Viram Jasani
Introduction '''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. He was awarded an honorary degree from the University of York in March 2007.
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
References
External links *** * Asian Music Circuit