Pt. Ravi Shankar with Paco de Lucia

Pt. Ravi Shankar meets Paco de Lucia and the two great maestros discuss about the relations between Indian Classical music and Flamenco.
Though a short and widespread discussion that Flamenco scales have similarities with raga Bhairavi (Panditji points out Sindhi Bhairavi which is misunderstood and written "Paravi") it gets importance when the two great artists talk about some common roots.

[This is a fact that the Phrygian Dominant scale or the Gypsy scale has resemblance with different forms of Bhairavi and also with other Indian folk tunes.
The gypsies are possibly responsible about this cultural travel.]

I found that Pt. Ravi Shankar and Paco de Lucia have some things common in their life too.

1) Both of them have popularized their art almost alone in the West especially in U.S.A. {No offence to other artists but I mean what names come to a foreign mind while hearing about Indian Classical music or Flamenco!!!}

2) Both of them started their career playing with their elder brothers' association. Ravi Shankar started in his elder brother Uday Shankar's group and Paco de Lucia started with his brothers accompanying in José Greco's group.

3) Both the groups (of Uday Shankar and José Greco) were presented by Sol Hurok as the impresario.

May you find some more ................

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[emeraldomusik]

very rare documentation, thank you for uploading. At 2:12 Ravi Shankar is talking about "bhairavi". The person who did the transliteration spelled and wrote it as "paravi". Anyway, the scale of this morning raga resembles the phrygian scale which goes from e to e or mi to mi (the third tone in the key of C major.)

[SobersChatterjee]

@emeraldomusik

I explained the whole raga-scale relation (including the mistake) in the video information. I think you missed that. Anyway thanks for the appreciation......

[triofdoom]

Find more: both are connected to John Mclaughlin some how.

But this is nice I love the jam between Shankar and Usted ? Sublime, I mean words can't express.....

[SobersChatterjee]

@triofdoom

Oh! Yes, of course .... How could I have forgotten this?

John McLaughlin was a student of Pt Ravi Shankar and later his association with Paco de Lucia resulted some astonishing guitar projects.

P.S. : That was Ustad Alla Rakha (father of Ud. Zakir Hussain).

[shimeonmorpheus]

what is Paco playing in the beginning it sounds so beautiful!

[paulblobel]

que instrumento es ese???

[SonsOfGod]

I think Justin Bieber is better musician... I am obviously not being serious!

[shimeonmorpheus]

@liamskiner yeah i never heard him speak english before either

[risterion]

No creo en Dios; creo en la música, en esta música divina.

[uilleo]

What is the piece that Shankar plays?

[januthin]

2 people want to get swept under by the cosmic backlash...

[IreneDark]

5:10 ufff a partir de aquí se me erizó la piel O_O

[HJF091173]

Vaya bicharrako ....||||||||Como le pega

[iganoven]

two great masters, i would like to hear them TOGETHER