Ali Akbar Khan
USA
Born: 14 May 1922
Died: 18 June 2009
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: International, Jazz
Styles: Indian Classical, South Asia, Raga, Central Asia, World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion
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The son of influential Hindustani musician Allaudin Khan, Ali Akbar Khan was one of the Eastern world's greatest musicians. A master of the sarod, a 25-stringed, lute-like, Indian instrument, Khan brought the Northern Indian classical music to the international stage. A five-time Grammy nominee, Khan was called, by Yehudi Menuhin, "an absolute genius, the greatest musician in the world." Tracing his ancestral roots to Mian Tansen, a 16th century musician in the court of Emperor Akbar, Khan began studying music at the age of three. Initially stu...
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