MUMABI: Renowned sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar’s last three set of recordings rendered in October 2011, will be released in May by East Meets West Music .

This would be the first posthumous release of the recordings of the veteran musician who passed away in December last year. The three recordings are part of seven recordings that the sitar maestro recorded in October 2011. Four of these recordings were released in 2012, which fetched him the prestigious Grammy award for Best World Music Album.

In a statement, East Meets West Music said, “In October 2011, at the age of 91, Ravi Shankar invited his long-time tabla accompanist Tanmoy Bose, to his home in Encinitas California for an informal recording session. Over four days, they worked in Shankar's living room, recording seven different ragas.”

They added that the resulting music is a combination of deep musical experience and brilliant technique performed with the energy and passion he brings to his live concerts.

"The Living Room Sessions Part 2 is no less noteworthy and masterly, with three of the last session recordings made by maestro Ravi Shankar before his death in December 2012. Session Mishra Kafi introduces the set with a beautiful Alaap and Gat in medium tempo Deepchandi Taal," it said.

Session Sindhi Bhairavi, with its Gat in Dadra and Teen Taal highlights the in-depth facility with rhythm and improvisational flow which he and Bose have built over the years of performing together.

His wife Sukanya Shankar said, “It's a real affirmation of Ravi's lifetime of true artistic improvisation that built a bridge between Indian classical music and the West, the whole history of which can be heard in his playing on the Living Room Sessions. It may not have been his first Grammy but certainly a testimony to his drive to make music, no matter how many candles are on the birthday cake.”