarki5318 7 месяцев назад +1

      Reply by Shankar Mahadevan - I am flabbergasted to see that how you used the word " Fathom" In this when it was not even necessary. Also, you are watching this, it's not being shown to you. It was already recorded. It's crazy to see that you find it the wildest concerts and trust me it's not. At last it's not a concert. 😂😂😂 Trust me I am so high , I have so much to write. 😅🎉🎉🎉

  • @Hagjerp
    @Hagjerp 8 месяцев назад +1318

    I hope the live audience realize how big this is. World maestros/ world class musicians sitting together and performing in Tiny Desk! Simply amazing and brilliant.

    • @jamosbigjaw1791
      @jamosbigjaw1791 6 месяцев назад +20

      ​@@GetUpTheMountains Idk i think your being closed minded due to bias, im sure the audience appreciates or respects this music at a bare minimum. There is some really good stuff from all different types of music done by young and old on npr, the channel has been going for years and i think it does good things for music. Dont get me wrong im a big McLaughlin and shakti fan but i think its silly to believe that just cuz your young, you cant appreciate good musicianship.

    • @jamosbigjaw1791
      @jamosbigjaw1791 6 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@GetUpTheMountains haha alright fair enough, i do think its important to be open minded👌

    • @akshayhere
      @akshayhere 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@GetUpTheMountainsIt's NPR. It's a general audience. It's always been like this, even 50 years ago.

    • @neilwood8794
      @neilwood8794 6 месяцев назад

      Hear the audience enjoying…will you fk up ✌️

    • @bradsmith6682
      @bradsmith6682 5 месяцев назад

      I just wish I could even clap that well, save for everything else.

  • @joanlansberry9160
    @joanlansberry9160 5 месяцев назад +540

    I checked this out after learning Shakti won Grammy for best global music album. Dang, they are GOOD! Great fun!

    • @INDRAJEETKUMAR-bl7gv
      @INDRAJEETKUMAR-bl7gv 5 месяцев назад +2

      Me too❤

    • @desigrrl08
      @desigrrl08 4 месяца назад +1

      this isn't Shakti. this is a sad washed out simulacrum of Shakti. If you really want to know GOOD, please look up "Natural Elements" which was actually Shakti.

    • @GauravKumar-bf2rq
      @GauravKumar-bf2rq 4 месяца назад +9

      ​@@desigrrl08 of course you the highly knowledgeable and intellectual Desi girl 08 who has won many accolades like the Grammy ofcourse would know of who or what is shakti. Rather than the people frrom the so called "actually Shakti" who are still performing in this iteration of Shakti.

    • @desigrrl08
      @desigrrl08 4 месяца назад

      @@GauravKumar-bf2rq yes actually i do know more than anyone who thinks Shankar Mahadevan is a "singer" 😂. Everyone here who thinks this band is Shakti has literally no understanding of what the real Shakti did with their first album. NO other band has come close, and certainly not this group here. Cry more.

    • @ek6352
      @ek6352 4 месяца назад +3

      ​@@desigrrl08so even shankar mahadevan is not a singer in your eyes. Wow, you must have accomplished alot really.

  • @brainiac1595
    @brainiac1595 8 месяцев назад +773

    This is one of the wildest fusion combos folks. You have the violin and mridangam players from a Carnatic music background. You have the vocals from a mixed Carnatic and Hindustani tradition (person who also drops Bollywood pop bangers on the regular), with a Hindustani tabla legend. And then McLaughlin with the western jazz infusion. And NOTHING sounds out of place.

    • @siamesevodka
      @siamesevodka 8 месяцев назад +20

      Yep. I’m only familiar with Shankar Mahadevan as one third of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, and not for his more ‘traditional’ work. Meanwhile, I mainly know John McLaughlin as a jazz fusion legend and Zakir Hussain as the supreme tabla player of my lifetime. I didn’t expect them all to mesh together this well.

    • @uzairhannure4886
      @uzairhannure4886 7 месяцев назад +5

      every Indian grew up listening to Shankar's music in Bollywood, wasn't aware till today this band existed and couldn't be more glad

    • @rashanliliah
      @rashanliliah 5 месяцев назад +1

      Worded perfectly. You earned your name for sure brainiac

  • @thanos879
    @thanos879 8 месяцев назад +1521

    This ‘Tiny Desk’ series is one of the greatest things to happen in recent music history. The audio work is always great. It’s like we’re in the studio with them.

  • @KhmoshR
    @KhmoshR 8 месяцев назад +506

    For those who don’t know.. the Tabla drum player on the left is Ustaad Zakir Hussain the greatest (not one of the greatest) THE Greatest Tabla player past and present. His work is mesmerising..

