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This is a Modern piece .

History (from Neptune, John Kaizan)
As the title suggests, this is a marriage of Indian sounds and American blues. Indian ornamentation and slides on violin seem to suit the blues very nicely, as does the Indian "alap," a flow of free rhythm at the introduction, used to explore the raga.

India Indigo appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Circle, The  (Listen)	Neptune, John Kaizan
As the title suggests, this is a marriage of Indian sounds and American blues. Indian ornamentation and slides on violin seem to suit the blues very nicely, as does the Indian "alap," a flow of free rhythm at the introduction, used to explore the raga.