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Ananda Shankar was a Bengali musician best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles.
Ananda Shankar is the debut album by the Indian musician, the son of dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar and the nephew of Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar. It was released in 1970 and was among the first works in the rock genre by an Indian musician. Consisting mainly of instrumental recordings featuring sitar and Moog synthesizer, it includes a cover version of the Rolling Stones 1968 hit song Jumpin Jack Flash and a thirteen-minute
Indian-style piece titled Sagar (The Ocean).
In the decades since the LPs release, Jumpin Jack Flash became a popular club hit, while the album has been recognised for its influence on world music fusion, particularly the EastWest styles developed in the UK. It is one of the albums featured in Robert Dimerys book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
In 2005, his song Raghupati was used in the game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories soundtrack.
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