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A Brief Encounter with Ali Akbar Khan
July 20, 2009 / By

It was sad news to hear that the sarod master and icon of Indian music Ali Akbar Khan died last month, and on my birthday no less, June 18. I first heard his music when I was a little child, growing up in Los Angeles, in the ’50s and ’60s.