Fast Tracks

August, 1985

Cosmetic Featuring Jamaaladeen Tacuma/So Tranquilizin' (Gramavision): Tacuma, an Ornette Coleman protégé, deserves his reputation as the Jimi Hendrix of electric bassists, but here his prodigious talents are wasted. You don't need a Ph.D. in funk to play dance music.L. Shankar/Song for Everyone (ECM): Shankar, a classical Indian musician, deserves his reputation as the Jimi Hendrix of electric violinists, but here his prodigious talentsare wasted. You don't need a Ph.D. in south Indian music to...

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