Icon: A Transcontinental Gathering

Icon: A Transcontinental Gathering is an album by bassist Jonas Hellborg, released on 25 January 2003 through Bardo Records. The album merges contemporary jazz-fusion and traditional Indian improvised music[2][3][4] and features guitarist Shawn Lane in his last officially released studio recording before his death in September of that year,[5] as well as the sons of ghatam player Vikku Vinayakram: Selvaganesh (kanjeera), Umashankar (ghatam) and Umamamesh (vocals), who also perform passages of konnakol, the vocal "scatting" often used as a memory device by Indian percussionists.[6] The album's name stands for a common cross-cultural ideal image, beyond vanity and self-identity, also present in this kind of musical communication.[7]

Icon: A Transcontinental Gathering
Studio album by
Jonas Hellborg
Released25 January 2003 (2003-01-25)
RecordedAir Edel Studios in London, England; Bardo Studios in New York City; The Dungeon in Memphis, Tennessee
GenreJazz fusion, world fusion
Length59:19
LabelBardo
ProducerJonas Hellborg
Jonas Hellborg and Shawn Lane chronology
Personae
(2002)		 Icon: A Transcontinental Gathering
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jonas Hellborg and V. Selvaganesh.

No.TitleLength
1."Anchor"15:02
2."Mirror"23:20
3."Vehicle"16:11
4."Escape"4:46
Total length:59:19

Personnel

References
  1. Tilland, William. "Icon - Jonas Hellborg". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  2. V, PV (1 Feb 2003). "Jonas Hellborg Icon". Billboard (pg. 43). Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  3. Prosser, Lee (12 Jan 2004). "ICON BY JONAS HELLBORG". Jazz Review. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-10-27. Highly eclectic and imaginative, composer Jonas Hellborg paves the way for new jazz coming out of India.
  4. Santella, Jim (2 Apr 2003). "Hellborg/Lane/Selvaganesh/Umashankar/Umamahesh: Icon (2003)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  5. Heath, Dick. "ICON - A TRANSCONTINENTAL GATHERING (WITH SHAWN LANE ,UMAMAHESH, SELVAGANESH,UMASHANKAR) Jonas Hellborg". Progarchives. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  6. Bennun, Neil (5 Aug 2003). "Jonas Hellborg Icon review". BBC Music Reviews. BBC. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  7. "Icon, Jonas Hellborg - Album Review". Bardo Records. Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
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