When I was 3-4 years old (~1975) , Vilayat Khan Sahib lived with his second wife (Monisha Hazra) next to our house in 8/1 Chapel Road, Hastings, Khidderpore, Calcutta. I would play with his daughters (Zilla and Yaman) and listen to his mesmerizing riyaaz during breaks, He was steeped in mosiqi, which had a dream-like quality. His meends, alamkars, raga adaakari was technically perfect, but his genius was his taasir, the X-factor, which made his music so appealing to the layman and touched the soul. Technically, he was probably second only to his walid saab , Ustad Enayat Khan Saheb, who passed away when Vilyat was in his adolescence. Ustad Vilayat Khan Saheb was a great admirer of the sarodiya Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Sahib. There's a palpable influence here, especially in swara lagao and gayaki anga - the "singing sarod" of the former maestro influenced the "singing sitar" of the latter. Thank you for sharing this lovely piece (gat).
Anjanbabu, thank you for sharing these precious memories. Apparently the cross-talk between the families of Enayat Khan and Hafiz Ali Khan extended even to Amjad Ali Khan whose early recordings had (as aficionados say) a clear impact of the Vilayatkhani gayaki ang. There was a famous dispute at some point and apparently, this led Amjad Ali Khan to depart from this style and this can be clearly picked up in the remarkable difference between his recordings from the ~pre1980's era and the ones in the 90's.
We are such a fortunate generation, to have so many performances of genius, by Vilayat Khan and others, retained on record, for us to hear whenever we like. Every time I hear the extraordinary freshness and vitality of his playing, it's a new source of delight.
It really is magic, I just do NOT GET the people who say "there's no good music." I mean, not only are there great people in all genres right now, you also can access EVERY SINGLE HISTORICAL ERA recorded. You have to WANT TO listen to bad music.
the real Bhararatatna majestic,one of greatest musician India ever produced ,salute Gurudev,what perseverance,disipline require to reach such a height that's beyond imagination to common people like us, me posses no power to comment on u, compliment Bilayarju
Thank you for this treat! I consider Ustadji as all time great in the world of Sitar. No words can fully describe his greatness. His Sitar was simply hypnotic.
🙏🏽 Thank You Sri Raju Asokan for sharing and to inspire all. It was Albert Camus who said : “ Generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present “.🌻
Ustad Vilayat Khan's immemorable Yaman Raga was introduced to me in 1978 while I was living in Oslo, Norway. It is melodious and unique. Always plays in mind and ears and ever fresh !
I think his son Ustad Shujaat Khan plays it even better than him. And Shujaat often sings as well while playing the sitar, giving a different dimension to the whole thing. This is my own thought. You check it for yourself :)
@@eedebanjan1 Beg to differ as Shujaat saheb does not have even 10% of range and the deft touch that Ustad Vilayat Khan did. The singing he does is actually distracting and is mainly aimed to make up for the deficiencies in the Sitar playing (but doesn't). Ustad Shahid Parvez still has more prowess, musicality ( _rooh daari_ ), and finesse than Mr Shujaat.
To what extent depth of a rag can explored and it's inner beauty brought out can be seen from exposition of rag Khamaj rendered by Ustad Vilayat Khan on sitar in this recording.
+Samprasad Majumdar Samprasad, How are you? I'm quite pleased to see you are still out there enjoying this music. It's Adam. I am one of Shambhu Das' old students, and we played together, and also you saw me performing a great many times back in the 1990s. best, Adam.
+tinderhorn In other news, Vilayat Khan recorded a few versions of this particular interpretation of Rag Khamaj, which he sometimes called a "Ragamalika, based on Khamaj" and sometimes as "Khamaj". Either way, it's certainly one of my favourite interpretations of the raga. The ideas he comes up with are fascinating and incredibly inventive. He has a playful feeling for Khamaj which acts as a wonderful counterbalance to someone like Nikhil Banerjee, for example, who plays Khamaj with heartbreaking tenderness.
