Malkauns, Bhimsen Joshi, 1950s-60s

[@chinmoykhaladkar4651]

This is 1953 , Mumbai , a later half of the concert which went till early morning around 2 . He started with MaruBihag , then rendered Sur Sukh Khani , After the interval , this Malkauns , then Jogiya , Hari Ka Bhed . Then He launched himself in an elaborate Lalat and finished the concert with भैरवी ( बिन देखे पर नाही चैन ) . Vasanteao Achrekar on Tabla and Appa Jalgaonkar on Harmonium

[@FarhanAmin1994]

I have (earlier on) uploaded what is likely the Bhairavi you mention. Do you think it is this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXmknWhoeNOhotk

[@sanjeevterdal9677]

In this Malkauns Tabala accompaniment is by My Guruji Pt. Chandrakant Kamatji. His charactrtistics "Tritit dha din tirkit dha" to reach at 'SUM' is so powerful & beautiful. Pranam. And thanks for uploading such a gem.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

@@sanjeevterdal9677 Thank you!

[@devanshphadke]

Dear Sir, Is there any way to access the renditions you talked about, in this concert. Are they available on the public domain?

[@foresthill8462]

Thank you Chinmoyji. May I please ask how you have this information? Only reason I ask is because his voice and style sounds different here from other recordings from 40s and 50s that I've heard, and sounds more like early 60s. But I have nothing concrete to base it on.

[@shirishmodak8815]

One of the best renditions by pt bhimsen joshi . A real masterpiece . He keeps the tempo throughout. ❤🎉❤🎉

[@abhsss]

At a conference in Calcutta Bhimsenji was supposed to sing and finale of the concert was Amir Khan Saheb being the senior artist. As luck would have it, Bhimsenji's arrival got delayed and Amir Khan Saheb sang first and was a supreme performance. Just as his performance was about to conclude Bhimsenji arrived. After Amir Khan Saheb's performance Bhimsenji said I would not sing as a mark of respect to the senior artist. Well as luck would have it Amir Khan Saheb is supposed to have said Bhimsenji that pandya (reference to Brahmin Bhimsenji) tu mere baad gaa he nahin sakta. Bhimsenji is said to have taken the challenge and asked what Amir Khan sang it was Malkauns. Bhimsenji took a shower went to green room got tanpuras tuned and started his Malkauns. By the blessings of his guruji people in the audience were said to have forgotten Amir Khan Saheb's performance after the first Saa. This was in the presence of Amir Khan Saheb being in the audience. My father shared this story..

[@shashwatpandey1988]

41:27 😍😍🙏🙏🙏 this shows his unmatchable level ... He is a legend

[@Innerpeace_mp]

49:23 to 49:43 !! Mesmerising !

[@rohanshivadekar]

Absolutely amazing. This is the magic he could do with every raga and swar. Especially in younger days, the range and reach and tempo of taans was just beyond human. Pranaam Panditji

[@juspreetsandhu8446]

The precision in the meends is surreal - The fresh training & vigor of the young voice really show. My guess is Pandit Ji is in his late 20's-early 30's here. In the Bada Khyaal, some of the phrasing has compositional meends with such precision, creativity and vigor. The sargams are also so beautifully linear yet expressive (in typical Kiran Gharana style). @Farhan Bhai - I wish I had words to convey my gratitude; I don't. The privilege of listening to Pandit Ji in his early years is euphoric.

[@jaisreerangarajan474]

Thank you another gem. Where were you hiding them. I feel jealous of that generation who got to listen to him. Thank you once again . Keep it going

[@FarhanAmin1994]

@@jaisreerangarajan474 Haha. The 'Where were they being hidden?' is actually a hard question, I now realize. Some of these may have been recorded and preserved by collectors (maybe even unknown to the musician(s), or maybe the musicians forgot about said rec.s) ages ago. They, the collectors, either passed the rec.s on to their friends or someone accessed these by accident (perhaps after a collector's demise?) or these were... ahem... leaked. I have received all these pieces of music in an already digitized form and I have no idea of their provenance or origins. Technically and morally, none of these are my intellectual property. What's more, as does happen sometimes, the musicians themselves or their descendants may want recordings taken down, for reasons known only to them. Iss chakkar mein, certain channels may also close down. The selfish and clever thing for all rasiks to do is: if you like a piece a lot, download it and save/store it somewhere.

[@shaileshkulkarni6525]

No words can capture the beauty of HIS renditions. Such performer takes birth once in a millennium. That too, if God wishes.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Indeed. Pandit ji was nothing short of a phenomenon!

