Pandit Swapan Chaudhury and Ustad Zakir Hussain Jugalbandi Audio

[@aryantipnis1020]

0:00 peshkaar ( Pandit Swapan Chaudhari and Ustaad Zakir Hussain ) it starts with Ustadji and henceforth alternate after a 2 - 3 matra gap 6:37 dhagen dhatrak kayda - rela ( tistra jati ) ( Pandit Swapan Chaudhari ) 9:56 Tistra jati kayda rela ( Ustad Zakir Hussain ) 13:13 tak dintak ( Pandit Swapan Chaudhari ) 16:54 ghe ghe tita ghe ghe na na ( Ustad Zakir Hussain ) 20:47 dhatrak dhikit kata katak gadigan kayda ( Pandit Swapan Chaudhari ) 23:51 dhatrak dhikit katrak dhikit kayda ( Ustad Zakir Hussain ) 27:59 lucknow rau ( Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri ) 31:19 taktin nanagin rau ( Ustad Zakir Hussain ) 33:22 dhir dhir rela ( Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri ) 36:14 tirkit rela ( Ustad Zakir Hussain ) 37:34 drut teentaal { chakradaars + gats + tukdas + bols } ( Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri and Ustad Zakir Hussain ) [ note that they start from Ustadji playing a simple titakata gadigan tihaai at 37:47 ]

[@sankalangoldar.]

❤❤

[@associazionemusadistefanog2058]

Thank you so much

[@NakulBohra]

Talking of Zakir ji's background he is practicing tabla as early a child can. Being son of a already a Ustad. He is personally taught by Thirakwa Khan and many others giants. On other hand Swapan chaudhary has no background of tabla. His mother was singer. He learnt tabla from Shri santosh biswas who was also a bank employee. Swapan ji got fame only because of U.Ali Akbar Khan. Zakir was already a star in west because his father. Swapan ji only played Lucknow all his life while zakir ji was into punjab, delhi, farukhabad, ajrada and western fusion. But see the clarity of bols Swapan ji plays, perfection of tihai's. His collection of gats, tukdas is wider than Zakir ji's. And dhere dhere played by him was kaida rela. Zakir ji's dhere dhere was only rela with no kaida composition. Zakir ji is sure 10 but Swapan ji deserves 11/10.

[@rupsahadoyenofclassicalmus9933]

Actually the master of swapan ji..Pt.Santosh krishna biswas was a ganda bandhan shagrid of Ust.WAJID HUSSAIN KHAN..the king and khalifa of lucknow..he made the lucknow gharana as popular as everybody would came to knew..that there's a gharana as such..btw..swapan ji learnt too much Delhi style also from his guru..he plays delhi very well..i have heard him..

[@malaybasu3535]

Both are the God of table. I seem pt. Swapanji is maha pandit with his profound knowledge, collection, calculation and gharanadari. At the same time Jakirji also the son of Saraswati, super creative, an all time great accompanist, an outstanding entertainer percussionist and acceptable for all illiterate and Pandit musicians.

[@aryantipnis1020]

surely this is true. but just think other way. ustad zakir hussain ji has a wider sense for accompaniment than panditji. tabla isn't just solo. Second thing, it takes hard work of many births to gain such a birth in the house of such a great player. And the last thing, carefully hear Ustadji's praisings to Panditji. He still has a great amount for Panditji. And same is Panditji to Ustadji but he praised a little less. So definitely a 10 for Panditji, but Ustadji deserves an 11

[@NakulBohra]

Swapan dada has praised him a lot. You haven't heard it until now. Zakir ji is 1951 born whereas swapan dada is 1947 born. Swapan dada is playing tabla when zakir ji was born. Swapan ji has accompanied almost everyone. See his official website. He accompanied U.Ali Akbar khan from 1970s to 2008. Swapan dada runs Ali akbar khan institute of music in california. I'm not comparing them. I'm saying swapan dada's riyaz is more tough. You can play thirakwa khan's bols easily with practice like zakir ji does, but you can't play kayda rela, dhir dhir, gats and chakradhar as perfect as swapan ji. If you're zakir ji's fan congrats. He is more of a entertainer. A global figure with handsome face. But nobody comes near swapan ji when it comes to perfect nikaas, dhir dhir and collection of bols.

[@aryantipnis1020]

@@NakulBohra anyways Both are legends And we are just fools in front of them We need to master at that level to even talk about them. Let this debate be ended here. Coz it's music after all

[@Prof_Hazra_IIT]

One of the billion dollar treasures of Indian classical music.

[@sachinbhatt5307]

Hey.. bhayya plzz give your ph. No..

[@tusharmukherjee2326]

I didn't heard the Kayda Ustad ji played after Pandit Ji 's kayda.

[@iman108]

ITS LIKE LORD VISHNU & LORD SHIVA GOING AT EACH OTHER! SIMPLY UNEARTHLY...

[@worldmusicchannel7327]

Iman Das absolutely.

[@kaustubhtalekar5991]

iman das nice comment

[@jaygurapbiswajit]

Dhire dhire Vs terekite.❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏

[@debotoshdey6610]

Goosebumps. This is beyond any explanation. Billions of pranaams to these legends

[@ShreehariK]

The Dhire-dhire bandish by Pt. Swapan is too good... No one can play dhire dhire like he does..

[@ShreehariK]

Thanks for the reply. I seriously want to watch the video of this jugalbandi. Audio quality is poor, the speed is like x1.2 and doesn't seem like they really played this fast..

[@Prof_Hazra_IIT]

You are right. Even I am not keen to compare.

