Z.M. Dagar – Raga Yaman, For Jack Rose
Thinking about Jack Rose I was reminded that it was his list on Dusted that first turned me on to Dagar, and eventually to Hindustani music in General:
“The sound of glaciers moving. My favorite raga of all time and it is the inspiration for my composition, “Yaman Blues” on Opium Musick. I listened to this raga every night before bed while I was composing the songs for the lp. The alap alone is 30 mins and tablas are absent altogether. The amount of concentration it takes to play this slow and precise is astounding.”
So, thanks Jack.
May your music live on.
For those of you that missed it the first time around, this is basically essential.
I mean stranded on a desert island with only a couple of records essential…
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I had the exact same experience with Dagar from Jack’s list…such a revelation
and one of the countless ways I’ll truly miss him…
i remember going to down home music with jack when i was living in oakland. he handed me a z.m. dagar double cd and said “buy this, it’s all alap.” i did. since that i’ve scooped up whatever i could find. thanks jack, and thanks for the link jefre…