photo Ira Landgarten

Raga-101: NIKHIL BANERJEE sitar MAHAPURUSH MISRA tabla
Live-to-air broadcast, KPFA Berkeley, 1967

"My approach to music is very deep. I do not compromise with anybody or anything else in the world. I do not care. I want to really go beyond this materialistic world...not for the sake of enjoyment, entertainment, no. A musician must lift up the souls of the listeners, and take them towards Space.

I think when any musician is recording, he becomes self-conscious and he cannot give his best. But it is also true that we have lost many great musicians; now at least the next generation can get some sort of idea of their music from these recordings. I think that recording live concerts is a much better way." -- From the Interview with Nikhil Banerjee in the Purabi Kalyan (Raga-207) booklet.

Raga CHANDRAKAUSH...20:13
alap
jor
jhalla

Raga KHAMAJ...30:23
short alap
gat in rupak tal (7 beats)
gat in fast tintal (16 beats) Total Time 50:36

Stereo ADD. UPC: 704482010143. Also available on CD as Raga-201.

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