TRILOK GURTU - Twenty Years of Talking Tabla (2007) 2CD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

A musical journey celebrating the 20th Anniversary of this remarkable musician. As a world class virtuoso, Trilok has collaborated with some of the greatest jazz  and world music artists of today, many of whom feature on this brand new 2CD collection presenting 20 of his finest recordings, including two previously unissued tracks.

Twenty Years of Talking Tabla is a 20 year journey through Trilok Gurtu’s career. Rita Ray of BBC Radio described him as “a serial collaborator” – this carefully chosen compilation shows exactly that side of him. As a world class virtuoso, now in his mid fifties, Trilok has attracted a world class set of collaborators; these started with John McLaughlin in whose trio Trilok flourished as the featured soloist for 4 years, other jazz greats continued this path – Joe Zawinul, Jan Garbarek, Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders were all attracted to Trilok’s burning sense of rhythm. Of course he is deeply rooted in the Indian tradition, so it is no surprise to see that collaborations also took place with the glitterati of Indian musical society – his mother, Shobha Gurtu, Zakir Hussain, L. Shankar, Shankar Mahadevan and Sultan Khan. World music has become an established genre in which Trilok has further “ploughed his own furrow” to great effect, collaborating with Salif Keita, Oumou Sangare, Angelique Kidjo, Neneh Cherry, Tuvan throat singers Huun Huur Tu, the Malian musicians from the Frikywa family and the Italian, Arke String Quartet.

Trilok is obviously obsessed with colours, tones and rhythms while never neglecting melody, and as such, he is a musician who brings passion, vision and craft to his compositions and performances that make them immediately accessible. web
Tracklist 1 :
1     Shobharock 7'31
Trilok Gurtu
Featuring – Shobha Gurtu
2     African Fantasy 4'04
Trilok Gurtu / Angélique Kidjo / Lakshminarayana Shankar
Featuring – Angélique Kidjo
3     Have We Lost Our Dream? 4'37
Wally Badarou / Salif Keita
Featuring – Sabine Kabongo, Salif Keita
4     Dinki Puriya 3'01
Trilok Gurtu
5     Expression of Love 5'45
Trilok Gurtu
Featuring – Shankar Mahadevan, Shobha Gurtu, Sultan Khan
6     Water Solo 9'06
Trilok Gurtu
7     The Other Tune 7'41
Joe Zawinul
8     Balahto'4'02
Trilok Gurtu
Featuring – Arkè String Quartet
9     Seven Brings Return 8'28
Trilok Gurtu
Featuring – Steve Lukather
10     Mother Tongues 4'35
John McLaughlin
Tracklist 2 :     
1     Dance with My Lover 6'57
Trilok Gurtu
2     Save Our Children 7'55
Abdou M'Boup / Abiodun Oyewole / Pharoah Sanders / Sarah Sanders
3     Big Brother 4'31
Trilok Gurtu
Featuring – Oumou Sangare
4     Once I Wished a Tree Upside Down 8'03
Jan Garbarek
5     You, Remember This 5'43
Shobha Gurtu / Trilok Gurtu
6     Agne Yano 3'37
Trilok Gurtu
Featuring – The Frikyiwa Family
7     Greetings 6'58
Trilok Gurtu / Zakir Hussain
8     Vignola 6'16
Trilok Gurtu
Featuring – Arkè String Quartet, Huun-Huur-Tu
9     Ganapati 3'49
Jaya Deva / Trilok Gurtu / Michael Quartermain
Featuring – Neneh Cherry
10     Planet Earth 6'21
Trilok Gurtu
Remix – Talvin Singh
Credits :
Acoustic Guitar – Ralph Towner
Backing Vocals – Alima Toure
Bass Guitar – Jonas Hellborg, Kai Eckhardt
Cello – Enrico Guerzoni
Congas, Drums, Effects, Percussion, Caxixi, Tabla – Trilok Gurtu
Electric Piano – Bernie Worrell
Guitar – Amit Heri, Jaya Deva, John McLaughlin, Nicolas Fiszman, Steve Lukather
Guitar Synthesizer – Nicolas Fiszman
Harmonium – Ravi Chary
Keyboards – Celia Reggiani, Daniel Goyone, Joe Zawinul
Organ, Synthesizer – Bernie Worrell
Piano – Daniel Goyone, William Henderson
Saxophone – Pharoah Sanders
Sitar – Ravi Chary
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Jan Garbarek
Tabla – Trilok Gurtu, Zakir Hussain
Talking Drum – Abdou M'Boup
Viola – Sandro Di Paolo
Violin – Carlo Cantini, Lakshminarayana Shankar
Vocals – Abiodun Oyewole, Angélique Kidjo, Hadja Kouyate, Jaya Deva, Oumou Sangare, Salif Keita, Sayan Bapa, Shankar Mahadevan, Shobha Gurtu, Trilok Gurtu
Vocoder – Joe Zawinul