00:00Zakir ji, remember Shakti, where the Jazz meets India, what does that mean?
00:29First of all, I would like to say that there are two types of music in the world.
00:36One approach is to improvise.
00:42That is, to create something new and spontaneous.
00:48There is a connection between Indian music and Jazz music.
00:52In a way, both types of music can be traditionally referred to as brothers or twins.
00:58This connection can be called an energy connection.
01:06Electricity, energy, vibration, strength.
01:11This gives us strength, comfort, peace.
01:18When we used to play this music, we used to feel as if we had eaten a lot of vitamins.
01:29Or we did yoga or meditation and suddenly felt refreshed.
01:33So it felt that the name of the music should also be Shakti.
01:38This is not an ad for bottled vitamins.
01:42When we play this music, we feel a kind of therapy.
01:50We feel really good.
01:52Shakti is a homage to India.
02:02The connection between Jazz, which is the West, and India, which is the East.
02:07The kind of energy it creates, that's what it is.
02:12Where is Mr. Palani?
02:14He's inside.
02:15In the green room.
02:23Taufiq, do you have a monitor?
02:28Put him in the monitor.
02:30Side, yeah.
02:31He won't fit in.
02:34That's true.
02:36We all have the same problem.
02:42Okay.
02:49Okay.
02:51Okay.
02:52A little softer.
02:53A little softer in the monitor.
03:02So for your mother and for you, right?
03:04Is that what you're saying?
03:07Sir, where are you going?
03:14Because this is improvised music, we haven't yet decided.
03:17We haven't made a decision yet.
03:19Because we always play chaar.
03:22But this time, a lot of new artists will join us.
03:25Like Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Shankar Mahadevan, Shiva Mani, Vinayak Ramji, Devasheesh Bhattacharya.
03:33A lot of musicians are coming.
03:35So I can't say what type of music we'll do.
03:38But whatever happens, it's going to be fun.
03:40It'll be fun.
03:42We'll enjoy each other's music.
03:45And just enjoy ourselves.
03:49But it'll be Indian, it'll be jazz, it'll be whatever you want to call it.
03:53But it'll be music.
04:05It'll be music.
04:35How do you feel being in Shakti?
04:49I feel very fortunate.
04:52I consider myself very fortunate.
04:54I was born at a time when I heard, saw, played and learned a lot of artists.
05:04So playing with Shiv Kumar gives you a different learning experience.
05:08Playing with Hari Prasad gives you a different experience.
05:10Similarly, with John McLaughlin, Srinivas, Vinayak Ramji, Shankar, L. Shankar, violinist.
05:17You get to learn a lot.
05:18So I feel I consider myself very fortunate.
05:21That I'm in a time where there's a group like Shakti.
05:25There's Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan.
05:28There was Ghulam Ali Khan.
05:29There was Ameer Khan.
05:31I heard, saw, learned and understood so many great artists.
05:35And I played with an artist like Ali Akbar Khan.
05:38So I'm very happy and lucky.
06:01Shakia is truly like a brother to me.
06:19Because we've known each other for over 30 years now.
06:26And though we've continued in our separate careers.
06:33And we've been always in touch with each other.
06:37And always continue to do different things, different concerts.
06:41We've done concerts with Hari Prasad Chaurasia in Italy.
06:45Nishat Khan, other places, recordings, television shows in France, in Europe generally.
06:54So we've always stayed in contact.
06:56So he's really a brother to me.
06:59I cannot really tell you my admiration for him.
07:04My love and affection for Shakia.
07:07He's great. He's just great.
07:10Thank you John.
07:11My pleasure.
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