My Uncle Yehudi, Ravi Shankar & The Mystic East

Random Lengths News | December 28, 2012
The death of Ravi Shankar last week made much mention of his close friendship with the violinist Yehudi Menuhin, who happened to be my uncle, with whom he made three albums, “East Meets West” in the ‘50s before Shankar hooked up with the Beatles.

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