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Zakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain
Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer.
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Hariprasad Chaurasia
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Indian bansuri player
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Kai Eckhardt
Kai Eckhardt
German musician
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Fareed Haque
Fareed Haque
American musician
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John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Praful
Praful
German composer and jazz musician
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Trichy Sankaran
Trichy Sankaran
Canadian musician
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Steve Smith
Steve Smith
American drummer
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U. Srinivas
U. Srinivas
Indian musician
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Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Norwegian saxophonist
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Jayanthi Kumaresh
Jayanthi Kumaresh
Indian musician
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Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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Zohar Fresco
Zohar Fresco
Israeli percussionist
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Trilok Gurtu
Trilok Gurtu
Indian musician
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Henry Kaiser
Henry Kaiser
American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver
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Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram
Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram
Indian percussionist
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Tina Brooks
Tina Brooks
American musician
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Sultan Khan
Sultan Khan
Indian musician
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Organ trio
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
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Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar
Indian sitar player (1920-2012)
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Perry Robinson
Perry Robinson
American musician
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Badal Roy
Badal Roy
musician
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George Koller
George Koller
Canadian musician
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Alla Rakha
Alla Rakha
Indian tabla player
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Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
Indian musician (1947— )
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Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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La Monte Young
La Monte Young
American avant-garde composer
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Jackie McLean
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
George Brooks
American saxophonist

George Brooks

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American saxophonist
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George Brooks (born 1956) is an American saxophonist known for combining jazz and Indian classical music. He is the founder of the jazz fusion groups Summit, Aspada, Bombay Jazz, the Raga Bop Trio, and Elements.

Brooks was introduced to the world of Indian classical music by Kirana vocal guru, Pandit Pran Nath, whose music has influenced the works of Terry Riley and La Monte Young. Brooks is a long time associate of Terry Riley. He has performed with Riley in the US, Canada, Asia, and Europe as a duo, in trio settings with sitarist Krishna Bhatt and percussionist Talvin Singh, and as a founding member of Riley's Khayal Ensemble. Brooks appears as a soloist on Riley's June Buddhas with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and with the Kronos Quartet for Riley's 80th birthday celebrations.