Colin Walcott
USA
Born: 24 April 1945
Died: 08 November 1984
Genres: Jazz, International
Styles: World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music
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Collin Walcott was one of the first sitar players to play jazz. As a member of Oregon, Walcott's flexibility, interest in different cultures, and ability to play not only sitar but tabla and other percussion instruments made him a very valuable musician. Early on, he studied violin for two years, and played both snare drum and tympani in school. Walcott also studied percussion at Indiana University, and took sitar and tabla lessons with Ravi Shankar and Alla Rakha, respectively. After stints with Tony Scott (1967-1969) and Tim Hardin, he became...
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