The sitarist's long career was filled with unexpected twists. These include "Fire Night," a passionate jam with Los Angeles jazz musicians; Shankar's haunting, improvised "Pather Panchali Music Scene 1, Take 1," from Satyajit Ray's film; and "Bangalore Tilak Shyam," which demonstrates Shankar's skill at fusing two ragas—here Tilak Kamod and Shyam Kalyan—into a single sublime creation.