    • @bierdlll
      @bierdlll 7 месяцев назад +5

      Anindo Chatterjee is right up there as well, in my opinion.

    • @David-mw3sb
      @David-mw3sb 7 месяцев назад

      Yes search for one of his solos. Different league.

    • @jed88
      @jed88 5 месяцев назад +9

      Presently, definitely not past though. Kind of inevitable when your father, Alla Rakha, sings you bols from time of conception and has continued to do so.

    • @Elamado97
      @Elamado97 4 месяца назад

      He is a great solo performer but doesn't compliment a orchestra.

    • @PutItOnMyPizza
      @PutItOnMyPizza 2 месяца назад +1

      Just saw him in Monkey Man

  • @AgrimGupta
    @AgrimGupta 5 месяцев назад +189

    The music IQ in this frame is off-the-charts with these 5 maestros sitting together!

  • @SUFISCORE
    @SUFISCORE 7 месяцев назад +227

    Legendary

  • @ralphnsanders
    @ralphnsanders 8 месяцев назад +558

    I experienced Mahavishnu Orchestra live when I was 21. I'm 72 now and had the best musical experience of my life seeing Shakti in Portland earlier this year. Thanks Tiny Desk. Superb.

    • @kingrobert1st
      @kingrobert1st 8 месяцев назад +7

      Likewise! At the time I thought they were just a flash in the pan! Great to see them still going strong.

    • @gkisgk
      @gkisgk 7 месяцев назад +1

      love to you Ralph

    • @paulreese3071
      @paulreese3071 7 месяцев назад +5

      On top of being a phenomenal guitarist, the fact that McLaughlin is in the 80yr old ballpark and can sit like that makes me realize i should take better care of myself! 🤣🤣🤣

    • @Kyllei
      @Kyllei 7 месяцев назад

      So jealous!

    • @ishanirathore8094
      @ishanirathore8094 5 месяцев назад

      You sir, are blessed.

  • @abhinavrr446
    @abhinavrr446 8 месяцев назад +845

    lotus fleet had me crying. As an indian American growing up, finding that kind of balance between American and indian identity has been difficult. As someone who grew up singing carnatic music and as a jazz guitarist in university, this group represents the fusion that I've been looking for my whole life, with people I look up to every day performing it.

    • @sudha4128
      @sudha4128 8 месяцев назад +11

      Lotus Feet, my favorite tune!

    • @drtejashmodi
      @drtejashmodi 8 месяцев назад +13

      Lotus feet made most of us crying..few would admit it publicly though..

    • @leanaahmed
      @leanaahmed 7 месяцев назад +6

      Feel you on the dual identity ❤

    • @positivevibration9256
      @positivevibration9256 7 месяцев назад +4

      So true and authentic
      Merci
      Peace and Love ina your mind

    • @heardrum
      @heardrum 7 месяцев назад +1

      I did the same, The power of music!

  • @MedlifeCrisis
    @MedlifeCrisis 8 месяцев назад +267

    So many legends playing together! Magical. McLaughlin and Hussain are true giants of music.

    • @Blend3rman
      @Blend3rman 7 месяцев назад +4

      Hey it's Dr Crisis!

    • @shikaripurmanjunath2433
      @shikaripurmanjunath2433 6 месяцев назад +2

      Violinist Dr. Kumaresh is. One of the finest musician you can come across. I don’t have to say much about the group as they are legendary ❤❤❤

    • @the_0_man
      @the_0_man 4 месяца назад

      i never thought you spoke without humour. appreciate your videos Dr!

  • @stuartthorne4872
    @stuartthorne4872 8 месяцев назад +452

    Before we even get to the (absolutely amazing and transporting) music, am I the only one blown away by the fact that, at age eighty-one, John McLaughlin is able to sit in Lotus position for twenty minutes with such effortless ease? 🤯🎸🔥🎶🔥❤️💯🙌🏿🦁🌞

    • @moc1609
      @moc1609 8 месяцев назад +33

      He did it for a lot longer than 20 minutes on their recent tour!!!!

    • @MrEedward
      @MrEedward 8 месяцев назад +27

      Good living! Probably vegetarian and does yoga every day.

    • @Kingwavve
      @Kingwavve 8 месяцев назад +2

      I was shocked to see him

    • @thesuncollective1475
      @thesuncollective1475 8 месяцев назад +7

      I know right, what a delightful surprise, wonderful!

    • @danmiller5007
      @danmiller5007 8 месяцев назад +3

      He does whole concerts in that position

  • @takaotsu3592
    @takaotsu3592 8 месяцев назад +503

    Wow! My mind is blown. I’ve been listening to Shakti for 30 years and they are on Tiny Desk! These are the OGs of fusion jazz. True pioneers.

