Jethro Tull Little Glass Folk withAnoushka Bangalore 08.MPG

Recorded Live at Jethro tull concert with Anoushka Shankar on 2nd dec 08 at Bangalore.

It was such a memorable concert.
The concert that began at 7.30pm with a solo recital by Anoushka, the daughter of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, acquired an element of pathos and sobriety because of the Mumbai terror attack - snapshots of which loomed large over the show

The concert was divided into three acts. A solo performance by Anoushka was followed by Jethro Tull and a "tea with Anoushka jugalbandi session".

The high point was the Jethro Tull and Anoushka collaborative session, which saw a foot-tapping blend of rock, Western classical, Celtic and Indian classical music.

It featured fusion tracks, especially composed for the concert by Anderson, like "Tea with Anoushka" - a peppy lounge dance number and "Little grass folk" - a folksy-rock improvisation of German composer J.S. Bach's music written 300 years ago.

The track, from the band's farm series, used the banjo (Indian hand drums), block flutes, guitars, sitar and vocals.

"Celtic cradle", drawn from traditional Celtic music of north-west Europe - Anderson's homeland, evoked nostalgia of the centuries bygone with shades of Mesopotamian music.

"Breathing underwater", from the Anoushka band's latest fusion album saw Jethro Tull blending traditional Western classical music with Indian classical.

The jugalbandi closed with "Mother goose" - one of the band's old numbers with a special composition for Anoushka. The hysterical audience screamed for more.

As the final encore,Jethro Tull along with Anoushka enter the stage for one last time to perform a out of this world version of "Locomotive breath" to close the evening at 10.15pm on a chilly Bangalore evening.

Anoushka earlier began her recital with a composition in Raag Jog - an evening raga and followed it up with Raag Panchamsegar - a classical raga created by her father Pandit Ravi Shankar.

The Shankar scion, clad in a lavender and blue churidar-kurta, held the audience,

Jethro Tull took the stage minutes after Anouska left it. With veterans Doane Perry and Martin Barre on drums and guitar respectively, and relative newcomers to the band David Goodier on the bass guitars and John O' Hara on the keyboards - the band led by Anderson cut an electrifying presence.

The band played all the old 60s hits, including its 1969 signature number "Living in the past", "My sunday feeling" (1966), a Rashaan Roland Kirk's jazz improvisation, "Serenade to a cuckoo" and "Heavy horses" from the 1970s. The band is known for its farm songs, most of which were written after Anderson moved to the countryside to manage his own farms in the 1970s."Too Old to Rock n Roll" which was dedicated to Sir Mick Jagger for still rocking at the Age of 65.Martin Barre and Doanne Perry where so tight and impressive

The band even belted out its progressive rock hit of the 1970, "Thick As a Brick", and an extended version of "Aqualung", a 1971 chart buster that almost became the band's anthem song.

All in all a great show which Bangalore audience will take a long time to forget.Tull we meet again

In case you wish to have a DVD with more footage from this tour pls get in touch with me.

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[thomasl2367]

Interesting fusion here jazz and celtic and indian and folk. Cheers!