Mondo Rama

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724381097823
Label: Narada
Manufacturer: Narada
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Narada
Release Date: 2002-02-12
Studio: Narada

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Customer reviews of Mondo Rama

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Summary: Jai's song 'Shalom' is amazing
Comment: Jai is a fantastic kirtan singer and chant master. We are used to his singing Hindu chants but his track on Mondo Rama called 'Shalom' is remarkably powerful and draws from his own spiritual heritage. Shalom is also featured on HEALING THE HOLY LAND by Dean Evenson which was recently released by Soundings of the Planet (soundings.com). That album has all sorts of chants by Jewish, Christian and Muslim musicians from the Middle East. It's great to be focusing on peace in the Middle East. Thank goodness for music to lift our spirit and heal our crazy world.

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Summary: I like Jai's music but was disappointed with Mondo Rama
Comment: I have quite a collection of Indian classical and fusion music and have been a devotional singer for years. I also love Miles and SRV. I really love Jai's/Pagan Love Orchestra's muted trumpet/Miles Davis/devotional sound from parts of his first two realeases and think he is the best musician in the devotional genre. I understand what Jai is doing with Mondo Rama, but the result in my opinion doesn't work well. A perfect example is the Beatle's "Tomorrow Never Knows", one of my favorites. I was wondering when someone was going to cover this song, but was disappointed with Jai's attempt; it fell flat. Though I love both, I find the electric guitars and "phychedelic" sound very detracting from the devotional feel of his music. I think Jai needs a really good producer to show what he is capable of doing. He has all the components, but isn't really bringing them together as well as he could.

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Summary: Jai!! Jai
Comment: Namas te

This album was nominated for a Grammy in 2003 and I feel should have won!!

If you are familiar with Jai and the Pagan Love Orchestra you probably just buy his albums as they are released because you know how great he is!!!

If you are new to Jai's style of devotional music this is a great album to start with. This one is more modern. It is the perfect melding of rock/jazz style and classical Bhakti lyrics.

I listen to this album over and over again!!

Om ah hum

Customer Rating:

Summary: Wow! Where did this guy come from?
Comment: This CD blows my mind! I'm new to Jai Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra, but I'm an instant convert. Every song moves me in a different way. I'm no music critic and I dont know how to write a review, but I just LOVE this disc. Funk, jazz, Indian, Brazilian, Hebrew, folk, and just plain wierd.......but all from the heart. And it all goes straight to my heart.
Super cool!

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Summary: Great fusion of Indian and Jazz Influences
Comment: I really enjoy this album. Jai uses a great mix of Indian, American pop and jazz with interesting musical instruments and arrangements. Track EXILE is worthy of a top 10 spot.

Editorial Reviews:

Jai Uttal has been immersed in Indian music for decades. He traveled with the Bauls of Bengal, singing their chants, and he plays the dotar, a baby brother to the Indian sarod, which he studied with Ali Akbar Khan. His 1991 album, Footprints, essayed a heady, mostly instrumental world fusion full of atmosphere and improvisation, including a guest appearance from jazz trumpeter Don Cherry. For the most part, each succeeding album has found Uttal moving in the pop direction, emphasizing his vocals, in which he alternates emotional ballads in English and adaptations of the chants.

Mondo Rama continues the trend as Uttal rummages through the bazaar of global elements to enliven his songs, turning sacred chant into pop. From the opening "Narayama," with its vaguely calypso groove, soul choruses, and Beatles-esque guitars, to the turntable effects of "Sri Krishna," Uttal mixes raga-rock nostalgia with just a touch of ethno-techno ambience. At times, however, he falls short of similar fusions by singers like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Shafqat Ali Khan, and Sheila Chandra. When his spiritual chants get undercut, rather than reinforced, by all the competing elements, his hymns can become trivialized, and the pop sounds can become forced and even clichéd. --John Diliberto

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