Ali Akbar Khan Essentials

Next to sitarist Ravi Shankar, sarodist Ali Akbar Khan is one of the most globally recognized Indian classical musicians. And Khan may well have done more to spread the doctrine of the genre through the West by teaching at and establishing a music school in California. On these ragas, the master's tone can be as meditative as a lake and as buzzing as a hornet's nest. Conjuring musical labyrinths and then expertly maneuvering us through them, Khan's sarod both stings and bewitches.