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	Shankar moved to America in 1969, earned a doctorate in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University, and began playing with jazz musicians like [[Ornette Coleman]], Jimmy Garrison, and [[John McLaughlin]] - while working as a Teaching Assistant and Concert Master of the Wesleyan University Chamber Orchestra. He studied with McLaughlin in 1973 and - two years later - they cofounded the group Shakti.		Shankar moved to America in 1969, earned a doctorate in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University, and began playing with jazz musicians like [[Ornette Coleman]], Jimmy Garrison, and [[John McLaughlin]] - while working as a Teaching Assistant and Concert Master of the Wesleyan University Chamber Orchestra. He studied with McLaughlin in 1973 and - two years later - they cofounded the group Shakti.
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		+	In 1992, Shankar performed with [[Don Cherry]].

	Some of his music has been used in Hollywood movies, such as ''"The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), "Jacob's Ladder" (1990), "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991), "Ali" (2001)'' and ''"The Passion of the Christ" (2004)''.		Some of his music has been used in Hollywood movies, such as ''"The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), "Jacob's Ladder" (1990), "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991), "Ali" (2001)'' and ''"The Passion of the Christ" (2004)''.

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 ==Biography==
 Shankar moved to America in 1969, earned a doctorate in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University, and began playing with jazz musicians like [[Ornette Coleman]], Jimmy Garrison, and [[John McLaughlin]] - while working as a Teaching Assistant and Concert Master of the Wesleyan University Chamber Orchestra. He studied with McLaughlin in 1973 and - two years later - they cofounded the group Shakti.
-Some of his music has been used in Hollywood movies, such as "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), "Jacob's Ladder" (1990), "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991), "Ali" (2001) and "The Passion of the Christ" (2004).
+Some of his music has been used in Hollywood movies, such as ''"The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), "Jacob's Ladder" (1990), "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991), "Ali" (2001)'' and ''"The Passion of the Christ" (2004)''.
-In 2016 he moved back to India.
+In 2016, he moved back to India.
 ==Frank Zappa and L. Shankar==
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 [[Category:Favorite Folk Artists|Shankar, L.]]

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 ==Frank Zappa and L. Shankar==
-L. Shankar's first contact with Zappa was at the [[78/09/07 Berlin Germany Deutschlandhalle|Berlin show on 7 September 1978]], where the bill was shared with Peter Gabriel, Brand X, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He was a guest performer on several other of Zappa's concerts that followed. Shankar can be heard playing (electric) violin on ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]]'', ''[[EIHN (Everything Is Healing Nicely)]]'', and ''[[Halloween]]''.
+L. Shankar's first contact with Zappa was at the [[78/09/07 Berlin Germany Deutschlandhalle|Berlin show on 7 September 1978]], where the bill was shared with Peter Gabriel, Brand X, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He was a guest performer on several other of Zappa's concerts that followed. Shankar can be heard playing (electric) violin during the track ''[[Thirteen]]'' on ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]]'', during the tracks ''[[Roland's Big Event]]/[[Strat Vindaloo]]'' and ''[[9/8 Objects]]'' on ''[[EIHN (Everything Is Healing Nicely)]]'', and ''[[Conehead]]'' on ''[[Halloween]]''.
 Zappa produced Shankar's fourth album, ''[[Touch Me There]]'' (1979). Zappa played ''Dead Girls of London'', ''No More Mr. Nice Girl'' and ''Touch Me There'' as guest DJ on [[WPIX, New York]] (6 September 1979). On the same channel, on 20 November, he played ''Touch Me There'' again, while on 21 November, he gave ''No More Mr. Nice Girl'' airplay again.
 Shankar was present at (at least) one of the "soirees" at Zappa's house in '93, that included [[The Chieftains]], [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]], and the [[Huun-Huur-Tu|Tuvan Throat Singers]], as mentioned in the [[A&E Biography]] on Zappa. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/musicians/R-U.html#Shankar</ref>
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 [[Category:Violinists|Shankar, L.]]
-[[Category:Composers|Shankar, L.]]
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-[[Category:Favorite Musicians|Shankar, L.]]
+[[Category:Favorite Jazz Composers|Shankar, L.]]

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-[[Category:Favorite Artists|Shankar, L.]]
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+[[File:Frank Zappa and L. Shankar, 1979.jpg|550px|thumb|right|Frank Zappa and L. Shankar, 1979.]]
 '''Lakshminarayana Shankar''', (April 26, 1950, Madras, [[India]]) is an Indian composer, musician and violinist.
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 ==Biography==
-He moved to America in 1969, earned a doctorate in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University, and began playing with jazz musicians like Ornette Coleman, Jimmy Garrison, and [[John McLaughlin]] - while working as a Teaching Assistant and Concert Master of the Wesleyan University Chamber Orchestra. He studied with McLaughlin in 1973 and - two years later - they cofounded the group Shakti.
+Shankar moved to America in 1969, earned a doctorate in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University, and began playing with jazz musicians like Ornette Coleman, Jimmy Garrison, and [[John McLaughlin]] - while working as a Teaching Assistant and Concert Master of the Wesleyan University Chamber Orchestra. He studied with McLaughlin in 1973 and - two years later - they cofounded the group Shakti.
 Some of his music has been used in Hollywood movies, such as "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), "Jacob's Ladder" (1990), "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991), "Ali" (2001) and "The Passion of the Christ" (2004).