Editing Ravi Shankar (section)

=== Collaboration with George Harrison ===
[[File:Musicians Ravi Shankar and George Harrison in Los Angeles, Calif., 1967.jpg|thumb|George Harrison and Ravi Shankar in 1967]]

[[The Beatles]]' guitarist [[George Harrison]], who was first introduced to Shankar's music by the American singers [[Roger McGuinn]] and [[David Crosby]],<ref name=Thomson>Thomson, Graeme. ''George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door'', Overlook-Omnibus (2016) {{ISBN|1468313932}}</ref>{{rp|113}} themselves big fans of Shankar, became influenced by Shankar's music. Harrison went on to help popularize Shankar and the [[Raga rock|use of Indian instruments in pop music]] throughout the 1960s.<ref name=Lavezzolip9>Lavezzoli 2006, p. 9.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Robert |title=Fab Four FAQ 2.0: The Beatles' Solo Years, 1970–1980 |date=2010 |publisher=Backbeat Books |location=New York |isbn=978-0-87930-968-8|page=235}}</ref> [[Olivia Harrison]] explains:
{{blockquote|When George heard Indian music, that really was the trigger, it was like a bell that went off in his head. It not only awakened a desire to hear more music, but also to understand what was going on in Indian philosophy. It was a unique diversion.<ref name=Thomson/>{{rp|114}}}}

Harrison became interested in Indian classical music, bought a sitar and used it to record the song "[[Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)]]".<ref name=Schaffner>Schaffner 1980, p. 64.</ref> In 1968, he went to India to take lessons from Shankar, some of which were captured on film.<ref>video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxI6IkH9Mvo "Ravi Shankar teaches George Harrison how to play sitar in 1968] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124230112/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxI6IkH9Mvo |date=24 November 2016 }}</ref> This led to Indian music being used by other musicians and popularised the [[raga rock]] trend.<ref name=Schaffner /> As the sitar and Indian music grew in popularity, groups such as [[the Rolling Stones]], [[the Animals]] and [[the Byrds]] began using it in some of their songs.<ref name=NYT-obit>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/arts/music/ravi-shankar-indian-sitarist-dies-at-92.html?hp "Ravi Shankar, Sitarist Who Introduced Indian Music to the West, Dies at 92"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106063608/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/arts/music/ravi-shankar-indian-sitarist-dies-at-92.html?hp |date=6 January 2018 }}, ''New York Times'', 12 December 2012.</ref> The influence even extended to blues musicians such as [[Mike Bloomfield|Michael Bloomfield]], who created a raga-influenced improvisation number, "East-West" (Bloomfield scholars have cited its working title as "The Raga" when Bloomfield and his collaborator [[Nick Gravenites]] began to develop the idea) for the [[Butterfield Blues Band]] in 1966.

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| quote = I think Ravi was rather taken aback, because he was a classical musician, and rock and roll was really out of his sphere. He thought it rather amusing that George took to him so much, but he and George really bonded. Ravi realised that it wasn't just a fashion for George, that he had dedication. Ravi had such integrity, and was someone to be respected, and at the same time huge fun. George hadn't really met anyone like that, and he really encouraged his interest.
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Harrison met Shankar in London in June 1966 and visited India later that year for six weeks to study ''sitar'' under Shankar in [[Srinagar]].<ref name=Arunabha /><ref name=Glass>{{cite news|last=Glass|first=Philip|author-link=Philip Glass|title=George Harrison, World-Music Catalyst And Great-Souled Man; Open to the Influence of Unfamiliar Cultures|work=The New York Times|date=9 December 2001|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/arts/george-harrison-world-music-catalyst-great-souled-man-open-influence-unfamiliar.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=16 July 2009|archive-date=9 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609222839/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/arts/george-harrison-world-music-catalyst-great-souled-man-open-influence-unfamiliar.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|title=George Harrison, 'Quiet Beatle' And Lead Guitarist, Dies at 58|work=The New York Times|date=1 December 2001|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/arts/george-harrison-quiet-beatle-and-lead-guitarist-dies-at-58.html|access-date=23 October 2010|archive-date=4 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604054646/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/arts/george-harrison-quiet-beatle-and-lead-guitarist-dies-at-58.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During the visit, a documentary film about Shankar named ''[[Raga (film)|Raga]]'' was shot by Howard Worth and released in 1971.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thompson|first=Howard|title=Screen: Ravi Shankar; ' Raga,' a Documentary, at Carnegie Cinema|work=The New York Times|date=24 November 1971|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/24/archives/screen-ravi-shankar-raga-a-documentary-at-carnegie-cinema.html|access-date=19 July 2009|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106174736/http://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/24/archives/screen-ravi-shankar-raga-a-documentary-at-carnegie-cinema.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Raga (2010 Remaster)|url=http://eastmeetswestmusic.com/discography/raga/|website=East Meets West Music|access-date=25 October 2016|archive-date=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026014931/http://eastmeetswestmusic.com/discography/raga/|url-status=live}}</ref> Shankar's association with Harrison greatly increased Shankar's popularity, and decades later [[Ken Hunt (music journalist)|Ken Hunt]] of [[AllMusic]] wrote that Shankar had become "the most famous Indian musician on the planet" by 1966.<ref name="AMG" /><ref name=Glass />

George Harrison organized the charity [[The Concert for Bangladesh|Concert for Bangladesh]] in August 1971, in which Shankar participated.<ref name=Glass /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/12/12/arts/12shankar_337/12shankar_337-jumbo.jpg|title=Photo of Ravi Shankar performing at the Concert for Bangladesh|access-date=18 October 2016|archive-date=12 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512192957/https://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/12/12/arts/12shankar_337/12shankar_337-jumbo.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> During the 1970s, Shankar and Harrison worked together again, recording ''[[Shankar Family & Friends]]'' in 1973 and touring North America the following year to a mixed response after Shankar had toured Europe with the Harrison-sponsored [[Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India|Music Festival from India]].<ref>Lavezzoli 2006, p. 195.</ref> Shankar wrote a second autobiography, ''[[Raga Mala (book)|Raga Mala]]'', with Harrison as editor.
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