    • @ColoRADbro420
      @ColoRADbro420 8 месяцев назад +11

      For sure! Used to listen to shakti all the time never thought they’d reform. But definitely pioneers of jazz and world fusion. Also huge fan of mahavishnu orchestra which started it all for me.

    • @matto9734
      @matto9734 8 месяцев назад +3

      Exactly my thoughts! i know them since the 70s.

    • @desigrrl08
      @desigrrl08 7 месяцев назад

      they were OGs yes. And it was only their one album, the first one, that has any meaning.

  • @bakta-001
    @bakta-001 7 месяцев назад +72

    usually people pay hundred of dollars to see this 5 legends, but we get this FREEEEEE !!!!!!, this video need reach more people guysssssss

  • @zanderventer6860
    @zanderventer6860 7 месяцев назад +74

    The type of music where you do not want the audience to try clap along with! Complex timing with incredible synchronicity between vocals, strings and drums.

    • @jeffwolinski2659
      @jeffwolinski2659 6 месяцев назад +4

      Ha, yes, please no horrific off beat clapping!

  • @newhey
    @newhey 8 месяцев назад +661

    Wow, never thought I would see these guys on Tiny Desk, thank you!
    Please can we have Zakir Hussain solo next❤

    • @joecostello1624
      @joecostello1624 8 месяцев назад +20

      Zakirji has also done a tiny desk with Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer. Its my favorite Tiny Desk besides this one.

    • @goncalopadrao4243
      @goncalopadrao4243 8 месяцев назад +3

      I've seen that trio once... Mindblowing!
      But Shakti with a bansuri player (like rakesh chaurasia) would be more HeartFULL... Anyhow, always a good surprise to watch these masters

    • @Anttys_WeyTua_CTa_Eu986
      @Anttys_WeyTua_CTa_Eu986 8 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@joecostello1624Thank you! I will be digging for that right after this amazing performance.

  • @ChiviA84
    @ChiviA84 8 месяцев назад +391

    I'm a rap, RnB fan mostly but I do give other music a listen..... I've never heard anything like this and 🤯 I love it !!! Thanks!!!

    • @NadaBabaHanumanAnanda
      @NadaBabaHanumanAnanda 8 месяцев назад +26

      Check out John McLaughlin & Shakti "Joy" (Live Montreux 1976) live music video on RUclips. One of my favorites from their early days!

    • @Oneness100
      @Oneness100 8 месяцев назад +11

      Handful of Beauty is my favorite of their studio recordings.

    • @ChiviA84
      @ChiviA84 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@NadaBabaHanumanAnanda thank you I will

    • @ChiviA84
      @ChiviA84 8 месяцев назад +5

      @@Oneness100 I appreciate it and will look into it. I love this.

    • @samtraygis1337
      @samtraygis1337 8 месяцев назад

      Go check out mahavishnu orchestra and be prepared to be blown away

  • @Rachs-jm6qz
    @Rachs-jm6qz 4 месяца назад +92

    I saw Mahavishnu Orchestra live in Philadelphia at thr Academy of music when I was thirteen in 1968 - it changed my life for the better. Now I am 68 and I get to see and hear this Shakti tiny desk performance - what a world!

    • @riodiooo
      @riodiooo 4 месяца назад +2

      The Mahavishnu Orchestra was founded in 1971.

    • @Rachs-jm6qz
      @Rachs-jm6qz 4 месяца назад

      Maybe I was fifteen

    • @Rachs-jm6qz
      @Rachs-jm6qz 4 месяца назад

      I could play many of their songs on guitar as a young lad - dance of Maya which is basically a 1-4-5 in E major

    • @Rachs-jm6qz
      @Rachs-jm6qz 4 месяца назад

      Most of the inner mounting flame album

    • @Rachs-jm6qz
      @Rachs-jm6qz 4 месяца назад

      Yes I was a freshman in high school Central high in Philly

  • @timothydillow3160
    @timothydillow3160 6 месяцев назад +45

    Watching John play with Shakti just a few feet away as a 17-year-old guitar student, was a spiritual epiphany. Not many are able to master their life as well as their instrument.

  • @NeilRaouf
    @NeilRaouf 8 месяцев назад +405

    John is 80+ and still going.
    He changed my life. I first heard his trio recordings (with Al and Paco) as a teen. My perception of life shiftet forever in this very moment!

    • @fj8623
      @fj8623 8 месяцев назад +5

      Saw those three in concert at an intimate venue in Los Angeles in the 80s. That was after following Mahavishnu and Return to Forever since the late 70s. Exposure to that level of innovation and talent does, indeed, change us.

    • @cluebcke
      @cluebcke 8 месяцев назад +9

      Passion, Grace and Fire! Doesn't really hold up for me musically any more but it's very enjoyable shredding.
      I'm not sure what I'm more envious of, McLaughlin''s talent or his knees.

