Viram Jasani Explained

Viram Jasani
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Name:	Viram Jasani
Birth Place:	Nairobi, Kenya
Instrument:	Tabla, sitar
Genre:	Indian classical music
Occupation:	Musician, composer
Years Active:	1963–present
Label:	Limelight Records, Saydisc

Viram Jasani (born 1945) is a Kenyan-born Indian sitar and tabla composer and musician. He is best known for playing tabla drums on the song "Black Mountain Side" from Led Zeppelin's 1969 debut album.^[1] He was awarded an honorary degree from the University of York in March 2007.^[2]

Discography

• 1972: Ragas: Streams of Light (with Mrinal Sen Gupta, Lateef Ahmed Khan & Surendra Kamat)
• 1995: Rags, Malkauns and Megh (with Gurdev Singh & Ustad Latif Ahmed Khan)

Notable sessions

• 1968: soundtrack (Boom!) by John Barry
• 1969: "Black Mountain Side" (Led Zeppelin)
• 1971: soundtrack (The Trojan Women) by Mikis Theodorakis
• 1972: Dream Sequence by Cosmic Eye
• 1973: "Emperor Nero" (The Height Below) by John Williams
• 2008: Etudes/Radha Krishna by John Mayer [recorded 1971]

External links

• • • • Asian Music Circuit

Notes and References

1. Book: Fast, Susan. 2001. In the Houses of the Holy: Led Zeppelin and the Power of Rock Music. limited. New York, NY. Oxford University Press. 75. 0-19-511756-5.
2. Web site: 13 March 2007 . Honorary Graduates . https://web.archive.org/web/20180729085219/https://www.york.ac.uk/media/studenthome/graduation/graduands/Honorary%20graduands%20-%20March%202007.pdf . 2018-07-29 . 30 March 2020 . University of York.