| Making Music | ||||
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | December 1986 | |||
| Studio | Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway | |||
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| Length | 49:14 | |||
| Label | ECM 1349 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Making Music is an album by Indian tabla player and composer Zakir Hussain recorded in 1986 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia, guitarist John McLaughlin and saxophonist Jan Garbarek. [1]
The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 2½ stars stating "World fusion/jazz group falls short of its great potential." [2]
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| Allmusic |    [2] |
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