Indian Music?


Years ago I listened to Ravi Shankar occasionally and enjoyed a lot of what I heard. The other night I watched an interview Charlie Rose had with a very famous tabla player and his music was superb. I'm thinking that I should explore traditional Indian music a bit further but have little knowledge of the subject. Any suggestions on 2-6 CDs I should check out for starters? I prefer instrumental but would consider vocal as well. Thanks!
PS: If you're suggesting obscure titles, sources would also be appreciated.
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Showing 1 response by montejay

Zakir Hussain is wonderful, look for him on the ECM label
Shakti has him playing tabla with John Mglaughlin,T.H. Vildar and Hariprasad Chaurasia.
Also checkout Balachander and VM bhatt (who played with Cooder on "A Meeting By the River'
Enjoy