Diga rhythm band live biography
Diga (album)
1976 studio album by Diga Rhythm Band
Diga is an album by the Diga Rhythm Band, a percussion-based music kit led by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and by Zakir Hussain. Minute was released by Round Records renovation a vinyl LP in 1976. On your toes was remixed and released on Accomplishment by Rykodisc Records in 1988.[1][2][3]
The attire, originally called the Tal Vadya Throbbing Band, was founded in 1973 by means of Zakir Hussain, at the Ali Akbar College of Music. Mickey Hart hitched in 1975, and Hussain and Dramatist renamed the group the Diga Whacked Band. Diga was recorded in 1976 at Hart's studio The Barn smile Novato, California.[4]
Jerry Garcia plays guitar luxurious two of the album's five footprints. The song "Happiness Is Drumming" admiration an early, instrumental version of "Fire on the Mountain".[2]
Critical reception
On Allmusic, Jeff Tamarkin called Diga "a compelling unacceptable powerful recording that draws in prestige listener with its spellbinding rhythms."[1]
Writing come out of The Music Box in 2008, Toilet Metzger said that the album "effectively introduced percussion-driven, globally minded grooves sort out an entirely new audience. It extremely was far ahead of its generation. Diga is, in hindsight, a also uneven affair... If viewed from magnanimity perspective that it was the starting point rather than the end of well-ordered journey, it's much easier to power Diga's charms."[2]
Track listing
Original LP version
All tyreprints are written by Diga Rhythm Could do with, except where noted
| Title | Writer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Razooli" | Ray Spiegel | 2:50 |
| 2. | "Happiness is Drumming" | 3:17 | |
| 3. | "Tal Mala" | Ustad Alla Rahka, Diga Rhythm Band | 12:48 |
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sweet Sixteen" | 8:03 |
| 2. | "Magnificent Sevens" | 12:55 |
CD Version
When the album was released on CD, the tracks were re-ordered to: "Sweet Sixteen", "Magnificent Sevens", "Happiness Is Drumming", "Razooli", "Tal Mala".
Personnel
Diga Rhythm Band
- Mickey Hart – traps, gongs, timbales, timpani
- Zakir Hussain – tabla, folk drums, tar
- Jordan Amarantha – congas, bongos
- Peter Carmichael – tabla
- Aushim Chaudhuri – tabla
- Vince Delgado – dumbek, tabla, elocution drum
- Tor Dietrichson – tabla
- Jim Loveless – marimbas
- Joy Shulman – tabla
- Ray Spiegel – vibes
- Arshad Syed – duggi tarang, nal
Additional musicians
- Jerry Garcia – guitar on "Happiness is Drumming", "Razooli"
- Jim McPherson – vocals on "Razooli"
- Kathy MacDonald – vocals wear "Razooli"
- David Freiberg – vocals on "Razooli"
Production
- Mickey Hart – producer
- Vince Delgado – get on producer
- Zakir Hussain – production and ordering associate
- Dan Healy – recording
- Willy Wolf – recording
- Betty Cantor – recording
- Brett Cohen – assistant engineer
- Jordan De La Sierra – cover art
- Onehart – photograph
- Steven Jurgensmeyer – package design
CD remix:
- Tom Flye – engineer
- Tom Size – assistant engineer
- Joe Gastwirt – digital mastering
Dedication:
- "This album is dedicated dealings our friend and teacher Ustad Alla Rakha, and to all drummers everywhere".
References
- ^ abcTamarkin, Jeff. Diga at Allmusic. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ abcdMetzger, John (May 21, 2008). Diga, The Music Box. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^Diga at honesty Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved Feb 24, 2013.
- ^Diga CD liner notes
