Tabula Rasā is a collaborative album by American banjoist Béla Fleck together with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (playing traditional Indian slide guitar "Mohan veena") and Jie-Bing Chen, who plays the traditional Chinese two-string fiddle erhu. The unusual combination of Fleck's banjo together with these traditional instruments creates a unique sound on this album, which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album at the 39th Grammy Awards.]
Track listing "Cārukeśī" (Vishwa Mohan Bhatt) – 6:42 "Emperor's Mare" (Traditional) – 1:39 "Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Līlā" (Ronu Majumdar) – 6:42 "John Hardy" (Traditional) – 2:29 "Tabula Rasā" (Béla Fleck) – 3:06 "Geocentricity" (Fleck) – 6:07 "The Way Of Love" (Fleck) – 4:15 "Earl In Shanghai" (Fleck) – 4:59 "Water Gardens" (Traditional) – 4:36 "The Jade Princess" (Fleck) – 2:57 "The Dancing Girl" (Bhatt) – 10:20
Personnel Béla Fleck - banjo Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - Mohan veena Jie-Bing Chen - Erhu Ronu Majumdar - Bansuri Sangeeta Shankar - violin Poovalur Sriji (Srinivasan) - Mridangam
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