Rich Paul

Buddy Rich & Alla Rakha - Rich à la Rakha (1968) {BGO Records BGOCD528 rel 2001}
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© 1968, 2001 Liberty / BGO Records | BGOCD528
Jazz / Ethnic Jazz / World

George Harrison (and Brian Jones) really started an upsurge in interest for Indian music, which led to more and more Western musician playing with the stars of classical Indian music. Here we get an interesting meeting between superdrummer Buddy Rich and tabla-virtuoso Alla Rakha, known from his countless recordings with Ravi Shankar.

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