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John Mayer

vn, hps, 1930-2004 IN, Kolkata
Musician / Composer of Jazz, Folk and World

John Mayer (28 October 1930 – 9 March 2004) was an Indian composer known primarily for his fusions of jazz with Indian music in the British-based group Indo-Jazz Fusions with the Jamaican-born saxophonist Joe Harriott..Mayer was born in Calcutta, Bengal, British India, into an Anglo-Indian family and, after studying with Phillipe Sandre in Calcutta and Melhi Mehta in Bombay, he won a scholarship to London's Royal Academy of Music in 1952, where he studied comparative music and religion in eastern and western cultures.

     
Instruments
  • Violin
  • Harpsichord
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Folk
  • World
  • Classical
  • Soundtrack
Popular Tracks   
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room on Continuum by John Mayer
New Light on Sob Rock by John Mayer
Waiting On the World to Change on Continuum by John Mayer
Your Body Is a Wonderland on Room For Squares by John Mayer
Gravity on Continuum by John Mayer
Free Fallin' - Live at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - December 2007 on Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles by John Mayer
You're Gonna Live Forever in Me on The Search for Everything by John Mayer
XO on XO by John Mayer
Love on the Weekend on The Search for Everything by John Mayer
Daughters on Heavier Things by John Mayer

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Dhammapada. Portraits Of Bengal. Tantrik DancesJohn Mayer2016Compil.
DhammapadaJohn Mayer2006Album
Modern EnsembleJohn Mayer, Philip Sheppard2003Album
Sri Krishna, Flute Concerto: Mandala Ki Raga Sangeet; Galway plays MayerJohn Mayer, James Galway1981Album
Radha KrishnaJohn Mayer1971Album
Indo-Jazz-FusionsJohn Mayer, Indo-Jazz Fusion1969Album
Indo-Jazz InterpolationJohn Mayer1968Album
Shanta Quintet For Sitar And Strings / String Quartet No. 5John Mayer, Benjamin Frankel, The Lansdowne String Quartet With Diwan Motihar1967Album
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