Ravi Shankar dies at 92

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Post by skadamat » Wed, Dec 12, 2012, 5:30 AM UTC

Ravi Shankar dies at 92
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Post by DigitalSea » Wed, Dec 12, 2012, 6:07 AM UTC

This is scary, Dave Brubeck passed away the other day and now Ravi Shankar (both pioneers in their own respectively different genres). We've lost quite a few musicians and prolific figures this year, a sign that I'm getting old myself. Living to the age of 90+ is quite an achievement in itself if you ask me.

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Post by mmanfrin » Wed, Dec 12, 2012, 6:30 AM UTC

DigitalSea wrote: post #2

This is scary, Dave Brubeck passed away the other day and now Ravi Shankar (both pioneers in their own respectively different genres). We've lost quite a few musicians and prolific figures this year, a sign that I'm getting old myself. Living to the age of 90+ is quite an achievement in itself if you ask me.

I wonder who the third will be :/

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Post by splicer » Wed, Dec 12, 2012, 6:31 AM UTC

Thank you for all the wonderful music.

My all time favourite Ravi Shankar recording is "Raga Bhupal Todi - Tala Ardha Jaital" off of Ravi Shankar In San Francisco: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TEPBFQ/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk...

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Post by hingisundhorsa » Wed, Dec 12, 2012, 6:33 AM UTC

huh, norah jones' dad. who knew?

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Post by nsns » Wed, Dec 12, 2012, 6:39 AM UTC

Rest In Peace. Silver lining: perhaps Annapurna Devi will start playing publicly now.

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Post by mertd » Wed, Dec 12, 2012, 6:45 AM UTC

hingisundhorsa wrote: post #5

huh, norah jones' dad. who knew?

A lot of people actually.

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Post by dguaraglia » Wed, Dec 12, 2012, 6:46 AM UTC

hingisundhorsa wrote: post #5

huh, norah jones' dad. who knew?

I was kind of surprised when one of my friends dropped that fact the other day. I always associated Ravi with The Beatles, but I didn't know he actually fathered (in the literal sense) another excellent musician :)

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Post by id_ris » Wed, Dec 12, 2012, 6:47 AM UTC

RIP Ravi. he was the first Indian musician I really got into.

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Post by tsotha » Wed, Dec 12, 2012, 6:51 AM UTC

DigitalSea wrote: post #2

This is scary, Dave Brubeck passed away the other day and now Ravi Shankar (both pioneers in their own respectively different genres). We've lost quite a few musicians and prolific figures this year, a sign that I'm getting old myself. Living to the age of 90+ is quite an achievement in itself if you ask me.

Brubeck was a day from his 92nd birthday and Shankar was 92. That's a pretty good run for both.