tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post394744460914036742..comments2024-03-11T17:46:10.889-05:00Comments on Flat, Black, and Classical: Indian Classical Music on Vinyl and Cassette: Jyotish Choudhury and Damodar Lal Kabra: Ragas - Sunrise and Sunset [United Artists UNS 15550] LP originally released in the US in 1968Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-2942754265206560722016-08-06T03:02:20.515-05:002016-08-06T03:02:20.515-05:00Thank you very much for your efforts.Thank you very much for your efforts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-40814535381527527762016-08-06T02:34:39.788-05:002016-08-06T02:34:39.788-05:00Thank you Tawfiq for searching out these gems. I h...Thank you Tawfiq for searching out these gems. I have some tenuous connections with the Ali Akbar College of Music and i might try to get some more information from them, if they have any. It's always interesting when a seemingly under recorded or barely recorded musician tuns out to have a more substantial career output than you might have thought before. I have to wonder out loud if possibly my friend George might have some information about this early AAK student. Or I might think about sending an email to Mary Khan to see what sort of documentation of AAK's students is taking place (they have done an amazing job preserving and cataloguing many though sands of hours of audio and video tapes collected somewhat haphazardly by AAK over the years. Hmmm. if only there were print magazines which printed articles about obscure musicians!<br /><br />Thanks for getting my mind thinking, Tawfiq. You are one of my 100% dependable experts i can count on.<br /><br />Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-25334891712806822262016-08-06T02:20:46.864-05:002016-08-06T02:20:46.864-05:00Just found another CD in my collection on which Jy...Just found another CD in my collection on which Jyotish Chandra Chowdhury plays Raga Khamaj on Sitar.<br />See: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/colours-of-raga/id958610344<br />So he was a Sitar, Surbahar, Rudra Veena and Surshringar player.Tawfiqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332824027946814674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-37698813433252444172016-08-02T14:56:47.531-05:002016-08-02T14:56:47.531-05:00Great post, thanks a million for sharing your LPs!...Great post, thanks a million for sharing your LPs! Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10274524398672269711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-1897718222035972322016-08-02T02:20:05.853-05:002016-08-02T02:20:05.853-05:00Jyotish Choudhury was also a Rudra Veena player. D...Jyotish Choudhury was also a Rudra Veena player. Deben Bhattacharya recorded also some of his Rudra Veena recordings. See for example here:<br />https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B013S5EQ94/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dpTawfiqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332824027946814674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-17534889042285157832016-08-02T01:35:19.698-05:002016-08-02T01:35:19.698-05:00Dear Richard, there is also this CD, originally pu...Dear Richard, there is also this CD, originally published as an LP in 1970:<br />Damodar Lal Kabra (Sarod) & Brij Bhushan Kabra (Guitar) & Keramatullah Khan (Tabla) – Jugalbandi – Kabra Brothers: Raga Piloo – Jugalbandi, Raga Jayjayvanti – Sarod, Dhun – Guitar, SAREGAMA - THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY OF INDIA, CDNF 150512<br />Beautiful recordings, first published as an LP in 1970. Both brothers are early students of Ali Akbar Khan. Tawfiqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332824027946814674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-11500385446297794572016-08-02T01:31:49.855-05:002016-08-02T01:31:49.855-05:00This LP was graciously loaned to me by my friend N...This LP was graciously loaned to me by my friend Nels, who has been collecting Hindustani LPs and CDs for several decades. He is also (in the spare time his work and personal life allows) a dedicated and hardworking student of the tabla. I was really touched when he dropped off a box of LPs one day and told me to take my time in transferring them. No deadline, no caution about being careful with his precious vinyl (obviously he knows I will be) -- just a trust in me that at times i wonder if I deserve. Thanks, Nels!<br /><br />Although this LP is not exactly rare and sought after (no copies at $199 for me to link to!), there does seem to be somewhat of a fondness for the record expressed on the internet at times. I hope people will find this transfer to be the best currently available. <br /><br />Thanks to my dedicated readers. If YOU are one of the people who download my efforts but don't make a comment or thank me -- that is okay with me! What I ask is that you listen carefully and take this music seriously. <br /><br />A book by Val Wilner, about the free jazz scene developing in the UK during the 1970s -- was entitled "As Serious As Your Life." That's how serious I take music. As serious as life. But also as joyful as life, as refreshing as life. Music can nourish whatever you think of as your soul.<br /><br />As guitarist Robert Fripp once noted, "At times, music can be a very good friend."<br /><br />So please download like crazy and pick up everything on this blog if you want, and if you find something you like, share it with a close friend. Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com