''Song for Everyone'' is an album by Indian

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ist L. Shankar recorded in September 1984 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features saxophonist

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and percussionists Zakir Hussain and

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Reception

AllMusic's Richard S. Ginell called the album "a brighter, more outgoing record than its predecessor ''Vision'', veering between Western acoustic and electric grooves and the complex beats churned out by the tabla. Jan Garbarek again shines beams of light on soprano and tenor, engaging Shankar's ten-string double-necked electric violin in some complex interplay on the title track."Ginell, R. S. Allmusic review: ''Song For Everyone''accessed 12 March 2010

Track listing

''All compositions by Shankar.'' #"Paper Nut" – 6:08 #"I Know" – 7:38 #"Watching You" – 13:17 #"Conversation" – 7:55 #"Song for Everyone" – 6:28 #"Let's Go Home" – 6:32 #"Rest in Peace" – 3:24

Personnel

* Shankar – 10-string double violin, drum machine *

– soprano and tenor saxophone * Zakir Hussain – tabla, congas *

– percussion

References

{{Authority control 1985 albums ECM Records albums Lakshminarayana Shankar albums Trilok Gurtu albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher