John Mayer (2)

b. Calcutta, Bengal, British India, October 28, 1930
d. United Kingdom, March 9, 2004

John Mayer was a violinist and an Indian composer known primarily for his fusions of jazz with Indian music. He worked as a violinist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (1953-58), with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1958-65), but was also composing fusions of Hindustani classical and Western classical forms from 1952 onwards. In the 1960s he worked extensively with the Jamaican jazz musician Jonathan Mayer.