album "West Meets East" with Ravi Shankar

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"West Meets East" is a landmark collaborative album by violinist Yehudi Menuhin and sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar that helped popularize Indian classical music in the West and pioneered East–West musical fusion.

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instanceOf album
collaborative album
artist Ravi Shankar
Yehudi Menuhin
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
awardReceivedYear 1967
catalogNumber Angel S-36009
contributor Alla Rakha
countryOfOrigin India
United Kingdom
criticalReception acclaimed
decade 1960s
distributionRegion Europe
North America
followedBy West Meets East, Volume 2
format vinyl record
genre East–West fusion
Hindustani classical music
Indian classical music
world fusion
hasCoverArt West Meets East album cover
hasPart Prabhati
Raga Puriya Kalyan
Raga Tilang
Swara-Kakali
historicalSignificance landmark in cross-cultural musical collaboration
pioneering East–West musical fusion album
inception 1966
influenced East–West musical fusion
development of world music
popularization of Indian classical music in the West
language instrumental
length approximately 45 minutes
mainInstrument sitar
violin
mediaType audio
nominatedFor Grammy Award
notableWorkOf Ravi Shankar
Yehudi Menuhin
originalReleaseDate 1967
performer Ravi Shankar
Yehudi Menuhin
placeOfRecording London
linked to: London, England
producer Ravi Shankar
Yehudi Menuhin
recordingPeriod 1966
recordLabel Angel Records
EMI

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Yehudi Menuhin notableWork album "West Meets East" with Ravi Shankar