Jai Uttal is a world music pioneer and composer of sacred music who studied with the renowned sarod player Ali Akbar Khan before travelling to India in 1971 where he lived amongst the Bauls, the wandering mystical musicians of Bengal, discovered the practice of bhakti yoga, and met his guru, the Hindu holy man, Neem Karoli Baba. Returning to the US in the late 1970s, Jai Uttal started writing and recording devotional music based around the practice of bhakti yoga, mixing Sanskrit chant and kirtan with jazz, rock, samba, ska, and reggae rhythms, a blend that continues with his latest album, Queen of Hearts. On a recent trip to Australia, Jai spoke about his life in music and his influence on a generation of spiritual seekers that included the young Steve Jobs.
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