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.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Dhammapada. Portraits Of Bengal. Tantrik Dances | John Mayer | 2016 | Compil. |
Dhammapada | John Mayer | 2006 | Album |
Modern Ensemble | John Mayer, Philip Sheppard | 2003 | Album |
Sri Krishna, Flute Concerto: Mandala Ki Raga Sangeet; Galway plays Mayer | John Mayer, James Galway | 1981 | Album |
Radha Krishna | John Mayer | 1971 | Album |
Indo-Jazz-Fusions | John Mayer, Indo-Jazz Fusion | 1969 | Album |
Indo-Jazz Interpolation | John Mayer | 1968 | Album |
Shanta Quintet For Sitar And Strings / String Quartet No. 5 | John Mayer, Benjamin Frankel, The Lansdowne String Quartet With Diwan Motihar | 1967 | Album |