    • @NeilRaouf
      @NeilRaouf 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@cluebcke dude. seriously?! 🤨🫣🥺😬

    • @cluebcke
      @cluebcke 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@NeilRaouf Yeah dude, I couldn't sit like that for 15 minutes and be able to walk later

    • @jamosbigjaw1791
      @jamosbigjaw1791 7 месяцев назад +1

      Definitely, My music taste completely diverted when I heard John, Al and Paco.

  • @slashclash21bharat
    @slashclash21bharat 8 месяцев назад +88

    It’s no longer a tiny desk. It’s a giant desk. 🙌

  • @Jay-ne2st
    @Jay-ne2st 5 месяцев назад +49

    Ok, at first I was furious as a Nigerian that we were snub but now I understand. These is music for the soul and truly deserve it.

  • @LohenWolfgrin
    @LohenWolfgrin 7 месяцев назад +55

    0:00 Shrini's Dreams
    8:54 Lotus Feet
    13:25 Bending the Rules

  • @RonanSkillen8
    @RonanSkillen8 8 месяцев назад +143

    Shakti is the one band that has been with me the longest, continues to inspire and give me hope for this planet. The fact that John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain even met at all, invented a whole genre of music and continue to play together, 50 years later, is as mystically awesome as music itself. What a treat this is. Thank you NPR 🙏🏽

  • @qb3863
    @qb3863 8 месяцев назад +169

    Woaw. Didn't expect Shankar Mahadevan on Tiny Desk Concert. He's one of the most versatile singers of India 🇮🇳

  • @Memo2Self
    @Memo2Self 8 месяцев назад +100

    What really struck me was how COMPOSED a lot of this is. It sounds like improvisation and then someone else joins in, and then someone else, and then someone ELSE - and jeez loueez, they know it by HEART! This was just glorious.

    • @jhorneman
      @jhorneman 8 месяцев назад +13

      A lot of Mahavishnu is like that too. “Oh, that’s some great improvised shredding… wait two other musicians are playing the same thing.”

    • @RashidLanie8
      @RashidLanie8 8 месяцев назад +19

      Yes, it is improvised but drawn from very well known Ragas(Melodies) and Tala(Rhythms), known by all
      great Indian music practitioners plus the added flavor of western jazz.

    • @avitee5308
      @avitee5308 4 месяца назад

      Hmm, Not sure if that's accurate. This follows the Indian Raag system, where there is a framework and within that framework there is free improvisation, so resolutions meet, but doesn't mean it's pre-planned.

    • @spdcrzy
      @spdcrzy 2 месяца назад +1

      There are extremely long phrases and progressions that are most definitely memorized as part of the composition and raag structure itself. The konnakol is a great example.

  • @6StringsTheory
    @6StringsTheory 8 месяцев назад +137

    Merging classical Indian music with modal American jazz was one of the most innovative things ever done in music. Notice how John takes the Harmony up a flat 13th at 5:50 incorporating two of the four lterations while hovering around the tonal center. Meanwhile, his timing is impeccable as he has the raga going in his head the whole time. Jai, Sri Mahavishnu.

  • @daveguy11
    @daveguy11 8 месяцев назад +108

    Can I just add that John McLaughlin looks fantastic and appears to be in great shape? It's incredible that this musician dating back to the 1960s is still here and this amazingly vigorous!

    • @mikejones-go8vz
      @mikejones-go8vz 8 месяцев назад +8

      I saw Paul McCartney last weekend in the Gold Coast, Australia, 81 yrs old and he played 39 songs nonstop for 3 hours. The sixth concert in Oz and he was doing six more in Mexico and Brazil! Two incredible guys

    • @derykdavid2849
      @derykdavid2849 11 дней назад

      In John’s case…yoga, meditation and a vegetation diet and ten goddess Sarasvati blesses him everyday!!

  • @joebloe33
    @joebloe33 8 месяцев назад +179

    It's crazy how complex yet melodic these 5 masters are effortlessly playing here! blessed.

  • @nandanpandit5456
    @nandanpandit5456 7 месяцев назад +101

    The one and only Ustad ji Zakir Hussain, the incomparable Shankar Mahadevan and John McLaughlin just casually sitting and jamming. Simply mind-blowing.

  • @deputy442
    @deputy442 3 месяца назад +13

    I come back to this video every few weeks to renew my faith in humanity.

  • @bierdlll
    @bierdlll 7 месяцев назад +34

    Shakti reminds us that music is a divine language, a language that many of us have forgotten. This music is so free, and so full of joy.