[@ranjankumarghosal6758]

Pre-80s Panditji is really a treat to listen with a distinct influence of Ustad Amir Khan, though more earthy and not that subtle, complex and cerebral. I find some continuation of this gayaki in Ustad Rashid Khan.

[@mvvanpal.mangsuli5626]

l my self.has enjoyed Pt.Bhimanna's music right from1951to 2002 ; have attended live.programmes not less than 6o to64 during this period.It is heavenly blisss.Thank Ufor uploading this Master piece of1953. Shirhatti. dt.Gadag.Karnatak 18.9. 2022.

[@AVIPANDIT594]

Old recordings of pandit ji are mind-blowing...🙏🙏

[@Mrtim076]

What to comment? 💎💎. Bharat Ratna. Jai Ho.

Yet another gem of Bhimanna, many thanks Farhan Amin ji

[@debabrataghosh4066]

Heard him first at Singhi Park Calcutta 1955/56 morning session Milan ki Todi and never looked back.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

How lucky of you, sir!

[@debabrataghosh4066]

Farhan Amin An oldie now counting hours. Wish u regale present gen with similar uploads. Best wishes

[@debabrataghosh4066]

Must add uploads r many dime a dozen. But no pleasure in listening particularly if one has powerful amp and high quality speakers because distortions sound horrible. Plus you tube transmissions is lossy AAC. . You upload better quality audio and hence listening is enjoyable. Remember your Yaman Kalyan. Keep it up.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Thank you for kind words, Debabrata ji.

[@shashikantjoag5542]

Excellent Malkauns by Panditji. I had witnessed his Malkauns equally marvelous at J J School of Arts some where in 1967-68

[@rsn9394]

Unrivaled. No one till today can even match up to this

[@DC-zi6se]

This recording really shows, that he had a god-given masculine bassy baritone voice even in his early days and this is is when he was 31 (according to the pinned comment supposedly). This type of intune stereophonic baritone voice is pretty much ideal for Khyal and Dhrupad, only a handful of legends had this kind of vocal texture, I can only think of Ustad Amir Khan and perhaps, just perhaps... Ustad Sharafat Hussain Khan, yep... that's about it.

[@krishbatra7010]

Pt. Madhav Gudi is another example 🙏 Panditji’s influence

[@DC-zi6se]

@@krishbatra7010 I think Pt. Gudi's voice being the way it was, was perhaps because of his emulation of Pt. Bhimsen himself. Whereas for Bhimsen, it was natural and self-developed. I maybe wrong.

[@krishbatra7010]

@@DC-zi6se You make a good point. Thanks for sharing It is once said that Ustad Faiyaz Khan's voice used to sound just like the tanpura too, thought I would share this nice story

[@samymasi]

Aur Inhe hi Kehte hai BHARAT RATNA ❤🙏🏼✨

[@FarhanAmin1994]

🥰

[@sanjayhindustani]

Another gem uploaded by Farhan - cannot thank you enough. Definitely early years - sweet but sharp cascading taans and sargams.

[@flyinghigh2504]

By far the best rendition of Malkauns by Panditji that I have heard.... fabulous.... Also the first time I heard him humming...it was amazing.....

[@devanshphadke]

To listen this Pag Lagan De on a nice 'afternoon' is a refreshing experience.! The taans! And the majestic Achrekar Theka.. Malkauns.. my piya😁❤️

[@rajalsanjeev]

Thanks Farhan Amin jee Doing really great work Carry on our BEST WISHES ARE always with you God bless you

[@sandhyak7984]

Malkans is my favourite raag. Pandit ji has taken us to the different world with his gayaki. Thank you very much for uploading such wonderful video. 🙏🏼

[@mrinalkantipatra490]

I think the God of music is reciting .

[@ganapathyhegde3710]

It's a mind blowing performance by pandit ji, unmatched quality.

[@shridharbhardwaj3700]

Awesome, mind flowing and calming. Onlypanditji can do like this. God bless him.

[@debabrataghosh4066]

Thanks for another excellent recording of early Bjimsen Joshi in all his glory

[@pintukallurkar1]

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Jasraj were Gods who took human incarnations. The same goes their Gurus and great Singers of their time. They sang for Soul's content and money was only for lively hood. Today no one can match their dedication.

