Ganavya
Daughter of a Temple (LP)
LabelLeiterGenreJazz & Improvisation
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For "Daughter of a Temple", ganavya invited over 30 artists from various disciplines to a ritual gathering in Houston. Consequently, the album features numerous contributors, including renowned musicians such as esperanza spalding, Vijay Iyer, Shabaka Hutchings, Immanuel Wilkins, and Peter Sellars. The results—an innovative and deeply moving blend of spiritual jazz and South Asian devotional music—were initially recorded by Ryan Renteria and then further edited and mixed by Nils Frahm at LEITER's studio in Berlin in 2024.
Release notes
The gathering-at-large in Houston included the presences, dances, efforts, and prayers of: Alyssa Simmons (event production, voice), Andrew Wilson (textile - making of prayer clothes, voice), Amir George (cinematography), Anya Yermakova (piano, choreography, dance), Cean Geronimo (food, voice), Charlotte Brathwaite (stage direction, voice), Frewuhn (voice), Joy Harjo (voice), Larry Blumenfeld (voice, movement), Lucía Martinez (movement, voice), Michael Ewing (event production, voice), Ricky…
| A1 | A Love Chant | 0:42 | |
| A2 | Om Supreme | 10:15 | |
| A3 | Prema Muditha | 4:53 | |
| A4 | Elders Wayne And Carolina | 2:16 | |
| A5 | Om Namah Sivaya | 5:18 | |
| B1 | Journey In Satchidananda/Ghana Nila | 6:37 | |
| B2 | A Love Supreme, Part 1: Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith | 1:00 | |
| B3 | A Love Supreme, Part 2: Peter Sellars | 7:21 | |
| B4 | A Love Supreme, Part 3: Alice Coltrane | 5:49 | |
| B5 | A Love Supreme, Part 4: Ione | 3:57 |
- Carolina Shorter
- Cabasa [Beads], Voice
- Wayne Shorter
- Cabasa [Beads], Bells, Voice
- Jiordi Rosales
- Cello, Voice
- Studio Torsten Posselt
- Design
- Esperanza Spalding
- Double Bass, Mixed By [Additional Mixing], Producer [Additional Production By], Voice
- Ganavya
- Double Bass, Kalimba, Voice
- Chris Sholar
- Electronics
- Rasika Shekar
- Flute, Voice
- M.S. Krsna
- Guitar, Voice
- Andreas Kauffelt
- Lacquer Cut By
- Zino Mikorey
- Mastered By
- Nils Frahm
- Mixed By [Additional Mixing], Producer [Additional Production By]
- Ryan Renteria
- Mixed By, Recorded By, Producer [Additional Production By]
- Brontë Velez
- Other [Dance, Prophesy]
- Viktor Laurent Ewing Givens
- Other [Dance, Ritualist]
- Ranjani Swaminathan
- Percussion [Mrudangam], Kanjira, Producer [Additional Production By], Voice
- Kweku Sumbry
- Percussion, Drums, Voice
- Ricky Weaver
- Photography By
- Ganavya Doraiswamy
- Producer
- Felix Grimm
- Producer [Additional Production By]
- Shanta Nurullah
- Sitar, Voice
- Darian Donovan Thomas
- Violin, Electronics
- Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy
- Voice
- Brontë Velez
- Voice
- Eden Girma
- Voice
- Immanuel Wilkins
- Voice
- Shabaka Hutchings
- Voice
- Vidya Doraiswamy
- Voice