  • @joshriley2574
    @joshriley2574 8 месяцев назад +184

    The sheer joy of these amazing musicians even outweighs their virtuosity - this incarnation is as relevant and fresh as it was decades ago.

    • @aryabanerjee1179
      @aryabanerjee1179 8 месяцев назад +6

      Exactly so! Felt the same way, Indians have access to something divine truly, it just really cannot be deduced into words, but maybe music!

    • @wereleeroads9311
      @wereleeroads9311 8 месяцев назад +10

      @@aryabanerjee1179 I don't think it's only Indians by any stretch, but these guys clearly do. This is pure communication and mastery of all elements, melody, rhythm, improvisation, and even a little harmony (but less of that). This is some of the best music being made today.

    • @alexaalexa6524
      @alexaalexa6524 8 месяцев назад

      The same👏☺💖

  • @MFDoomguy21
    @MFDoomguy21 5 месяцев назад +33

    You can skip to any part of this concert. They’re absolutely *jamming.*

  • @abhiramis7206
    @abhiramis7206 5 месяцев назад +46

    7:24-8:00 is transcendentally beautiful. all of the 570k views is me!!

    • @brucewayne5916
      @brucewayne5916 5 месяцев назад +3

      Have you seen a hundred people singing at same time , even though it’s not even their own language
      You can RUclips about Thyagaraja keetanalu live

  • @WithinPremises
    @WithinPremises 5 месяцев назад +42

    Whoever is responsible for making this possible needs a raise NOW

  • @AlexTuble
    @AlexTuble 8 месяцев назад +31

    Almost can’t believe John McLaughlin is 81 years old!

  • @TRUETOILETTENPAPIER
    @TRUETOILETTENPAPIER 8 месяцев назад +34

    imagine having the honor of even sitting in the same room as such musicians, let alone hearing them play in such an intimate setting… the people who work at this office are truly blessed

  • @sselmer
    @sselmer 7 месяцев назад +36

    Sir in the yellow shirt seems like such a good hang. Definitely gives a good hug

    • @vandanaindramohan
      @vandanaindramohan 3 месяца назад +3

      Selvaganesh Vinayakram... A legend just like his father Mr. Vikku Vinayakram who has also worked with this band. 😊❤

  • @gourighosh4167
    @gourighosh4167 5 месяцев назад +20

    Why people not learn from these great musicians what is unity , harmony in life , what is spirituality bring all closer . Wonderful.

    • @officeboy9779
      @officeboy9779 4 месяца назад

      Would ask Mr Zakir Hussein and Mr Mac Laughlin, if their beliefs:The Abhrhamic CULTS, contain of the Musciology?
      Is the music part of the Abhrhamic CULTS?
      No
      So, what absurdity of the communal harmony?

  • @tonybott5644
    @tonybott5644 8 месяцев назад +106

    I have so much appreciation for what NPR continues to put behind the desk. Seeing this Shakti performance (behind a clean desk) was magic. As a teacher, all of my students will be walking into class today and getting a taste of Shakti. I truly hope a few of them rewatch this and search for more of this amazing music. My inner muse is so happy.

  • @TerrysQuest
    @TerrysQuest 6 месяцев назад +17

    I got to see Mahavishnu a bunch of times, and Shakti teice when the first albums came out. This is the most complex music in the world, yet it flows. Notice how they come out of a blindingly fast passage and stop on a dime together? Then start again, then STOP. Never a note out of place. To my ear these are the most virtuosic musicians on the planet.

  • @aiashwaryaasthana
    @aiashwaryaasthana 8 месяцев назад +62

    This is what being in presence of something divine feels like.

  • @tedsmith9580
    @tedsmith9580 8 месяцев назад +40

    Saw Shakti first in 1973, the journey continues…John is a spiritual brother to me and Zakir inspired me to learn tabla from him!! 🙏🏻

  • @zoro789
    @zoro789 8 месяцев назад +47

    i can't believe you got john mclaughlin AND the band to play on TDC.
    this is the best day ever 😄

    • @JoySaha_music_maania
      @JoySaha_music_maania 8 месяцев назад +11

      They're not 'the band'! Some of them are the biggest names of Indian music!

    • @avitee5308
      @avitee5308 4 месяца назад +2

      Lol, this is funny, for us in India, we have no idea who John McLaughlin is, I thought he was a side player. For us the rest are absolute legends.

  • @Aamo11
    @Aamo11 Месяц назад +4

    I don't know why, but I always come back to this video if I'm having a hard time, it just has this magical ability to either let me cry when I'm holding back my sadness, or make me smile ear to ear and forget the pain. I've easily watched this video more than 30 times, and I know I'll always keep coming back.

