Trilok Gurtu (born in Bombay on 30 October 1951) is an Indian percussionist and composer who has also "crossed over" into jazz-rock fusion and world music genres. He went to a Catholic school in Bombay called Don Bosco High School. He has released his own albums and has collaborated with such artists as Terje Rypdal, John McLaughlin, Joe Zawinul, Bill Laswell, and Robert Miles. Trilok Gurtu's mother, the singer Shobha Gurtu, started him on the tabla and he later studied the instrument with Abdul Karim. He began playing the Western drum kit in the 1970s and became interested in jazz. In a 1995 television special on Jimi Hendrix, Gurtu discussed having initially learned Western music without being aware of overdubbing, which forced him to learn multiple parts most musicians would have never attempted. In the 1970s he played with Charlie Mariano, John Tchicai, Terje Rypdal, and Don Cherry. One of his earliest recordings was around 1977 on an album by

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