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.
Booklet text
and graphics reproduced here copyright ©, (P) 1988 by Raga
Records, POB 635, New York NY 10014.