Remember Shakti

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Remember Shakti
(left to right) Zakir Hussain, U. Srinivas, John McLaughlin, V. Selvaganesh
Background information
Origin	India, United Kingdom
Genres	Carnatic music, world music, jazz fusion
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Polygram Universal Records Verve Records
Members	John McLaughlin Zakir Hussain Shankar Mahadevan U. Srinivas V. Selvaganesh
Past members	Hariprasad Chaurasia T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram

Remember Shakti is a quintet which combines elements of traditional Indian music with elements of jazz. The band consists of English guitarist John McLaughlin, and Zakir Hussain (tabla), U. Srinivas (deceased) (mandolin), Shankar Mahadevan (vocals), and V. Selvaganesh (kanjira, ghatam, mridangam), who are of Indian descent. The band's name is derived from John Mclaughlin's acoustic Indian fusion band Shakti which was active in the 1970s. McLaughlin and Hussain were also members of that band, along with violinist L. Shankar and percussionists T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram and R. Raghavan. The word Shakti translates in Sanskrit to "power" or "goddess of power".