Shankar

L. Shankar (born Lakshminarayana Shankar) is a virtuoso violinist, vocalist, composer, and producer. A musical pioneer, his career defines the word "fusion"; he has amassed hundreds of recording and writing credits extending across Indian classical and folk traditions, jazz, rock, dub reggae, post-punk, EDM, and more. A first-call sideman, he has played on iconic rock, jazz, and pop albums. During the 1970s, he and guitarist John McLaughlin co-led Shakti, a best-selling acoustic Indo-jazz fusion group that issued three seminal albums for Columbia including Natural Elements. T...