Thursday, December 13, 2012

Ustad Ravi Shankar [Videos]

Ravi Shankar, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 92, recorded while teaching George Harrison.
Watch him energize a sleepy audience at the Monterey Pop in 1967, in a spellbinding minute performance along with the great master of tabla, Alla Rakha. The audience erupts at the end of this performance. (for context about this, read this blog post) And here's a video of him collaborating with Alla Rakha's son, another giant of Indian classical music, Zakir Hussain.