The Komodo Dragon Show

Special guest Amir Amiri joins me in the third hour to discuss his composition Nafas (Breath) for choir, santur, viola and percussion.

Listeners in the Winnipeg area can catch Amir's composition at Camerata Nova's Chant! concert on Saturday, March 10 at 8pm and Sunday, March 11 at 2pm, at Église Précieux-Sang (200 Kenny Street).

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Miles Davis: Spanish Key (rec. Nov. 2006-July 2007)

Gino Banks - drums, Louiz Banks - piano/Fender Rhodes, Rakesh Chaurasia - flute (solo), Selva Ganesh - kanjira [frame drum], Adam Holzman - keyboards, Dave Liebman - Indian flute, Shankar Mahadevan - vocals, Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto sax, Sridhar Parthasarthy - mrdangam [double-sided drum], Taufiq Quresh - djembe/world percussion, Benny Rietvold - bass, Wallace Roney - trumpet, Mike Stern - guitar, Lenny White - drums

Miles from India

Times Square Records, TSQ-CD-1808

20:04

2. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Aag daman mein lag jai (rec. 1988?)

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party

The Supreme Collection Vol.1

Caroline Records, CAR 7552-2

26:18

("My life will be set on fire.")

3. Philip Glass & Ravi Shankar: "India" from Orion (2004)

Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman - conductor, Gaurav Mazumdar - sitar

Orange Mountain Music, OMM0021

12:51

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

4. Dhun Kafi (rec. 1963)

Ravi Shankar - sitar, Kanai Dutt - tabla

Ravi Shankar: In Celebration Highlights

EMI, CDC 7243 5 55617 2 5