So sweet, melodious and soothing Khamaj. We will always miss this great master of Sitar! He was majestic and overpowering personality, yet I always was at home and comfortable in his company. May God bless his soul. Ayub
Ayub Sahib: Great to have found you here. If you could recall, in the 70s I met you along with Naveed Asghar from Manchester - we were then doing PhDs at Salford University. Naveed and his parents were most likely your family friends. You lived around London, where we also had the opportunity of meeting with your father-in-law Ustad Allah Rakha Sahib marhoom . While I was in London in 1979, I also attended a concert of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Zakir Hussain - your family also came there (of course). Then in 1983 I visited the American Embassy for my US visa where I again met you and we conversed on music & your poetry. In the late 80's Ustad Allah Rakha Sahib, and Zahkir and Sultan Khan sahibaan came to Minneapolis for a concert and I met them -- I did mention to them about you. I sincerely hope you and your family is doing fine. There is a real old recording of Vilayat Khan Sahib on CZcams. If you go to CZcams and type 'Film about Music in India in the 1940's -- Film 246', you will see the recording ... a real real treasure. Salaam and best regards! Javed Bhatty Chicago
Yudhister Sajnani You are indeed are a lucky person. I only heard him once around 1980 in the Royal Albert Hall London. I consider myself very fortunate! Javed Bhatty, Chicago
+Javed Bhatty, was this concert part of the BBC Proms with Zakir Hussain on Tabla, and of course other performers at that amazing whole night concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1981. IVE GOT THESE RECORDINGS OF THAT CONCERT ON MY CZcams CHANNEL, WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD LISTEN TO THE CONCERT AGAIN. Click on my channel Dillan's Lyrics. I went to this concert, it was truly remarkable. Please reply to this.
Was this concert between Ali Akbar Khan and Zakir Hussain at The Bhavan Centre. And Ali Akbar Khan played Raags Chandranandan and a ragmala in Pilu. Plese reply and correct me if i am wrong. I went to this concert
At 2:42, Ustad uses the teevra madhyam, albeit in a very passing manner. Is this allowed? Or is it just a creative process and we can always name the raag Mishra Khamaj.. It sounded different and great btw, as is usually with such great masters.
This should be kept safe for posterity. Only a true genius can touch the past and the present with so much elan and beauty. Vilayat Khan Saab could approximate God's work when in mood and I don't think there's any greater praise than that. As an aside, some semblances of this mood could be found in a Rabindranath Tagore song, also composed in Khamaj, called 'Kusume Kusume Charan-chinha diye jao'. Of course, a song can't fully capture or do full justice to the elegance and beauty of this masterful interpretation.
Is Khambaj possibly the sweetest ? I have listened to Bilayat, Ravishankar, Shahid Parvez, Sujat, Ali Akbar all were mesmerising on Khamaj, Mishra Khamaj, Maanj Khamaj !!!!
Brother please do listen to Pandit Vilayat khan and Pandit Ali Ahmed Khan's Anandi kalyan (Nand), especially the 3 rd. part...beyond any language of appreciation...divine...ever blissful.. Aum Shanti
There's a few passages in here that sound remarkably like phrases from the Beatles' Within You Without You--I'm guessing this is the rag that inspired George Harrison to write that song?
Dear Pandit Chaterjee, Thank you for clarifying that you are the accompanist. I, like so many people get really fed up when accompanying artists are not even mentioned on so many youtube offerings. In my opinion that is not acceptable and people should no better, all you musicians are all great in your won right and deserve being named.
I am feeling myself fortunate that I am being able to talk with one of the great musicians hearing in this recording- Pandit Sankha Chatterjee. Panditji, it will be great treasure for us if you kindly share some experience of playing with Ustad Vilayat Khan, if possible some memory of this particular programme.
When I was 3-4 years old (~1975) , Vilayat Khan Sahib lived with his second wife (Monisha Hazra) next to our house in 8/1 Chapel Road, Hastings, Khidderpore, Calcutta. I would play with his daughters (Zilla and Yaman) and listen to his mesmerizing riyaaz during breaks, He was steeped in mosiqi, which had a dream-like quality. His meends, alamkars, raga adaakari was technically perfect, but his genius was his taasir, the X-factor, which made his music so appealing to the layman and touched the soul. Technically, he was probably second only to his walid saab , Ustad Enayat Khan Saheb, who passed away when Vilyat was in his adolescence. Ustad Vilayat Khan Saheb was a great admirer of the sarodiya Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Sahib. There's a palpable influence here, especially in swara lagao and gayaki anga - the "singing sarod" of the former maestro influenced the "singing sitar" of the latter. Thank you for sharing this lovely piece (gat).
Wonderful memories....
Anjanbabu, thank you for sharing these precious memories. Apparently the cross-talk between the families of Enayat Khan and Hafiz Ali Khan extended even to Amjad Ali Khan whose early recordings had (as aficionados say) a clear impact of the Vilayatkhani gayaki ang. There was a famous dispute at some point and apparently, this led Amjad Ali Khan to depart from this style and this can be clearly picked up in the remarkable difference between his recordings from the ~pre1980's era and the ones in the 90's.
খুব ভালো লাগলো আপনার লেখা -টা পড়ে!
