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{{Distinguish|Anand Shankar}}
{{short description|Indian musician}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| birth_name = Ananda Shankar
| name = Ananda Shankar
| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|12|11}}
| birth_place = [[Almora]], [[United Provinces (1937–1950)|United Provinces]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1999|3|26|1942|12|11}}
| death_place = [[India]]
| genre = [[World music]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|singer|composer}}
}}

'''Ananda Shankar''' (11 December 1942 – 26 March 1999) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] musician, singer, and composer best known for fusing [[Western culture|Western]] and [[Eastern culture|Eastern]] musical styles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anandashankar.com/asf/ananda.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 May 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208010454/http://www.anandashankar.com/asf/ananda.htm |archive-date=8 February 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/anandashankar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209101429/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/anandashankar|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2008|title=Rolling Stone Discography|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref> He was married to dancer and choreographer [[Tanusree Shankar]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/reel/860581/ananda-shankars-enduring-genius-a-musician-of-the-world-before-the-term-world-music-was-invented|title=Ananda Shankar's enduring genius: ‘A musician of the world before the term world music was invented’|last=Bhattacharjee|first=Rudradeep|work=Scroll.in|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref>

==Life==
Born in [[Almora]] in Uttar Pradesh, India, Shankar was the son of [[Amala Shankar]] and [[Uday Shankar]], popular dancers, and also the nephew of [[sitar]] player [[Ravi Shankar]]. He studied in [[Scindia School|The Scindia School]], [[Gwalior]].<ref name = Britannica>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ISFBJarYX7YC&pg=PA377 | page = 377 | title = Students' Britannica India, Volumes 1–5 | publisher = Popular Prakashan | year = 2000 | isbn=978-0-85229-760-5 }}</ref> Ananda did not learn sitar from his uncle but studied instead with [[Lalmani Misra]] at [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name = Britannica/> He died in Kolkata on 26 March 1999 aged 56 from cardiac failure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/apr/27/guardianobituaries|title=Obituary : Ananda Shankar|website=The Guardian|author=Haresh Pandya|date=27 April 1999|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref>

==Professional career==
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In the late 1960s, Shankar travelled to Los Angeles, where he played with many contemporary musicians including [[Jimi Hendrix]]. There he was signed to [[Reprise Records]] and released his first album, ''[[Ananda Shankar (album)|Ananda Shankar]]'', in 1970, with original [[indian classical music|Indian classical]] material alongside [[sitar]]-based cover versions of popular hits, [[The Rolling Stones]]' "[[Jumpin' Jack Flash]]" and [[The Doors]]' "[[Light My Fire]]". The album is included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=7 February 2006|publisher=Universe|isbn=0-7893-1371-5}}</ref>

Returning to India in the early 1970s, Shankar continued to experiment musically and in 1975 released his most critically acclaimed album, ''[[Ananda Shankar and His Music]]'', a [[jazz-funk]] mix of Eastern [[sitar]], Western rock guitar, [[tabla]] and [[mridangam]], drums and [[Moog synthesizer]]s. Out of print for many years, the album was re-released on CD in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://realworldrecords.com/artists/the-ananda-shankar-experience/|title=The Ananda Shankar Experience |work=Real World Records|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref>

After working in India during the late 1970s and 1980s, Shankar's profile in the West began to rise again in the mid-1990s as his music found its way into club DJ sets, particularly in London.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/660719/five-psychedelic-sitar-classics-by-ananda-shankar|title=Five psychedelic sitar classics by Ananda Shankar|last=Rabe|first=Nate|work=Scroll.in|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref> His music was brought to a wider audience with the release of [[Blue Note Records]]' 1996 [[rare groove]] compilation album, ''Blue Juice Vol. 1.'', including two tracks from ''Ananda Shankar and His Music'', "Dancing Drums" and "Streets of Calcutta".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ananda-shankar-mn0000024883/biography|title=Ananda Shankar {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref>

In the late 1990s, Shankar worked and toured in the United Kingdom with the London DJ [[State of Bengal (artist)|State of Bengal]] and others, a collaboration that resulted in the ''[[Walking On]]'' album, featuring Shankar's trademark sitar soundscapes mixed with [[breakbeat]] and [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]. ''Walking On'' was released in 2000 after Shankar's death the previous year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pandya |first1=Haresh |title=Ananda Shankar |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/apr/27/guardianobituaries |access-date=23 June 2018 |date=27 April 1999}}</ref>

In 2005 his music was said to be a major inspiration to the DJ duo [[The Future Sound of London|Amorphous Androgynous / The Future Sound of London]] on their live show on BBC 6Mix called [https://www.mixcloud.com/versionsound/fsol-a-monstrous-psychedelic-bubble-exploding-in-your-mind-7-bbc-6mix-30102005/ A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding in Your Mind vol. 7]<ref>{{cite web |title=FSOL - A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding in Your Mind vol. 7 |url=https://www.mixcloud.com/versionsound/fsol-a-monstrous-psychedelic-bubble-exploding-in-your-mind-7-bbc-6mix-30102005/ |website=Mixcloud |publisher=BBC 6Mix |access-date=12 January 2021 |time=01:05:00}}</ref>

In 2010 and 2011, his music appeared in the following episodes of the NBC comedy show ''[[Outsourced (TV series)|Outsourced]]'':

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Episode !! Name of episode !! Date originally aired !! Music
|-
| 103 || Party of Five || 7 October 2010 || "Night in the Forest"
|-
| 105 || Touched by an Anglo || 21 October 2010 || "Dancing Drums"
|-
| 106 || Bolloween || 28 October 2010 || "Radha"—inst.
|-
| 107 || Truly, Madly, Pradeeply || 4 November 2010 || "Dancing Drums"
|-
| 109 || Temporary Monsanity || 18 November 2010 || "Dancing Drums"
|-
| 110 || Homesick to my Stomach || 2 December 2010 || "Renunciation"
|-
| 112 || Sari Charlie || 27 January 2011 || "Exploration"
|-
| 114 || The Todd Couple || 20 February 2011 || "Cyrus"
|}

In 2015, his cover of "[[Jumpin' Jack Flash]]" was featured in an episode of ''[[Master of None]].''

==Discography==
* ''[[Ananda Shankar (album)|Ananda Shankar]]'', 1970 (LP, Reprise 6398; CD, Collectors' Choice CCM-545)
* ''Ananda Shankar and His Music'', 1975 (EMI India)
* ''India Remembers Elvis'', 1977 (EP, EMI India S/7EPE. 3201)
* ''Missing You'', 1977 (EMI India)
* ''A Musical Discovery of India'', 1978 (EMI India)
* ''Sa-Re-Ga Machan'', 1981 (EMI India)
* ''2001'', 1984 (EMI India)
* ''Temptations'', 1992 (Gramaphone Company of India)
* ''Ananda Shankar: Shubh – The Auspicious'', 1995
* ''Ananda'', 1999 (EMI India)
* ''Arpan'', 2000 (EMI India)
* ''[[Walking On]]'', 2000 (Real World 48118-2, with State of Bengal)
* ''Ananda Shankar: A Life in Music – The Best of the EMI Years'', 2005 (Times Square TSQ-CD-9052)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=1160316|name=Ananda Shankar}}

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