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{{Infobox album
| name = Improvisations
| type = studio
| artist = [[Ravi Shankar]]
| cover = improvisations.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1962
| recorded = 1962
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]], [[World music|World fusion]], [[Indo jazz]]
| length = 39:42
| label = [[World Pacific]] <small>(LP)</small>, [[Angel Records|Angel]] <small>(CD)</small>
| producer = [[Richard Bock (producer)|Richard Bock]]
| prev_title = [[India's Master Musician]]
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = [[India's Most Distinguished Musician In Concert]]
| next_year = 1962
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|last=Phares|first=Heather|title=Improvisations|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r186091|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=November 19, 2009}}</ref>
}}

'''''Improvisations''''' is a 1962 [[LP album]] by [[Ravi Shankar]]. The opening piece is based on music from Shankar's score for [[Satyajit Ray]]'s 1955 movie ''[[Pather Panchali]]'' with flutist [[Bud Shank]] playing in [[Music of India|Indian style]]. Shankar composed "Fire Night" influenced by the 1961 Los Angeles fires and the song features [[jazz]] musicians Shank (flute) and [[Gary Peacock]] (bass) improvise over Indian percussion instruments. The concluding [[raga]]s are in [[Indian classical music|classical Indian]] style: the first raga, [[Kirvani]], with South Indian origin, and the second, [[Shree (Hindustani raga)|Rageshri]], with North Indian origin. The album was released in [[Compact Disc|CD]] format by [[Angel Records]] in 1999 and has been described as a "visionary recording" by [[AllMusic]] reviewer Heather Phares.<ref name="AMG" /><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Improvisations|others=Ravi Shankar|year=1962|first=Robert E.|last=Brown|author-link=Robert E. Brown|type=liner notes|publisher=[[World Pacific]]}}</ref>

==Track listing==
#"Improvisation on the Theme Music from Pather Panchali" – 7:07
#"Fire Night" – 4:37
#"Karnataki (Raga Kirvani)" – 6:43
#"Raga Rageshri: Part 1 (Alap)" – 6:50
#"Raga Rageshri: Part 2 (Jor)" – 11:01
#"Raga Rageshri: Part 3 (Gat)" – 3:24

==References==
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[[Category:1962 albums]]
[[Category:Ravi Shankar albums]]
[[Category:World Pacific Records albums]]
[[Category:Angel Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Richard Bock (producer)]]

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Improvisations (Ravi Shankar album) - Revision history

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