Pandit Pran Nath [Marian Zazeela]
Ragas
Paris, France: Shandar, 1971
12” vinyl record
Edition size unknown
A year prior to the release of this record, Pandit Pran Nath travelled from India (where he taught at the University of Delhi) to visit New York City, at the urging of composer La Monte Young and his visual artist partner Marian Zazeela. He lived the rest of his life in the city.
Young and Zazeela became disciples, and the three played together often. On this recording, released on the short-lived but influential Shandar label, Young provides liner notes and Zazeela’s distinctive calligraphy and mark-making serve as the album cover’s design.
Pran Nath passed in 1996 and Zazeela died on March 28th of this year, at the age of 83.
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