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Making Music (Zakir Hussain album)

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Making Music
Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedDecember 1986
StudioRainbow Studio
Oslo, Norway
Genre
Length49:14
LabelECM 1349
ProducerManfred Eicher
Zakir Hussain chronology
Song for Everyone
(1985)
Making Music
(1987)
Tabla Duet
(1988)

Making Music is an album by Indian tabla player and composer Zakir Hussain recorded in 1986 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia, guitarist John McLaughlin and saxophonist Jan Garbarek.[1]

Reception

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The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 2½ stars stating "World fusion/jazz group falls short of its great potential."[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Zakir Hussain except as indicated
  1. "Making Music" - 12:31
  2. "Zakir" (John McLaughlin) - 6:23
  3. "Water Girl" - 3:52
  4. "Toni" - 3:51
  5. "Anisa" - 9:14
  6. "Sunjog" - 7:36
  7. "You and Me" (Hussain, McLaughlin) - 2:12
  8. "Sabah" - 3:35

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ ECM discography accessed November 9, 2011
  2. ^ a b Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed November 9, 2011