  • @MagicSmoke11
    @MagicSmoke11 8 месяцев назад +47

    5 Musicians from 5 different background making Sync of Life.!.
    Incredible❤

  • @ProducerBoy650
    @ProducerBoy650 8 месяцев назад +87

    Bravo TDC!!!! I'm tracing a line right back to OG Mahavishunu Orchestra. I'll never forget walking into a record store in Austin, Texas, and hearing Birds of Fire being played. I was frozen in place, listening to something about which I had no cultural references, yet was speaking directly to my soul. I went to the counter, bought a copy, and began a musical journey that is still going strong.

  • @rocketpost1
    @rocketpost1 8 месяцев назад +42

    Utterly amazing and joyous music. I'm not religious but there is a spirituality in this music which is palpable. The musicians are on a higher level and simply feel the music passing through them.

  • @spdcrzy
    @spdcrzy 7 месяцев назад +18

    4x7 + 4x3 = 28 + 12 = 40 quarter notes - which is ten beats. Absolutely beautiful interpretation of jhaptaal.

    • @almendratlilkouatl
      @almendratlilkouatl 5 месяцев назад

      I thought it would be tentaal omg

    • @spdcrzy
      @spdcrzy 5 месяцев назад

      @@almendratlilkouatl nope lol. Think about the overall structure.

  • @AnushkaMaheshwari
    @AnushkaMaheshwari 8 месяцев назад +36

    This is a showcase of such great musicianship. As a musician from India, made me feel like I was sitting right in front of these legendary musicians I have idolised for all of my life. With John McLaughlin. So grateful to be experiencing this. I'm super super happy to see Shankar Mahadevan on tiny desk. Made my entire year. It's enchanting.

  • @NotYourTypicalNegro
    @NotYourTypicalNegro 8 месяцев назад +41

    OMG John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain -- two of the musical G.O.A.T.'s in tha building!

  • @sauravdagaSDaga1984
    @sauravdagaSDaga1984 8 месяцев назад +20

    Shankar Mahadevan with John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain...arguably the greatest assemble in fusion music..!!

  • @eduardolemossouza4087
    @eduardolemossouza4087 6 месяцев назад +43

    thanks for this absolute beauty, Tiny Desk Team; my deepest gratitude to all Shakti players as well.
    Just a comment: Mr Ganesh Rajagopalan is playing a Five-Stringed violin; a variant of the violin with an extra string usually tuned below the Low G - either a Low C or Low D.
    Happy Christmas Season to you all.

    • @paulflute
      @paulflute 5 месяцев назад +1

      he is indeed .. but he only really needs one.. ;9)

  • @SudipBishwakarma
    @SudipBishwakarma 8 месяцев назад +29

    This is the greatest line up I've ever seen in Tiny Desk. Living legends

  • @robbin3526dj
    @robbin3526dj 8 месяцев назад +16

    Holy smokes 🤯 Shakti on tiny desk . Thank you universe ❤️

  • @acryptphotography3238
    @acryptphotography3238 8 месяцев назад +63

    As an Indian I've been a fan of Shankar Mahadevan while growing up! Thanks for bringing Shakti.

    • @MrFmrainbow
      @MrFmrainbow 8 месяцев назад +4

      Shankar Mahadevan spoke at a fascist Hindu Nationalist event this month.

    • @Baronnax
      @Baronnax 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@MrFmrainbow And how does that alter the quality of his music?

    • @mahalordx
      @mahalordx 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@MrFmrainbowYou make me like him more 😂

    • @brianpatterson7332
      @brianpatterson7332 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@MrFmrainbow Really? If ture, that's so disappointing. Do you have any evidence for this claim? Zakir Hussain is a Muslim from Lahore in Pakistan - it would be surprising to find out he's good friends with a Hindutva fascist.

    • @sauravdagaSDaga1984
      @sauravdagaSDaga1984 8 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@brianpatterson7332Zakir Hussain is from India...born and raised..!!

  • @ameenSW
    @ameenSW 6 месяцев назад +26

    It’s 31st Dec 2023 11:50pm here and I’m going from 2023 to 2024 listening to this video that an unknowable algorithm threw at me and I’m considering myself a very lucky person right now.
    Love you all. It’s alright. You’re alright. Hugs.

  • @user-zw2vi9zh4m
    @user-zw2vi9zh4m 8 месяцев назад +6

    With combined experience of 200 years, this will break barriers

  • @danl9020
    @danl9020 8 месяцев назад +60

    I put my ignorance out there I had never heard of this group before but now I know! Just incredible music and musical talent. Thank you Tiny Desk!!

    • @LaggardInLove
      @LaggardInLove 8 месяцев назад +6

      They are not a group as such, various musical pioneers have come together to perform.

