Artist
Korla Pandit
St. Louis, United States · 1921 – 1998
Korla Pandit is a musician from St. Louis, United States, active 1921–1998. Their discography on Gatefold includes 7 records.
7
Albums tracked
11
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1921
Since
Biography
(16 September 1921, St. Louis, Missouri — 2 October 1998, Petaluma, California)
American pianist, organist, composer and TV music performer. After assuming a fictional French-Indian Korla Pandit persona in the late 1940s, Redd remained in character for the rest of his life, both on-stage and privately, keeping his true identity secret even from his children.
Moving to California in the early 1940's, Redd initially took on the alias of Mexican since black musicians faced widespread discrimination. Following his marriage Redd invented the Korla Pandit character. By 1948, Pandit had been regularly performing around Hollywood, and composed music for a popular "occult adventure" radio series, Chandu the Magician (opens in a new tab).
In the 1990s, with a general resurgence of Exotica and the "Tiki-lounge" subculture, Korla Pandit briefly revived his career.
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