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Shankar "Watching You", con Jan Garbarek, Zakir Hussain y Trilok Gurtu

L. Shankar

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L. Shankar
Shankar in One Truth Band, Jazz Bilzen 1978 performing with John McLaughlin
Background information
Birth name	Lakshminarayana Shankar
Also known as	Shenkar
Born	1950 Madras
Genres	Carnatic, classical, electronica,progressive rock, soft rock,folk, fusion, jazz, occidental,pop, hard rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer,conductor, photographer,arranger, producer, engineer,pedagogue
Instruments	Vocals, double violin, viola,electric violin, kanjira, tablas,dholak, drums, percussion,sarod, tamboura, keyboard
Years active	1972–present
Labels	Axiom/Island/PolyGram ECM/Universal
Notable instruments
Custom-built double violin

Lakshminarayana Shankar, also known as L. Shankar and Shenkar, is an Indian-born American violinist, singer and composer.

Shankar has played with some of the greatest musical contemporaries of his time, including Lou Reed, Echo & the Bunnymen, Talking Heads,Frank Zappa, Peter Gabriel, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Charly García, Jonathan Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, Stewart Copeland, Yoko Ono, A. R. Rahman, John Waite, Steve Vai, Ginger Baker, Toto, Nils Lofgren, Mark O'Connor, Rodrigo y Gabriela and Sting.^[5]Shankar has been praised for his ability to mix Eastern and Western influences, assimilating Carnatic music with pop, rock, jazz and contemporary world music.^[8] He admits "Ultimately, I would like to bring the East and West together. That, I think, is my role," he says.