[@DC-zi6se]

With all due respect to Jasraj ji. Bhimsen is Bhimsen. His level is different, a notch above. Only 5-6 singers of the recorded artists can be compared to him.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

I guess such assessments are always going be somewhat subjective, don’t you think? A bit like "which is India’s best cuisine?"

[@DC-zi6se]

@@FarhanAmin1994 Absolutely true!

[@DC-zi6se]

@@FarhanAmin1994 Look if one was to force me to make a sort of an "objective" list of Khyal singers of 20th/21st century; I'd say: 1. UAK 2. Pt. Bhimsen 3. BGAK 4. Ustad Rashid Khan 5. Sharafat Hussain Khan 6. Vid. Kishori Amonkar 7. Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur 8. Pt. DVP 9. Pt. Jasraj 10. Kumar Gandharva I know there are perhaps some massive omissions.

[@DC-zi6se]

Farhan Bhai, please add the timestamps to this great performance : Pag Lagan De 0:00 Rang Raliya Karat 37:02 🙏🏻

[@soppimathss]

Awsome. Just felt some influence of Omkarnath ji.

[@santoshlele8789]

@farhan amin , can't thank you enough.no words.absolute Bliss.... You are wealthiest person I must say...

[@vijaykhedekar6740]

अरमान जी , बहोत खूब .

[@soppimathss]

Superb one Farhan ji

[@meenek00]

Farhan Amin Bhai, thanks for this sharing. Please share Shree Rag sung by Bhimji

[@FarhanAmin1994]

I don't have his Shree, but his Deepak and Marwa-Shree are findable on KZbin.

[@sn59826]

What a gem! I have Pt Joshi's Malkauns from his later years, but this version is the best. He was young and his voice had the mobility of mercury! Thank you again Farhan Amin. You're doing a great service in preserving this giant's genius! Also, do you have his Bhimpalasi from his younger days?

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Alas, i do not have that. However I have uploaded his Prem Seva Sharan from that era. Do check it out.

[@mandarmitra]

Actually I enjoy some of The Grand Old Man's other, more meditative recordings of Malkauns more. This one sounds a little restless to my untrained ears. Unpopular opinion I suppose.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Too many people are afraid of stating unpopular opinions today. Glad you shared yours.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Also, the difference probably shows an evolution in singing style, which, perhaps, happens for most artistes. One easy rationalization of this may be to say that in his initial years, he felt an urgent need to prove his vocal dexterity to the audience. There are also factors such as state of inebriation, and age itself. All of these are speculation, of course. I am glad we have his recordings to listen to. (:

[@mandarmitra]

@@FarhanAmin1994 No question! 🙏 And as is clear from the other comments, we all find plenty of things that we love in the absolutely amazing variety made available by generous people like you. Many, many thanks!

[@Gunahegde]

Yet another marvelous recording, thanks for sharing. Quality of the recording and the voice timber itself points to possibly late 60s or early 70s era, but Chinmoy Khadalkar seem to have exact details.

[@skirtane]

Blissful is all I can say.

[@southernstationerystore9345]

Wonderful... No words .... God's gift.

[@Shankar-H]

So beautiful rendition. Thanks a million. Sometime in 1980s, Pandit ji rendered Jogiya - Piya Milan ki Aas - in Sawai festival. It was morning and everyone was in tears. I have heard the recording of this, and was in tears. Does anyone have it? If yes can it be posted?

[@prabhanshsrivastava3773]

Ohh God what is this!!😲😳 Only pandit jee can !!🙏🏻🙇🌸

[@chinmoykhaladkar4651]

If you listen to his Tuning of Taanpuras ... it gives you a clue about the years ... and how his vocalism changed subtly ..

[@Gunahegde]

Yet he was so humble. In one of his interviews, he said that the kind of tuning and playing of the Taanpuras one would notice in Adbul Karim Khan's recordings were so perfect and he could not achieve them himself.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

I wonder if he had any special recordings of Abdul Karim Khan and his own guru, Sawai Gandharva. His family would likely have those now. Someone should try and persuade them to get those out in the public domain. They seem to already have a channel called Bhimsen Studios where they have uploaded an old interview of Bhimsen.

[@chinmoykhaladkar4651]

Farhan Amin , Bhimsenji didn’t have . I can confirm it to you as I had personally spoken to him about this .

[@FarhanAmin1994]

@@chinmoykhaladkar4651 Ah, I see! Unfortunate. There must be some people who do have those rare recordings. Mukesh Narang's channel is a good example; he has uploaded three longer recordings (8-9 min) of Abdul Karim Khan from his concerts.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Here is the link to the channel: kzbin.info

[@shirishmodak8815]

तबला : गुलाम रसूल हार्मोनियम: अप्पासाहेब जळगावकर

[@soppimathss]

Unbelievable. Thanks a lot for sharing . Am I seeing Pt Omkarnath ji's influence in this?

