L. Shankar discography

L. Shankar has served as an instrumentalist, composer, record producer, arranger and programmer on several recordings. He has released a number of his own recordings, in addition to appearing on other artists' albums. All credits are for violin, except where noted. This is not an exhaustive list of Shankar's works, but a select few titles.

Discography

Solo albums

Violin Ecstasy (1978 - EMI) Touch Me There (1979—Zappa Records) Who's to Know (1980—ECM) Vision (1984—ECM) Song For Everyone (1985—ECM) Nobody Told Me (1989—ECM) Pancha Nadai Pallavi (1989—ECM) M.R.C.S. (1989—ECM) Soul Searcher (1990—Axiom/Island/PolyGram) Raga Aberi (1995—Music of the World) Enlightenment (Ganesh music) Eternal Light (2000—Moment! Records) Open the Door (2007—Big Deal/Rykodisc)

DVDs

Shankar & Gingger's One In A Million (2001 · Silverline)

with T. Viswanathan and T. Ranganathan

Pallavi: South Indian Flute Music (1973-Nonesuch)

with Shakti

Shakti (1975—CBS) A Handful of Beauty (1976—CBS) Natural Elements (1977—CBS)

with The Epidemics

The Epidemics (1986) Do What You Do (1987) Eye Catcher (1989)

as Shankar and Ginnger

Shankar & Ginnger (2001) Celestial Body (2004 · Mondo Melodia)

Guest albums

Compilations / Box set appearances

Best of Music & Rhythm (1983) – Violin, composer, vocals, producer

ECM Spectrum, Vol. 1 (1987) – Violin, performer

CMPler (1990) – Violin

Peter Gabriel's Shaking the Tree (1990) – Double violin

Pioneers of the New Age (1991) – Violin

Illuminations: An Axiom Compilation (1991) – Arranger, vocals, kanjira, producer, double violin Yoko Ono's Onobox (1992) – Violin Lou Reed's Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology (1992) – Electric violin Plus from Us (1993) – Arranger, vocals, kanjira, producer, double violin Manifestation Axiom Collection 2 (1993) – Arranger The Best of Shakti (1994) Narada Michael Walden's Ecstasy's Dance: The Best of Narada (1996) – Violin John McLaughlin's This is Jazz Vol. 17 (1996) – Violin Phil Collins's Hits (1998) – Violin

Jewels of the Subcontinent (2000) – Performer, double violin

Asian Travels, Vol. 1: A Six Degrees Collection (2000) – Performer

Echo & the Bunnymen's Crystal Days: 1979–1999 (2001) – Strings

The Bombay Jazz Palace (2001) – Violin

Meta Collection (2002) – Violin

Asana: Soul Practice (2002) – Violin, arranger

Classical Indian Collection (2003) – Violin

Bhakti Music: Medicine Buddha (2003) – Photography

Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime (2003) – Violin

Left of the Dial: Dispatches of the '80s Underground (2004) – Strings

Phil Collins's The Platinum Collection (2004) – Violin, tamboura

Trilok Gurtu Collection (2005) – Violin

Monterey Pop Festival (2007) – Arranger

John McLaughlin's Essential John McLaughlin (2007) – Violin

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