John Handy & Ali Akbar Khan
Karuna Supreme
MPS BASF (Germany) 1976
DC 227 913 (LP) Original pressing. coated gatefold sleeve.
sleeve : VG+(wear on corner, small and slightly spots, light color-faded.)
media : EX/EX-(some slightly surface noises. side B has one noise.)
A collaboration album recorded in 1975 by John Handy, an American-California alto saxophonist who attracted attention in the 1950s when he joined Charles Mingus' group and became interested in Eastern/Indian philosophy, and Ali Akbar Khan, a Bengali-born sarod player based in San Francisco for a long time. The album features Zakir Hussain (tabla) and Yagish S. Sahota (tambura). The music is completely Indian if you listen to performances only Akbar Khan, Hussain, and S. Sahota, but the addition of John Handy's saxophone, which plays soft melodies, adds a colorful touch to the expression. This is a wonderful performance that resonates very gently in the heart. Original German pressing.
A2: Karuna Supreme