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Khalil Balakrishna
Khalil Balakrishna is credited on 185 releases across 26 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
185
Pressings credited
26
Albums
6
Decades active
318
In collections
Biography
Khalil Balakrishna was an American percussionist, sitar and tanpura player who worked with Miles Davis between 1969 and 1974. His birth name was Carl Barrows. He regularly held a gig playing at a restaurant called 'Taste of India' on Bleecker Street in New York City. Guitarist John McLaughlin, already interested in Indian music, suggested him and tabla player Bihari Sharma to Davis during the Bitches Brew sessions. He toured with Davis in 1972 and early 1973. He died May 22, 2012 at the age of 89.
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Credited work
185 releases · 26 albums · active 1970–2023
- Performance · 203
- Other credits · 46
Studios: Philharmonic Hall, New York · Paul's Mall · Columbia Recording Studios · Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Bitches Brew
1970
On The Corner
1972
Live-Evil
1971
Get Up With It
1974
Turnaround: Rare Miles From The Complete On The Corner Sessions
2023
In Concert
1973
Double Image // Rare Miles From The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
2020
Big Fun
1974
Circle In The Round
1979
The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
1998
The Essential Miles Davis
2001
Panthalassa: The Music Of Miles Davis 1969-1974
1998
The Complete On The Corner Sessions
2007
Baiyina (The Clear Evidence)
1968
Miles Ahead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2016
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