Album: Mumtaz Mahal

Song Title

Time

Coming of the Mandinka

Come on in My Kitchen

Rolling on the Sea

Mary Don't You Weep

Stand by Me

Johnny Too Bad

Curry and Quartertones

Album: Mumtaz Mahal

Song Title

Time

Coming of the Mandinka

Come on in My Kitchen

Rolling on the Sea

Mary Don't You Weep

Stand by Me

Johnny Too Bad

Curry and Quartertones

Performer Notes

Full performer name: Vishwa Mohan Bhatt/Taj Mahal/Narasimhan Ravikiran.
Personnel includes: Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (guitar); Taj Mahal (vocals); Narasimhan Ravikiran (chitra vina).
Full performer name: Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Taj Mahal, N. Ravikiran.
This is a (multi-channel) Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio players.
Personnel includes: Taj Mahal (vocals, guitar); V.M. Bhatt (mohan vina); N. Ravikiran (chitra vina).
Personnel: Taj Mahal (vocals, guitar); N. Ravikiran (chitra vina).
Liner Note Author: Kavichandran Alexander.
Recording information: Christ the King Chapel, St. Anthony Seminary, Santa Bar (04/1994).
Author: Rumi.
Photographer: Mike Sexton.
Unknown Contributor Roles: N. Ravikiran; Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.
Arranger: Taj Mahal.

Professional Reviews

Alternative Press (2/97, p.56) - 3 (out of 5) - "...Drawing from classic reggae, Robert Johnson's blues and his own compositions, Mahal sings and plays with authority and enthusiasm..."

Down Beat (9/96, p.57) - 4.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...The blend of improvised sounds is colorful, entrancing, exotic, sensual, even poetic....The blues, in accord with Hindustani and Karnatak music, is made miraculously new."

JazzTimes (10/95, p.82) - "...a uniquely ethereal folk-blues atmosphere....this music has an infectious lightness of being with a cultural identity that is hard to isolate--which is the underlying message of the meeting. Even overly familiar standard cover tunes...are refreshed and renewed, taken out of their American context..."