tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post8411815016926198978..comments2024-03-24T08:18:33.058-04:00Comments on Conversations Over Chai: An Enduring LegacyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-66955336852121196562012-12-17T12:47:11.453-05:002012-12-17T12:47:11.453-05:00 Thanks for the links, Subodh. The last piece was ... Thanks for the links, Subodh. The last piece was really nice. I'm lying here sick with fever, and having the strains of the sitar in the background is very pleasant to hear. <br /><br />I didn't know that Ravi Shankar's first choice for guru was Enayat Khan... RS came rather late to the instrument, though.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-7626592176334668122012-12-17T12:44:40.912-05:002012-12-17T12:44:40.912-05:00 SSW, I did know about Ravi Coltrane, but I didn&#... SSW, I did know about Ravi Coltrane, but I didn't want the post to read more like a mini-biography, and I do not enough about RS' music (his classical music, I mean) to write a knowledgeable tribute. So...Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-67117388405641680612012-12-14T22:35:08.095-05:002012-12-14T22:35:08.095-05:00Thanks for the post Anu. Hai re wo din is at the t...Thanks for the post Anu. Hai re wo din is at the top of my all time favorite list. Mr Vaishnav is right - it is raga Janasammohini.<br /><br />I have only now become aware that Ravi Shankar's first choice for a Sitar guru was Enayat Khan, Vilayat Khan's father. Something happened and he landed up with Allauddin Khan instead. I think it was good for us music lovers, as it gave us two legends with contrasting styles - it wouldn't have been so interesting if both played in the same manner. Rivalry between the two was the stuff of gossip when both were alive. It was good to see Vilayat's son pay homage to Ravi Shankar on DD yesterday.<br /><br />Let me also contribute a few links to theis excellent blog: the first is a fusion piece containing improvisations on the theme of Pather Panchali: http://youtu.be/oqO_DxrqX4c<br /><br />The second an introduction to Yaman by Ravi Shankar and Anoushka: http://youtu.be/igDsu5QWhpo<br /><br />The third and last, a regular classical piece in Rageshree - a raga he loved. The quality of sound is almost hypnotic - even for one who knows nothing about ragas: http://youtu.be/wB1CkD8UzScSubodh Agrawalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-60036976696719370962012-12-14T09:54:08.836-05:002012-12-14T09:54:08.836-05:00Long before George Harrison discovered Ravi Shanka...Long before George Harrison discovered Ravi Shankar a very great American musician was already influenced by him. It's a sad thing that jazz a much more intellectually sophisticated music form compared to rock has now fallen by the wayside even in the US. John Coltrane was influenced by Ravi Shankar and started using Indian modes in his music as far back as 1959. He even named his son Ravi after Ravi Shankar. Coltrane's use of the the same free metre as in the Indian alaap can be heard here..<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6l-dD_-YD4<br /><br />The drone of the tanpura is elaborated upon by the bass lines played beautifully by Jimmy Garrison and then Coltrane enters with the saxophone. I think this is one of Coltrane's ground breaking compositions. <br /><br /><br /><br />Ashok-ji about Janasamohini in the Anuradha song there is one note that is used which is not in the Janasamohini scale. SSWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-5068128285347020312012-12-13T08:24:36.733-05:002012-12-13T08:24:36.733-05:00 Thank you for those links, Ashokji. The Doordarsh... Thank you for those links, Ashokji. The Doordarshan tune is very familiar (it moaned enough during my childhood), but I hadn't realised that RS had composed it.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-36196375536862430072012-12-13T08:22:36.171-05:002012-12-13T08:22:36.171-05:00 Thanks for this link, CM. It's always a joy t... Thanks for this link, CM. It's always a joy to hear Clapton. :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-30577734488654621652012-12-13T08:20:39.196-05:002012-12-13T08:20:39.196-05:00 Thank you, cinematters. I have listened to his cl... Thank you, cinematters. I have listened to his classical expositions because my husband is very interested in music, though I do not have even a tithe of his ear for music. I know what I like, without really knowing the intricacies of the <i>raaga</i> being played. I guess that is how I listen to most music anyway.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-32444852583745550532012-12-13T02:53:56.896-05:002012-12-13T02:53:56.896-05:00I have simply relied on what ever I could recollec...I have simply relied on what ever I could recollect and have been able to source from the currently available internet refrences. Some of the interesting ones are :<br /><br />"The task of composing the tune was entrusted to sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. But, he realized that the actual tune of saarey jahan se acha was of a bit longer duration. Working with Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan, Ravi Shankar finally came up with a variation of the original tune and created what can truly be termed the 'National tune of India'. A slow mournful sounding tune that became a cherished memory for generations of Indians" - http://8ate.blogspot.in/2008/08/signature-tune-of-doordarshan.html<br /><br />Yes, he composed the legendary signature tune on Doordarshan, the national broadcaster — the tune that millions of Indians woke up to every day. -- http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2012/12/13/ravi-shankar-a-song-more-felt-than-heard/<br /><br />Obviously, I do not have any other access to any "offcial" documentary evidence in support of my statement.Ashok M Vaishnavhttp://amvaishnav.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-78539172556031039522012-12-13T02:21:33.715-05:002012-12-13T02:21:33.715-05:00 Ashok, wasn't the DD Signature tune a collabo... Ashok, wasn't the DD Signature tune a collaborative effort with Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan Saheb, the Shehnai Maestro?cinemattersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-58609120077167034642012-12-13T02:21:06.689-05:002012-12-13T02:21:06.689-05:00Pandit Ravi Shankar has also given us signature tu...Pandit Ravi Shankar has also given us signature tune of Doordarshan [http://youtu.be/Ffh_2NG6tLY] and the Opening Sequence Theme for IX Asiad 1982, New Delhi [http://youtu.be/q3s7CCM9E_g], (to the best of my knowledge) on Raag Jansamhohini.<br />Incidentally Hae Re Ye Woh Din Kyun Na Aaye - Anuradha -http://youtu.be/qhCXMb1NgOs - is also on the same Raag.<br /><br />Here are the theme music of Gandhi http://youtu.be/hJhBG16e80g and the music as the film ends - http://youtu.be/lxRMywOkJmU, which is Panditji's interpretation of a bhajan by an ancient Gujarati poet, Narsinh Mehta, which was so close to Gandhiji for the ideals that it espouses.Ashok M Vaishnavhttp://amvaishnav.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-27027787732508248042012-12-13T02:19:07.969-05:002012-12-13T02:19:07.969-05:00Here is the concluding part.
http://www.youtube.c...Here is the concluding part.<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3bGvnx3yggcinemattersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-53768372715850186492012-12-13T02:18:56.548-05:002012-12-13T02:18:56.548-05:00Pt Ravi Shankar, to me have always been been the o...Pt Ravi Shankar, to me have always been been the one who really made that sonic bridge from East to West for the future generations of musicians to travel on.I "discovered"Panditji's music in a Beatles' album, Revolver -the Love You To track..That was some serious playing by George harrison and was wondering whoever influenced him to do this should have been awesome. Though the Sitar-bit in Norwegian wood was familiar, I had mostly relegated it to a passing fad of the Fab Four.His compositions were those those, if you closed your eyes and leaned back, you would actually lose track of time.He flowed.Even the tribute to Concert for George had a 23 minute composition "Arpan" dedicated to George by Panditji, and as Eric Clapton joins in for an impromptu Blues solo at the end which moves Anoushka to well up (who conducts the entire orchestra), you feel yours brimming too.That was the power he had in his music.There won't be another one like him.Ever.Thank you so much for this Anu.cinemattersnoreply@blogger.com