[@desaivinod1]

Yes

[@aniltatre1181]

Awesome

[@ranjitrajpure9981]

Nice song....

[@abhang4623]

35:38 ....

[@sudarshanjoisa764]

I think, here in this program, tabala pt mahapurush mishra?

[@DC-zi6se]

This is the weirdest Bhimsen Joshi performance I've ever heard. Of course in a good way.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Hehe ;)

[@gauravbabar423]

Naad Brahm

[@samymasi]

S U P E R H U M A N He was.

[@ritvijpant]

Thanks a lot

[@TheVinanthi]

👌👌👌👌🙏🙏🙏

[@awaismirza8147]

Thanks alot sir...

[@ritvijpant]

Kudos to you for uploading this

[@b.s.yargatikar9756]

Great song

[@prabhanshsrivastava3773]

🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@mradulawasthi148]

Absolute magic at 49:15

[@shrikantkangutkar]

❤❤🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@VinayMishra-pk5qp]

Farhan ji... on harmonium I can say Eknath Thakurdas ji🙏

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Thank you!

[@mvvanpal.mangsuli5626]

We music fan's atShirhatti have enjoyed this Malkauns 3 or4 times during 1950 to1962 period at Hubli.Udupi,Hungund inBijapur Dt,andHaveri 1954Thanks for Enjoyment regained by Your kindness.MVV.ShirHatti.Dt.Gadag.Karnatak.

[@pramodthakur4778]

Yes I am also of the same view. Harmonium by Eknath Thakordas only.

[@vishalbendre7567]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@FarhanAmin1994]

An old 1957 Malkauns of Bhimsen Joshi’s, uploaded by the Sangeet Natak Akademi: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXXHl3iHmbGMhLs&feature=emb_title

[@suchetabhat5697]

Bharath ratna.. I am music lover.. Not a person who reached level to comments on bhimsen Joshi ji. Clarity of taan and alaap.. It's simply divine

[@suchetabhat5697]

Heard some of his concert in national programme of music.. In AIR when I very young. 🎩 😁 👕👍Great! 👖

[@DC-zi6se]

49:24 is he seriously humming 😂... Only he can dare something like this.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Either that or I think it is his signature falsetto _eekaar_ move where he highlights the taar shadja. A very Bhimsen thing indeed.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

On the subject of humming, if I recall correctly, Pt Kaivalya Kumar does do a semi lec-dem like feature in his concerts where he shows बंद मुॅंह की तान. Another person whom I have heard this kind of taan from is Pt Mallikarjun Mansur. He sings this taan in the video of his Ashok Ranade interview while presenting a bandish in Raga Pat Bihag.

[@DC-zi6se]

@@FarhanAmin1994 I know right. Imagine if humming was widely accepted in classical performances, this can open up new doors for how people do alaps.

[@DC-zi6se]

@@FarhanAmin1994 Pt Mallikarjun Mansur is an absolute legend. He would do the weirdest and most complicated things so beautifully it'll turn out amazing.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

In a way, yes. It would be akin to having a new syllable/akshar in the language of sahitya. Bhimsen ji actually did use a vowel sound not used much in HCM: the extended schwa sound. If you want a short demo of that, there is a 2 min excerpt of a 1980s Todi of his embedded in Parrikar’s blogpost 'The Empire of Todi'.

[@DC-zi6se]

Rang raliya Karat 37:02

[@Skhatik2001]

Taane sun ke esa kyu lag rha ustad Amir Khan saheb hi gaa rhe hai😳....

[@sangeetmayshivam1424]

Influence🙏🏻

[@DC-zi6se]

Somewhat similar, gamak and intonation are similar, but the safai of UAK's taans are missing.

[@sangeetmayshivam1424]

@@DC-zi6se Ustadji's Singing is known for extereme clarity with extreme laykari and clean notes. No "deception" what so ever.

[@DC-zi6se]

@@sangeetmayshivam1424 Yes, Ustad Amir Khan is Ustad Amir Khan, he has no comparisons whatsoever, But, Pt. Bhimsen himself was one of his biggest influencees.

[@shirishmodak8815]

Really speaking better than Ustad Amir Khan . Voice quality and taans are better and moreover no sargam.