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- Date Released: January 1, 1990
- Genre: International
- Style: World Fusion
- Label: Triloka Records / CD Baby
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The jazz-oriented Triloka Records successfully entered the worldbeat realm with Jai Uttal's Footprints, a hauntingly tranquil CD that finds the student of Indian great Ali Akbar Khan combining Indian music with American pop. The largely instrumental Footprints isn't modern secular Indian pop, but rather, is best described as an early-'90s approach to traditional Indian spiritual music. Soulfully blending tradition and technology, Uttal lets loose on acoustic instruments like the dotar, the harmonium and katrals as well as electronic synthesizers. Uttal has inspired company in jazz trumpeter great Don Cherry (who is best known for his assocation with avant-garde innovator Ornette Coleman), vocalist Lakshimi Shankar, tabla player Daniel Paul Karp and bassist Jerry Watts.
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10 Total Tracks, 54:20 Total Length
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Credits
- Don Cherry - Trumpet // Don Cherry - Performer // Don Cherry - Pocket Trumpet // Micko Frey - Engineer // Micko Frey - Mixing // Bruce Granofsky - Engineer // Bruce Granofsky - Mixing // K.D. Kagel - Executive Producer // Daniel Paul Kapp - Tabla // Mitchell Markus - Executive Producer // Roger Nichols - Engineer // Roger Nichols - Digital Mastering // Roger Nichols - Editing // Roger Nichols - Mastering // Roger Nichols - Mixing // Roger Nichols - Production Consultant // Roger Nichols - Digital Assembly // Lakshminarayana Shankar - Vocals // Lakshminarayana Shankar - Vocals // Don Sherry - Trumpet // Paul A. Sloman - Executive Producer // Jai Uttal - Synthesizer // Jai Uttal - Synthesizer // Jai Uttal - Synthesizer // Jai Uttal - Guitar // Jai Uttal - Guitar // Jai Uttal - Guitar // Jai Uttal - Arranger // Jai Uttal - Arranger // Jai Uttal - Arranger // Jai Uttal - Cello // Jai Uttal - Cello // Jai Uttal - Cello // Jai Uttal - Guitar (Electric) // Jai Uttal - Guitar (Electric) // Jai Uttal - Guitar (Electric) // Jai Uttal - Harmonium // Jai Uttal - Harmonium // Jai Uttal - Harmonium // Jai Uttal - Vocals // Jai Uttal - Vocals // Jai Uttal - Vocals // Jai Uttal - Bells // Jai Uttal - Bells // Jai Uttal - Bells // Jai Uttal - Producer // Jai Uttal - Producer // Jai Uttal - Producer // Jai Uttal - Sampling // Jai Uttal - Sampling // Jai Uttal - Sampling // Jai Uttal - Main Performer // Jai Uttal - Main Performer // Jai Uttal - Main Performer // Jai Uttal - Liner Notes // Jai Uttal - Liner Notes // Jai Uttal - Liner Notes // Jai Uttal - Dotar // Jai Uttal - Dotar // Jai Uttal - Dotar // Jai Uttal - Gubgubbi // Jai Uttal - Gubgubbi // Jai Uttal - Gubgubbi // Jai Uttal - Kartals // Jai Uttal - Kartals // Jai Uttal - Kartals // Jai Uttal - Shaker // Jai Uttal - Shaker // Jai Uttal - Shaker // Jai Uttal - Mixing // Jai Uttal - Mixing // Jai Uttal - Mixing // Jai Uttal - Swaramandala // Jai Uttal - Swaramandala // Jai Uttal - Swaramandala // Jai Uttal - Ektara // Jai Uttal - Ektara // Jai Uttal - Ektara // Jai Uttal - Chimta // Jai Uttal - Chimta // Jai Uttal - Chimta // Jai Uttal - Gopichard // Jai Uttal - Gopichard // Jai Uttal - Gopichard // Jerry Watts - Bass // Dave Collins - Editing // Dave Collins - A&R // Dave Collins - Digital Assembly // Lakshmi Shankar - Vocals // Lakshmi Shankar - Vocals // Lakshmi Shankar - Vocals // Lakshmi Shankar - Vocals // Lakshmi Shankar - Performer // Lakshmi Shankar - Performer // Lakshmi Shankar - Performer // Lakshmi Shankar - Performer // Jerry Jr. Watts - Bass // Rick Norman - Engineer // Tom Hardisty - Engineer // June Popowich - Production Coordination // Richard Cash - Photography // Richard Cash - Cover Photo // Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell - Pocket Trumpet // Rameshwar Das - Photography // Ralph Granich - Photography
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