What is Brij Bhushan Kabra?
[[File:Brij Bhushan Kabra 20.JPG|right|200px]] '''Brij Bhushan Kabra''' (1937 – 12 April 2018) was an [[India]]n musician. He popularized the guitar as an instrument in [[Indian classical music]].<ref name=Globe /> He was born in [[Jodhpur]], [[British Raj]].<ref name=Globe>{{cite news|last=Gilbert|first=Andrew|title=Sliding between cultures, instruments|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=2008-04-06 |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/04/06/sliding_between_cultures_instruments/ |access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> Kabra became the first Indian musician to play ''[[raga]]'' on the guitar, performed publicly, and recorded the successful album ''[[Call of the Valley]]'' (1967) with ''[[bansuri]]'' player [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]] and ''[[santoor]]'' player [[Shivkumar Sharma]] in 1960. Kabra died on 12 April 2018 in [[Ahmedabad]], India of [[multiple organ failure]] at age 81.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/sliding-guitar-gently-weeps/articleshow/63738293.cms |title=Sliding guitar gently weeps |last=Somasundaram |first=Kannan |agency=TNN |date=13 April 2018 |website=The Times of India |publisher=The Times Group |access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p31896|label=Brij Bhushan Kabra}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kabra, Brij Bhushan}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from multiple organ failure]] [[Category:Indian musicians]] [[Category:Guitarists]]