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Man You are Damn Lucky🥺🙏🙏
We are such a fortunate generation, to have so many performances of genius, by Vilayat Khan and others, retained on record, for us to hear whenever we like. Every time I hear the extraordinary freshness and vitality of his playing, it's a new source of delight.
It really is magic, I just do NOT GET the people who say "there's no good music." I mean, not only are there great people in all genres right now, you also can access EVERY SINGLE HISTORICAL ERA recorded. You have to WANT TO listen to bad music.
the real Bhararatatna majestic,one of greatest musician India ever produced ,salute Gurudev,what perseverance,disipline require
to reach such a height that's beyond imagination to common people like us, me posses no power to comment on u, compliment Bilayarju
AFTER 45 YEARS I FOUND MY MASTER. NO RAVI,NO SOMBODY ELSE.
So true
If there is music playing in Heaven, this is it.
Thank you for this treat! I consider Ustadji as all time great in the world of Sitar. No words can fully describe his greatness. His Sitar was simply hypnotic.
🙏🏽 Thank You Sri Raju Asokan for sharing and to inspire all.
It was Albert Camus who said :
“ Generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present “.🌻
Ustad Vilayat Khan's immemorable Yaman Raga was introduced to me in 1978 while I was living in Oslo, Norway. It is melodious and unique. Always plays in mind and ears and ever fresh !
It is a treat to Rasa Madhurya ! The Ustad has brought incredible romance in the Swaras ! Singing Sitar at its best ! K M Tiwari, Alld.
You just can't get better than this.
I think his son Ustad Shujaat Khan plays it even better than him. And Shujaat often sings as well while playing the sitar, giving a different dimension to the whole thing. This is my own thought. You check it for yourself :)
@@eedebanjan1 Beg to differ as Shujaat saheb does not have even 10% of range and the deft touch that Ustad Vilayat Khan did. The singing he does is actually distracting and is mainly aimed to make up for the deficiencies in the Sitar playing (but doesn't).
Ustad Shahid Parvez still has more prowess, musicality ( _rooh daari_ ), and finesse than Mr Shujaat.
😀Looks like you have not listened to Vilayat Khansaheb.
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No words to express for this sitar play
To what extent depth of a rag can explored and it's inner beauty brought out can be seen from exposition of rag Khamaj rendered by Ustad Vilayat Khan on sitar in this recording.
listen to it for 7 year, masterpiece
Thnx for posting such a beautiful performance, unheard before
A PERENNIAL PIECE OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
+Samprasad Majumdar please listen Pt. Jog's Khamaj.. :) awesome too
+Samprasad Majumdar
Samprasad,
How are you? I'm quite pleased to see you are still out there enjoying this music. It's Adam. I am one of Shambhu Das' old students, and we played together, and also you saw me performing a great many times back in the 1990s.
best,
Adam.
+tinderhorn
In other news, Vilayat Khan recorded a few versions of this particular interpretation of Rag Khamaj, which he sometimes called a "Ragamalika, based on Khamaj" and sometimes as "Khamaj". Either way, it's certainly one of my favourite interpretations of the raga. The ideas he comes up with are fascinating and incredibly inventive. He has a playful feeling for Khamaj which acts as a wonderful counterbalance to someone like Nikhil Banerjee, for example, who plays Khamaj with heartbreaking tenderness.
Breathless!!!
Tabla by PANDIT SANKHA CHATTERJEE
So sweet, melodious and soothing Khamaj. We will always miss this great master of Sitar! He was majestic and overpowering personality, yet I always was at home and comfortable in his company. May God bless his soul. Ayub
Ayub Sahib:
Great to have found you here. If you could recall, in the 70s I met you along with Naveed Asghar from Manchester - we were then doing PhDs at Salford University. Naveed and his parents were most likely your family friends. You lived around London, where we also had the opportunity of meeting with your father-in-law Ustad Allah Rakha Sahib marhoom . While I was in London in 1979, I also attended a concert of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Zakir Hussain - your family also came there (of course). Then in 1983 I visited the American Embassy for my US visa where I again met you and we conversed on music & your poetry. In the late 80's Ustad Allah Rakha Sahib, and Zahkir and Sultan Khan sahibaan came to Minneapolis for a concert and I met them -- I did mention to them about you.
I sincerely hope you and your family is doing fine.
There is a real old recording of Vilayat Khan Sahib on CZcams. If you go to CZcams and type 'Film about Music in India in the 1940's -- Film 246', you will see the recording ... a real real treasure.
Salaam and best regards!
