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Namaste (also known as Namaste, India) is a collaborative studio album by American soft jazz saxophonist Kenny G and Indian musician Rahul Sharma. The album was issued in two different formats in India (2011) and the United States (2012), with elements of both musicians' styles, with original compositions by Sharma that contrast string instruments and woodwind instruments.




Reception


Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3 out of 5 stars, with critic Thom Jurek writing about the American edition "sound[s] geared toward club music as a world fusion exercise throughout" and he praised Sharma's performance, hoping that "Western listeners will take notice of Sharma's talent and become interested enough to seek out the original mix of this record and his other albums to boot". A brief review from Selwyn Harris of Jazzwise scored this album 1 out of 5 stars.




Track listing


All songs written by Rahul Sharma, except where noted.
American edition

"Namaste" – 5:26
"Brhama-Vishnu-Shiva" – "5:29
"Dance of the Elephant God" – 4:54
"Lotus Lovers" – 4:57
"Transcendental Consciousness" – 5:13
"Valley of Flowers" – 5:58
"Silsila" (Shiv-Hari) – 6:38
"Om Shanti" – 4:10
"Transcendental Consciousness" (Walter A Remix) – 3:44
"Namaste" (Sould Seekerz Club Remix) – 3:38




Personnel


Kenny G – soprano saxophone
Rahul Sharma – santoor, vocals, production, liner notes
Walter Afanasieff – arrangement, production
Greg Allen – art direction, design
Amitabh Bachchan – vocals
Adrian Bradford – mixing, programming
Larissa Collins – creative direction
Tanay Gajjar – mixing
Tyler Gordon – engineering
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Dominick Guillemot – photography
Marc JB – remixing, additional production (American edition)
Jatin Kamani – photography
Kid Tricky – bass guitar, guitar, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, drums, loops, remixing, additional production (American edition)
Kapil Rege – engineering
Prasad Sashtey – keyboards, arrangement, programming
Jackie Vanjari – keyboards, arrangement, programming, sound design




Chart performance


Namaste entered the contemporary jazz charts at first place and the title track reached second place on Billboard's world charts and number 4 on the smooth jazz charts.




See also


2012 in American music
List of 2012 albums




References






External links


Namaste at Discogs (list of releases)
Namaste at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
Page from Concord Music Group

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