Re-Orient is acclaimed Indian classical musician Baluji Shrivastav with members of the group Jazz Orient, plus various guest artists. Together, on Indian World Music Fusion, they present 23 different musical instruments, and a fusion of styles that draws upon both traditional and improvisational sources.
As the sleeve notes tell us, the band would like us to let go of dogma and listen from the heart. The amalgam of talents and Eastern and Western approaches has produced an invigorating and unique recording. This is further achieved through the diverse combination of instruments, such as Irish tin whistle and ghatam, as found on the superb Child of the Emerald Air, or saxophone and sitar on Unforgotten Days, and flute and dilruba on the improvised PaniHari. Great jazz elements are threaded throughout, but no more keenly felt than on the delightful Tarana16, which features a terrific piano solo, along with eclectic vocalisations from Linda Shanovitch. Her voice, meld seamlessly with all the other instrumentation and is peppered throughout the 10 tracks.
Indian World Music is a gem to discover, unfolding in many interesting directions. Jasper

"In this unusual but recommended world music hybrid, outstanding Indian classical musicians interact with jazz soloists for a vertitable feast of sound. There are improvised ragas in which sax, bamboo flute and tabla dialogue, fast Turkish rhythms, meetings of sitar and 12-string guitar, peaceful musical reflections via soprano sax and gorgeous melodies throughout. Lovely stuff. ***"

Fred Shuster - L.A. Daily News, USA,