Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Hariprasad Chaurasia and Brij Bhushan Kabra produced which famous album in 1967?

Explanation

"Call of the Valley" is a famous album of Indian classical music, released in 1967 by the santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, the flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and the guitarist Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra. It became one of the best-selling Indian classical albums of all time and is still loved by listeners around the world.

The album is a concept album that tells the story of a day in the life of a shepherd in the Kashmir valley. It moves through the hours of the day, from dawn to night, using ragas that are traditionally associated with different times of the day, such as Ahir Bhairav in the morning and Pahadi and other ragas later in the day. The three instruments, the santoor, the flute and the slide guitar, blend together beautifully to create a peaceful, pastoral mood. The album was released by EMI and became popular not only in India but also in the West, where it found listeners among fans of rock and folk music. It played an important role in introducing Indian classical music to Western audiences in the late 1960s.

The album also brought attention to the three artists. Shivkumar Sharma made the santoor a classical concert instrument. Hariprasad Chaurasia became the most famous bansuri player in the world. Brij Bhushan Kabra was the first musician to popularise the guitar (as a slide guitar) in Hindustani classical music. Shivkumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia later formed the film music duo "Shiv-Hari".

Why not the other options?

• ✗West Meets East is a series of albums by Pandit Ravi Shankar and the violinist Yehudi Menuhin, from the 1960s and 1970s.
• ✗Planet Drum is an album by the drummer Mickey Hart with Vikku Vinayakram and others, which won a Grammy in 1992.
• ✗Global Drum Project is an album by Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain and others, which won a Grammy in 2009.