Tanpura

CD version. This album is a tribute to the person and spirit of John Coltrane. It was produced by musicians who not only admire Coltrane but embody similar values.While it’s always a good time to honor Coltrane’s memory, this particular moment seems …

Yusef Lateef's 1968 Atlantic album, recorded at RCA Studios, New York, on 23-24 April 1968 with Blue Mitchell, Sonny Red, Kenny Burrell, Buddy Lucas, Hugh Lawson, Cecil McBee, Bob Cranshaw and Roy Brooks, produced by Joel Dorn.

Double album of four side-long pieces by Miles Davis, recorded in New York between November 1969 and June 1972 with Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin and Wayne Shorter, assembled by Teo Macero and issued by Columbia in 1974.

1983’s Waves of Peace is an album of gentle reflection. The sound of ocean waves permeates every track. Sitar, tambura, synthesizer, and bamboo flute are among the instruments that Aziz & Friends use to conjure their blissful oceanic meditation. “Wav…

Tip! This is the one and only Martin Denny diving into the highly exotic sounds of India. Originally released in 1968 on Liberty Records, A Taste of India stands as one of the best later Denny's work. Here the king of Exotica injects his gorgeous ins…

Hindustani bansuri music by Steve Gorn, with Samir Chatterjee (tabla) and Annalisa Adami (tanpura), in memory of his teacher Gour Goswami. Recorded on 24 March 1996 at Sender Freies Berlin.

Michael Vetter's improvised overtone songs with tambura, Gesänge der Nacht I and II, recorded on 12 and 13 September 1987 in the Cistercian abbey of Le Thoronet.

Peter Pannke's piece for four tamburas in unusual tunings, played in a circle by Mechthild Kampik, Tina Rusvay, Werner Durand and Pannke. Recorded at Radio Bremen in 1982, in two parts.