Java: The Jasmine Isle / Gamelan Music
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Track Listing
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106:00
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31:07
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42:51
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52:28
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64:34
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71:35
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News & Reviews
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David Lewiston passed away in Hawaii on May 29, 2017, at the age of 88, after an extended illness. The inveterate traveler-musicologist was among the first to release recordings as part of the Nonesuch Explorer Series, which presented indigenous music from around the world, in the late 1960s. His first recording in the series, Music from the Morning of the World, featuring field recordings from Bali, was inducted into the National Recording Registry of "culturally significant" sound recordings in 2008. Here, the musician, producer, and writer Brian Cullman offers a remembrance.
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About This Album
Jasmine and the exotic, subtle sounds of the orchestra called gamelan are inextricably linked in the life of Java, Indonesia's most populous isle. Sacred musical instruments, religious offerings, dancers, brides—all are decorated with jasmine. And where there is jasmine, there is the music of the gamelan: at religious ceremonies, at the theater, at popular entertainment. The rich, intricate texture of the Javanese gamelan is in sharp contrast to the extrovert brilliance of gamelan gong kebjar, found on the neighboring island of Bali. This record presents instrumental versions of pieces well known in Java.
FROM THE ORIGINAL LINER NOTES (1969)
Credits
Recorded in Java by Suryabrata & David Lewiston
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Jasmine and the exotic, subtle sounds of the gamelan are inextricably linked in the life of Java, Indonesia's most populous isle: at religious ceremonies, at the theater, in popular entertainment. The rich, intricate texture of the Javanese gamelan stands in sharp contrast to the extrovert brilliance of gamelan gong kebjar from neighboring Bali.
Jasmine and the exotic, subtle sounds of the orchestra called gamelan are inextricably linked in the life of Java, Indonesia's most populous isle. Sacred musical instruments, religious offerings, dancers, brides—all are decorated with jasmine. And where there is jasmine, there is the music of the gamelan: at religious ceremonies, at the theater, at popular entertainment. The rich, intricate texture of the Javanese gamelan is in sharp contrast to the extrovert brilliance of gamelan gong kebjar, found on the neighboring island of Bali. This record presents instrumental versions of pieces well known in Java.
FROM THE ORIGINAL LINER NOTES (1969)
Recorded in Java by Suryabrata & David Lewiston

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