[3] Keshav Sathe was born in Bombay, where he began his professional career in 1951, working with a local Indian vocalist by the name of Kelkar.

He moved to the United Kingdom in 1956 and joined the Asian Music Circle, a pool of London-based Indian musicians run by former political activist Ayana Deva Angadi.

In 1965 Sathe began his Indo Jazz Fusion performances and recordings with John Mayer and Joe Harriott, a musical relationship that lasted until 1970.

In the 1980s, Sathe formed a group with Tony Roberts which included the dancer Shobana Jeyasingh, and toured UK and Northern Ireland.

He appears on reggae dub fusion band Suns of Arqa's live album Musical Revue which was recorded in Manchester in 1982.