    • @benthomas7629
      @benthomas7629 7 месяцев назад +2

      You HAVE to listen to the three great Shakti albums from the 70s then ("Handful of Beauty", "Natural Elements", and the live album "Shakti with John McLaughlin"). You will be blown away.

    • @victoriouse
      @victoriouse 5 месяцев назад

      I urge you to check out Zakir Hussains Making Music album.

  • @SanAntoneRose
    @SanAntoneRose 8 месяцев назад +45

    This is wonderful. I love all these musicians. John McLaughlin is one of the greatest guitarists alive today. His love of jazz and Indian music has been a constant for decades. Mr. Shankar has the voice of an angel. Thanks for posting this.

  • @hazy1010
    @hazy1010 8 месяцев назад +20

    After listening to this several times over the last 3 days, now I'm playing it in the background while working on my pages. Nothing like this to keep you high and joyful!!

  • @rtoriq
    @rtoriq 6 месяцев назад +13

    Man this blew my mind! No idea this fusion existed! Only thing I knew about was Ravi Shankar, but that’s it. This is a whole refreshing mood. Gonna dig into their work.

  • @aylbdrmadison1051
    @aylbdrmadison1051 8 месяцев назад +57

    One of the most amazing shows I ever saw was the John McLaughlin Trio, with Kai Eckhardt and Trilok Gurtu, in the 80's.
    This is just as amazing, if not moreso. But if you've never seen Trilok, you're missing out on something else very special as well.

    • @shreyasiyengar8408
      @shreyasiyengar8408 8 месяцев назад +1

      Greatest drummer / percussionist of all time IMO. His stuff with Joe Zawinul blew my mind when I first heard it.

    • @DarrenNealis
      @DarrenNealis 8 месяцев назад +2

      I saw that trio with Trilok in Chicago in 1989 and it was a game changer for me. Put me on a different path musically. Recently saw the Shakti show in Portland, OR and it was just fantastic.

    • @tonyevans9999
      @tonyevans9999 8 месяцев назад +1

      oh yes, never saw them but have the live recording, mindbendingly beautiful

    • @KirkSandall
      @KirkSandall 18 дней назад

      I saw that trio in 1989 but with Jonas Hellborg filling in for Jeff Berlin.
      And, yes, Trilok Gurtu is absolutely amazing.

  • @jerryjohns7358
    @jerryjohns7358 8 месяцев назад +36

    Their enthusiasm is contagious!

  • @padmaraghmohan4050
    @padmaraghmohan4050 4 месяца назад +4

    Lotus feet is the most beautiful song I have heard in my life

  • @tmead07
    @tmead07 8 месяцев назад +10

    I saw the thumbnail and was like “ok, cool never heard of them but I’ll check it out.” And what?! Zakir Hussein and McLaughlin! How had I missed this group all this time. So good.

  • @DizzyDigsDeeper
    @DizzyDigsDeeper 8 месяцев назад +19

    I remember seeing Shakti play Central Park many years back as I was trippin’ on shrooms it was one of the best shows ever. Love these dudes.

  • @NichaelCramer
    @NichaelCramer 8 месяцев назад +37

    I’ve long been a fan of John McLaughlin. One consistent feature of all the concerts (and videos) with him is how happy -or perhaps better, how _joyful_- everyone playing always seems.
    What wonderful music.

  • @hertor8803
    @hertor8803 8 месяцев назад +5

    I have been to many great concerts over the years but the best was Shakti. It wasnt just a concert, it was a spiritual experience.

  • @shivannda
    @shivannda 8 месяцев назад +24

    This is incredible!! These are world renowned musicians. Each is a master artist in his own instrument. Can't believe they're doing a tiny desk!

  • @thirdeyes9993
    @thirdeyes9993 8 месяцев назад +3

    "Lotus Feet" I don't know but I cry when I listen to this beautiful piece.

  • @derickcraft3437
    @derickcraft3437 4 месяца назад +2

    Every true musicians will appreciate this incredible pool of talented & seasoned musicians without boundaries /relegion /race .

  • @grg.leonte
    @grg.leonte 8 месяцев назад +15

    It's so great to hear "Lotus Feet" again! One of the greatest written pieces.

  • @user-gi2ob7pz9n
    @user-gi2ob7pz9n 8 месяцев назад +14

    こないだのシックといい、ただの懐古主義ではなく、かなり現役感のある勢いある演奏で感動します。

  • @HiroshiNasu_Gt
    @HiroshiNasu_Gt 7 месяцев назад +5

    ありがとうありがとう🥲感動しました🥲ありがとう🙏

  • @Dengee
    @Dengee 7 месяцев назад +6

    This sent chills of joy thru me...then after a couple minutes I realized it was the Mahavishnu!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @martinrenatus7031
    @martinrenatus7031 8 месяцев назад +5

    hi there, another Shakti fan from Indonesia🙏🏿❤️🤍

  • @vanshbatra1332
    @vanshbatra1332 8 месяцев назад +6

    this has to be my fav thing on youtube this year

  • @DillyBansal
    @DillyBansal 2 месяца назад +3

    Great job Tiny Desk - i wasnt able to catch Shakti live this year in the UK. John and Zakir - a couple of the greats. It's amazing to see so many of my heroes share the same stage, keep it going!

