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Around The World (For A Song)

Various Artists

Initial release : 1991

Rykodisc RCD 00217

All of the tracks on this compilation were produced by Mickey Hart. Hart plays on five tracks, Bill Kreutzmann and Phil Lesh play on one track and Garcia on another. One track was co-produced by Garcia.

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Tracks / Musicians

The tracks and performers on this compilation are;

  • Udu Chant - Mickey Hart
  • Sweet Sixteen - Diga Rhythm Band
  • Blow Wind Blow - Dzintars, Latvian Women's Choir
  • Akiwowo - Babatunde Olatunji
  • Kori - Babatunde Olatunji
  • The Groom - unknown traditional musicians
  • Dry Sands Of The Desert - Mickey Hart, Airto, Flora Purim
  • Tov L'Hodot - Golden Gate Gypsy Orchestra
  • Mwashah - Hamza El Din
  • Bamboo Jews Harp - unnamed traditional musicians
  • Compound - Rhythm Devils
  • Alop And Jor - Hariprasad/Zakir Hussain
  • Raga: Bageshree - Ustad Sultan Khan
  • Yamantaka - The Gyuto Monks
  • Grand Entry Song - Little Otter Singers
Mickey Hart plays on Udu Chant, Sweet Sixteen, Dry Sands Of The Desert, Compound and Sky Water.

Kreutzmann and Lesh play on Compound.

Garcia plays only on Sky Water.

The musicians on Udu Chant, which is taken from Mickey Hart's Planet Drum, are;

  • Sikiru Adepoju - cowbell
  • Mickey Hart - bass drum, snare drum, hoop drum, tambourine, triangle, beam, vocals
  • Zakir Hussain - udu drum, balafon, tabla
  • Airto Moreira - tamanco, bird calls, whistles, conch shell, claps, chimes, vocals
Blow Wind Blow, is performed by the Dzintars Latvian Women's Choir and taken from the album, Dzintars which was produced by Garcia and Hart.
  • 76 singers are listed in the Dzintars CD booklet; plus;

  • Imants Cepitis - chief conductor
  • Ausma Derkevica - conductor
  • Inesse Galante - soloist (Latvian State Opera and Ballet Theatre)
  • Aivars Kalejs - organ
  • Gunta Malevica - choir master
  • Ruta Vintule - accompanist, piano
  • Dzintars - arrangements
Dry Sands Of The Desert is taken from Dafos. The musicians on this track are;
  • Steve Douglas - woodwind
  • Mickey Hart - tars
  • Shabda Khan - tars
  • Daniel Kennedy - tars
  • Mica Katz - tars
  • Khadija Mastah - tars
  • Ray Patch - tars
  • Habib Bishop - tars
  • Brian Crittenden - tars
The musicians on Sky Water, which is taken from Mickey Hart's At The Edge, are;
  • Zakir Hussain - processed tabla, duggi tarang
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar
  • Mickey Hart - processed bell
Related releases

Udu Chant is taken from;

Sweet Sixteen is taken from;
  • Diga, Diga Rhythm Band, 1976
Blow, Wind, Blow is taken from; Akiwowo (a capella) is taken from; Kori is taken from; The Groom is taken from; Dry Sands Of The Desert is taken from;
  • Dafos, Mickey Hart/Airto Moreira/Flora Purim, 1983
Tov L'Hodot is taken from; Mwashah is taken from; Bamboo Jews Harp is taken from; Compound is taken from; Alop And Jor is taken from;
  • Venu, Hariprasad/Zakir Hussain, 1989
Raga:Bageshree is taken from; Yamantaka is taken from; Grand Entry Song is taken from; Sky Water is taken from;

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