Improvisations

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Improvisations is a 1962 album released by Ravi Shankar. The opening piece is based on music from Shankar's score for Satyajit Ray's 1955 film classic, Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road). The composition "Fire Night," inspired by the L.A. fires of 1961, features western jazz musicians bassist Gary Peacock and flautist Bud Shank and is an early example of fusion experiments with jazz and Indian classical music. The concluding ragas are pure... more
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Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar (Bengali: রবি শংকর) (born 7 April 1920), often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian classical musician and composer who plays the sitar. He was described as "the most famous Indian musician on the planet" by Ken Hunt of Allmusic. Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent his...

Label

Angel Records

Angel Records is a record label belonging to EMI. It was formed in 1953 and specialised in classical music, but included an occasional operetta or Broadway score. Additionally, the Angel mark has been used by EMI, its predecessors, and affiliated companies since 1898. A recording angel is a...
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