''The Living Room Sessions Part 1'' is an album by
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known export of North Ind ...
released in 2012 through the record label East Meets West. The album earned Shankar the
Grammy Award for Best World Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album is an honor presented to recording artists for influential music from around the globe at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors i ...
.
Accompanying musicians are tabla player Tanmoy Bose, treble tanpura player Kenji Ota, bass tanpura player Barry Phillips and an unidentified tamboura player.
Track listing
#"Raga
Malgunji" – 17:18
#"Raga
Khamaj
Khamaj () is a Hindustani classical Music raga within the Khamaj thaat which is named after it.
Many ghazals and thumris are based on Khamaj. It utilises the shuddha (pure) form of Ni on the ascent, and the komala (flat) form of Ni on the desce ...
" – 18:57
#"Raga
Kedara
''Kedara'' is a 2019 Indian Bengali language slice of life film directed by Indraadip Dasgupta, and produced by Samiran Das under the banner of Kaleidoscope. The film starring Kaushik Ganguly, Rudranil Ghosh was released on 1 November 2019. Thi ...
" – 4:47
#"Raga Satyajit" - 11:30
See also
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The Living Room Sessions Part 2
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Ravi Shankar discography
References
2012 albums
Ravi Shankar albums
Grammy Award for Best World Music Album
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