Amancio D'Silva

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Following in the footsteps of the landmark 1966 double-quartet recording by Joe Harriott and John Mayer, Indian born musician Amancio d'Silva produced some of the most adventurous and sophisticated recordings within the canon of 'indo-jazz', a term used to define a pioneering east meets west synthesis that reflected the shifting musical and cultural landscape of post-war Britain. An experiment that reached a pinnacle in 1972 with D'Silva's seminal recording Dream Sequence, an adventurous fusion of modal jazz and Indian classical music viewed through the psychedelic lens of swinging London. Exotic third-stream jazz conceived by a visionary composer whose virtuosic technique and deeply emotive guitar playing defined his two earlier and now legendary 1969 UK jazz albums Integration and Hum Dono with Joe Harriott, both recorded for the much-celebrated Lansdowne label. Also recorded in 1972 although not released at the time was Konkan Dance, an unofficial sequel to Dream Sequence that further explored the uncharted possibilities of an Indian music-jazz fusion.

PERSONNEL:

• Amancio D’Silva - acoustic & electric guitar
• Alan Branscombe - flute, vibes, electric piano
• Don Rendell - sax
• Toni Campo - bass
• Stan Tracey - piano
• Clem Alford - sitar
• Mick Ripshar, Keshav Sathe - tablas

Recorded in London, 1972

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• 01. A Street in Bombay
• 02. What Maria Sees

• SIDE B
• 01. A Song for Francesca
• 02. Konkan Dance