  • @eliedelamour7276
    @eliedelamour7276 8 месяцев назад +17

    I love them 50 years ago and still today!❤Many thanks for this performance

  • @into_the_void
    @into_the_void 8 месяцев назад +28

    The talent in this one session is outrageous.. all legendary musicians

  • @naka3339
    @naka3339 8 месяцев назад +8

    John McLaughlin is 81 man ... what a force of nature

  • @georgeyphilip1873
    @georgeyphilip1873 8 месяцев назад +13

    Treat to see these Ustads on Tiny Desk. ❤❤❤

  • @iamsrutisharma
    @iamsrutisharma 8 месяцев назад +12

    Can't express how happy this makes me. Some of the greatest musicians of our country right there!

  • @Esvenk
    @Esvenk 7 месяцев назад +13

    Missing L.Shankar and Vikku. But it’s all the more amazing how far this band travelled through the musical cosmos and still shines bright.

  • @RonWinter335
    @RonWinter335 8 месяцев назад +8

    I was lucky enough to see Shakti live in 1978 at the Glenn Miller Ballroom on the CU Boulder campus. It was awesome...as is this!

  • @yashrajnt
    @yashrajnt 8 месяцев назад +3

    LEGENDARY 🫡

  • @bleh2222
    @bleh2222 8 месяцев назад +9

    That second number is exactly what I always wanted, the melancholic Indian notes with a contrasting electric guitar.....thanks for that wonderful tune

  • @apetrochenkov
    @apetrochenkov 4 месяца назад +4

    Мне сейчас 72, но Mahavishnu Orchestra, группу прогрессивного рока, образованную в Нью-Йорке в 1971 году британским гитаристом Джоном Маклафлином, я впервые услышал более полувека назад и не устаю наслаждаться. Мелодии тех лет и сегодня узнаваемы. Это здорово. Всех благ и успехов музыкантам Shakti!

  • @kunaljoshi630
    @kunaljoshi630 8 месяцев назад +24

    Never once would have imagined these guys on this stage. Madness.

  • @TheCrutiaolaggo
    @TheCrutiaolaggo 8 месяцев назад +20

    Some of the most joyous music expression I have heard in a long while. Shankar Mahadevan is so much fun to listen to!

  • @manubande
    @manubande 4 месяца назад +1

    McLaughlin and Hussain, some of my favourite musicians ! What a great performance by all these fantastic masters !
    Thank you also to NPR !

  • @Zafir.Akhter
    @Zafir.Akhter 7 месяцев назад +2

    So much talent in one room

  • @jeffreycallaway4614
    @jeffreycallaway4614 8 месяцев назад +26

    I started my morning off by listening to this set: It’s very energizing & musically inspiring. Of course, John McLaughlin is a music great on guitar - in the genre of “JazzFusion.”
    Thank you once again TINY DESK 🎤🎵🎶👍🏾

  • @dgl1012
    @dgl1012 8 месяцев назад +11

    One of the best tiny desk I’ve ever seen! It feels like a sin making them play only 3 tunes, the music wants to flow for longer !

  • @flipper2gv
    @flipper2gv 5 месяцев назад +9

    John is 81 in this. He looks incredibly healthy.

  • @hakogee
    @hakogee 22 часа назад

    最高です! シャクティが2024年も進行中で、メンバーみんなが楽しそうにすごいことを連発しているのが、素晴らし過ぎます。

  • @JochenVogel
    @JochenVogel 8 месяцев назад +13

    Thank You all for this concert! Joy becoming music becoming joy.

  • @45587644
    @45587644 8 месяцев назад +57

    Omg❤ I never thought this collab could ever ever be coming on NPR. You guys did a great job!

    • @KierkegaardOnacid-ln9nd
      @KierkegaardOnacid-ln9nd 8 месяцев назад +6

      Respect your sentiment, but this is not a 'collab'. They are a proper group and have been around for a long long time, of course some members changed. Peace! ✌️

    • @akarshrastogi3682
      @akarshrastogi3682 8 месяцев назад +1

      Colab?? Bruh

    • @firstlast4874
      @firstlast4874 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@KierkegaardOnacid-ln9nd Think he meant Shakti-NPR collab

    • @thesuncollective1475
      @thesuncollective1475 8 месяцев назад +1

      14:35 is heat