encouraged (nay stung) by a comment on NTS's radio show on robbie basho hosted by throwing shade and robbie dawson (about basho being essentially solitary) horsemouth decided to investigate robbie basho's duets, musical collaborations and what had become of the musicians he played with.
he begins with the violin on rocky mountain raga by Toni Talia Marcus who studied Ali Akbar Khan, Pandit Pran Nath and has played with Ornette Coleman, Carla Bley's Jazz Composers Orchestra, La Monte Young, Tony Conrad, and Alan Sorrenti and David Jackson of Van der Graaf Generator (and worked with Van Morrison). the best source on her is probably the german wikipedia article https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Marcus
in particular she plays on carla bely's tropical appetities
she was a child prodigy (as the following clip makes clear) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Cl3-SUp_c
ALAS horsemouth has been able to find out exactly nothing about the tabla player on robbie basho's roses and snow (from the album song of the stallion)- one William Wright. (any news gratefully received)
and so on..
both of basho's albums zarthus and the voice of the eagle feature South Indian mridangam player Ramnad V. Raghavan who'd also played with John McLaughlin (as part of shakti) Ali Akbar Khan / L. Subramaniam and Maynard Ferguson (probably best known as the trumpet player who wrote the rocky theme music - no not eye of the tiger). this probably makes him the longest serving of any of basho's accompanists.
next up with Susan Graubard – flute on tassajara from the Falconer's Arm I recorded in 1967 - now Susan Graubard Archuleta she's probably most famous for having been in an early improv folk ensemble called the new age.
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