Javed Bhatty
Chicago
can u believe i heard Khan Sahib when I was 19 and now when I am 74 I still crave for his genius
Yudhister Sajnani
You are indeed are a lucky person. I only heard him once around 1980 in the Royal Albert Hall London. I consider myself very fortunate!
Javed Bhatty, Chicago
+Javed Bhatty, was this concert part of the BBC Proms with Zakir Hussain on Tabla, and of course other performers at that amazing whole night concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1981. IVE GOT THESE RECORDINGS OF THAT CONCERT ON MY CZcams CHANNEL, WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD LISTEN TO THE CONCERT AGAIN. Click on my channel Dillan's Lyrics. I went to this concert, it was truly remarkable. Please reply to this.
Was this concert between Ali Akbar Khan and Zakir Hussain at The Bhavan Centre. And Ali Akbar Khan played Raags Chandranandan and a ragmala in Pilu. Plese reply and correct me if i am wrong. I went to this concert
Divine !
Thanks, Raju Asogan and YT. God bless you Raju ! Mesmerizing Khamaj by Ustadji.
Most Delightful and authentic in true sitar style
Waaaaw it is the best...... performance
This is perfect!
The Greatest Ustad Vilayat Khan......... You are Immortal
Wonderful, thanks for uploading. Sounds like from the 70's
Amazing ! Thanks for the upload. You made my day. Thanks Raju.
At 2:42, Ustad uses the teevra madhyam, albeit in a very passing manner. Is this allowed? Or is it just a creative process and we can always name the raag Mishra Khamaj.. It sounded different and great btw, as is usually with such great masters.
Thanks a ton for sharing this Raju sir.
This should be kept safe for posterity. Only a true genius can touch the past and the present with so much elan and beauty. Vilayat Khan Saab could approximate God's work when in mood and I don't think there's any greater praise than that.
As an aside, some semblances of this mood could be found in a Rabindranath Tagore song, also composed in Khamaj, called 'Kusume Kusume Charan-chinha diye jao'. Of course, a song can't fully capture or do full justice to the elegance and beauty of this masterful interpretation.
Is Khambaj possibly the sweetest ? I have listened to Bilayat, Ravishankar, Shahid Parvez, Sujat, Ali Akbar all were mesmerising on Khamaj, Mishra Khamaj, Maanj Khamaj !!!!
oh ! this is heavenly !!!
mind blowing!
Inexplicable feelings ....only mind resonates with the music
One of the unique presenytion sitar bhut khus huve dan log
Thank you
Thanks to you
Pranam
Divine! ❤
Wah wah wah wah!
Kaleidoscopic. There is no shade of Khamaj not refracted through the maestro's sitar.
Wah
gr8 rendition of khamaj om
Supreme!
please listen from 9:00 to 10:41 how deep it is---
Maddening !!💐
concert was in Berlin Meta Music Festival 1974
Crazyyyyyyy
Vilayat at his lyrical best.
Brother please do listen to Pandit Vilayat khan and Pandit Ali Ahmed Khan's Anandi kalyan (Nand), especially the 3 rd. part...beyond any language of appreciation...divine...ever blissful.. Aum Shanti
Tilottama Chakrabarti gudj
सुनदार
There's a few passages in here that sound remarkably like phrases from the Beatles' Within You Without You--I'm guessing this is the rag that inspired George Harrison to write that song?
It is close to the khamaj rag. Based on the family of khamaj ragas.
As others said, never looses its charm. Did he not play Khamaj very often ? There are no other full length Khamaj renditions that I have come across.
He has played 1 and half hour Khamaj in Mumbai in early 80s. A full khayal style. Incredible performance
Why was teevra Madhyam used in Khamaaj. Teevra madyam doesn't come in raag Khamaj
Von Anfang an inigualable. Wirklich Schoen
Dear Raju, please also respect the tabla player and name him.
This concert was in Berlin Meta Music Festival 1974 and I was accompanying Ustad Vilayat Khan Sahab. The festival arranged by Mr Walter Bachwar.
Dear Pandit Chaterjee, Thank you for clarifying that you are the accompanist. I, like so many people get really fed up when accompanying artists are not even mentioned on so many youtube offerings. In my opinion that is not acceptable and people should no better, all you musicians are all great in your won right and deserve being named.
I am feeling myself fortunate that I am being able to talk with one of the great musicians hearing in this recording- Pandit Sankha Chatterjee. Panditji, it will be great treasure for us if you kindly share some experience of playing with Ustad Vilayat Khan, if possible some memory of this particular programme.
Very nice Sangat Shankada. Apni kheymon achen?
Panditji! Your response remains hidden (by CZcams). Unless someone opens your reply to rsj s/he can not see your name.