Ravi Shankar

sitar · 1920–2012 · Bénarès (Varanasi)

Sitarist born on 7 April 1920 in Benares (Varanasi), died on 11 December 2012 in San Diego. He discovered jazz during his brother Uday's tours in Europe and the United States in the 1930s; John Coltrane gave his first name to his son Ravi.

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Styles

• Indo-jazz

Landmark tracks

• Improvisation on the Theme Music from Pather Panchali (1962)
• Fire Night (1962)

Sources

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