A Handful of Beauty

A Handful of Beauty
A Handful of Beauty
Studio album by Shakti
Released	1976
Recorded	August 1976
Length	47:55
Label	Columbia
Shakti chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
All About Jazz	(not rated)^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

A Handful of Beauty is the first studio album released by the world fusion band Shakti in 1976.

Track listing[edit]

"La Danse du Bonheur" (John McLaughlin, L.Shankar) – 4:48
"Lady L" (Shankar) – 7:23
"India" (McLaughlin, Shankar) – 12:31
"Kriti" (Traditional South Indian, arr. McLaughlin, Shankar) – 2:58
"Isis" (McLaughlin, Shankar) – 15:11
"Two Sisters" (McLaughlin) – 4:41

Personnel[edit]

Musicians[edit]

John McLaughlin – acoustic guitar, guitar, arranger, producer
L.Shankar – violin, arranger, vocals
Zakir Hussain – percussion, tabla
Vikku Vinayakram – percussion, vocals

Technical[edit]

Dennis MacKay – engineer
Steven Berkowitz – assistant
Stephen W Tayler – assistant
Richard Laird – photography

Chart performance[edit]

Chart performance for *A Handful of Beauty*
Chart (1977)	Peak
US Billboard 200^[4]	168
US Billboard Jazz Albums^[4]	32

References[edit]

^ Ginell, Richard S.. A Handful of Beauty at AllMusic
^ Kolosky, Walter (18 November 2002). "John McLaughlin and Shakti: A Handful of Beauty". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 135. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ ^a ^b "A Handful of Beauty - Shakti | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 November 2013.

[1] Ginell, Richard S.. A Handful of Beauty at AllMusic

[2] Kolosky, Walter (18 November 2002). "John McLaughlin and Shakti: A Handful of Beauty". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 5 November 2013.

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 135. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[allmusicawards-4] "A Handful of Beauty - Shakti | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 November 2013.

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v t e Shakti
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise. John McLaughlin Shankar Mahadevan Zakir Hussain Ganesh Rajagopalan V. Selvaganesh L. Shankar Ramnad Raghavan T. H. Vinayakram
Studio albums	A Handful of Beauty (1976) Natural Elements (1977) This Moment (released 2023)
Live albums	Shakti (1975)
As Remember Shakti	Remember Shakti (1997) The Believer (released 2000) Saturday Night in Bombay (released 2001)

v t e John McLaughlin
Solo albums	Extrapolation Where Fortune Smiles Devotion My Goal's Beyond Electric Guitarist Electric Dreams Belo Horizonte Music Spoken Here Live at the Royal Festival Hall Que Alegria Time Remembered: John McLaughlin Plays Bill Evans Tokyo Live After the Rain The Promise The Guitar Trio The Heart of Things The Heart of Things: Live in Paris Thieves and Poets Industrial Zen Floating Point To the One Now Here This Black Light Liberation Time
with Miles Davis	In a Silent Way Bitches Brew Jack Johnson Live-Evil On the Corner Big Fun Get Up with It Circle in the Round Directions You're Under Arrest Aura The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
with the Mahavishnu Orchestra	The Inner Mounting Flame Birds of Fire The Lost Trident Sessions Between Nothingness & Eternity Apocalypse Visions of the Emerald Beyond Inner Worlds Mahavishnu Adventures in Radioland
with Shakti and Remember Shakti	Shakti with John McLaughlin A Handful of Beauty Natural Elements Remember Shakti Remember Shakti – The Believer Remember Shakti – Saturday Night in Bombay This Moment
Collaboration albums	Super Nova Emergency! Things We Like Escalator over the Hill One Man Dog Love Devotion Surrender Welcome Moto Grosso Feio School Days Friday Night in San Francisco Passion, Grace and Fire Round Midnight (soundtrack) Making Music Universal Syncopations Five Peace Band Live
Related articles	Discography