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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Predicate Object
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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