Ravi Shankar - Tenth Decade in Concert: Live In Escondido (Raga Mala)

A clip from “Ravi Shankar - Tenth Decade in Concert,“ available on DVD from Ravi’s own East Meets West Music (). * * * Cinematographer and director Alan Kozlowski presents an intimate look at a 91-year-old Ravi Shankar performing in southern California in October 2011. Kozlowski offers a uniquely personal perspective on Ravi Shankar. The filmmaker has studied music with Ravi since 1978, and has produced a documentary honoring Ravi called “Sangeet Ratna“ and co-produced with George Harrison a collection of Ravi’s work called “In Celebration.“ The love of subject is clear in the film, but it’s Ravi’s raw and powerful performance that leaves the most lasting impression. Though Ravi has curtailed his busy touring schedule, his playing continues to draw intense praise. Songlines magazine says that the master has lost “absolutely nothing in the way of musical virtuosity, technical brilliance and the kind of high-energy passio