[@gopalparadkar4071]

CA.Shreehari Kutsa

[@agnid09]

you are hopeless. :)

[@PamalkaKarunanayake]

CA.Shreehari Kutsa agreed

[@Dhatirakita]

some background about this duet. This was played in Goa, there was a gap of an hour between the next performance. The organizers requested these 2 legends to play and this what we get to hear. A rare recording indeed

[@RamaN-m6s]

This is wrong information. this program was in Amravati in Maharashtra state

[@adityapandetabla8656]

Yes it was held in Amravati (Maharashtra)

[@davidsarode]

@@adityapandetabla8656 Recorded by me at that program in January 1980

[@kunalvyas3686]

Goosebumps At 37:09 Never Heard Such A Tirekite ..... What A Tihai At 37:16 No Words To Describe This Geniuses

[@sachinbhatt5307]

Yaa he is Istad zakirhussain..kyuki aapney yee cheez .. zakirhussain ji sai bahut baar sunni hogi. ........

[@harimahesh3985]

This outstanding jugalbandi performance, if i am not rong organise in Amravati Maharashtra,in 1982 around year, PRANAMS to two LEGENDS 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@adityapandetabla8656]

Yes. There was gap in between and where requested to for jugalabandi

[@associazionemusadistefanog2058]

Double Pranam !!

[@hillolmajumder4785]

Great, outstanding harmony of greatest artist. I am fortunate , I attended festival this year in california, Swapanji was there with all the grace and performed with koushiki . When , I first saw jikir ji in Kolkata performing with Tejenji in Science City , Kolkata , may be more than decade . I just shared my feelings with my wife as " he is next to God " in this craft. I am also fortunate to attend session of Swapan ji in Kolkata. Will be with me till last breath and beyond .

[@rupakmukherjee4757]

May God grant them thousand more years of life. Huge huge fan of both of them. Extremely grateful to you for sharing this with us. Thank you for helping us learn from them.

[@Gururajbiradar05]

Jhakir Hussain sir.... it's great music 🎶 tirakit clearly.... tqsm sir ❣️ music supporters...all

[@ShreehariK]

I am listening to this jugalbandi over and over again, and mhan.. what a performance this is!! Its like U.Alla Rakha and U.Shaikh Dawood jugalbandi.. mind blowing!!

[@akshaylaulkar357]

CA.Shreehari Kutsa

[@MOMENTSOFRHYTHM]

Right💯👏🏻🙏🏻

[@kunalh8287]

Where is this jugalbandi ?

[@lakshyadangi6386]

pt ji aur ustad ji ki yeh jugalbandi lajawab hai dono hi mahan hai sukriya ki iss lajawab audio ra re ko upload kiya

[@worldmusicchannel7327]

Lakshya Dangi 🙏🏻

[@chandramsahu1402]

गजब तबला बजा रहे हैं। जितनी तारीफ की जाए कम है

[@alhadva]

Finally it's on KZbin. Indeed a masterpiece. 🙏🙏🙏

[@archibhattacharya360]

A million thanks for uploading such a gem

[@worldmusicchannel7327]

Archi Bhattacharya welcome stay connected, stay subscribed.

[@kaustubhkumar1568]

really but I'm searching for the video of jugalbandi of both the ustads..I saw that but now it's not in youtube.

[@pacificviews2796]

Together two great Maestro's playing ! If video of this could be available it would would be all the more wonderful.

[@drkrishnahonrao5917]

I can listen to this single video my whole life......pranams to these legends

[@shashiravimishra5180]

O MY GOD USTAD ZAKIR HUSSIN AND SWAPAN CHAUDHAROI ARE AMZING

[@narayanvaze9803]

I wish this jugalbandi happens once more and I can attend it live! 🙏

[@Tabvincoholic]

today I didn't had dinner but after listening this record no need to take ... what a jugalbandi and respecting both the artists and planning togather but standing independent on their tradition..

[@spandey102]

It's rare. Many a times difficult to figure out who is who, both are so accomplished. It is compositions telling a bit..

[@avijieet_santoor]

It supposed to be in museum for next thousand thousand years

[@sufsanin1917]

I wish they played with different pitched tablas. That way we could distinguish them pretty easily.

[@aryantipnis1020]

look, there is a pause after every player's turn ( like an appreciation [ kya baat hai ] ). the tape starts with Ustadji

[@insearchofpeace2151]

It's a challenge. I suggest you try to listen to both of their playing styles more to understand who is playing what. You can guess after a while.

[@sufsanin1917]

@@insearchofpeace2151 I can already guess but sometimes it's hard to tell.

[@kaustubhkumar1568]

I'm searching for the video of jugalbandi of both the ustads..I saw that but now it's not in youtube.

[@TablaArtNarinderbali]

Thanks a lot for uploading this precious audio

[@sanjaydeshmukh819]

wa kitna sune dil hi nahi bharta

[@suprabhatbhattacharjee9001]

I could not sleep after listening this ....

[@Tabvincoholic]

wahhh wahhh wahhhh jai ho .. tons of thanks thanks

[@worldmusicchannel7327]

welcome.

[@faridrafiq6918]

vinay soni ustad raiskhan

[@faridrafiq6918]

rais. khan

[@faridrafiq6918]

Good

[@kapilvaishnav455]

ye vedio hoto plz upload kro.........

[@aryantipnis1020]

please,, no offence will be tolerated. often it is said that earlier Panditji and Ustadji playing together was "Dhir Dhir" vs "Tirkita" and quite true 6:37 in this Kayla rela Panditji played Dhir Dhir 9:56 Ustadji played tirkita in his Kayla rela 33:22 Dhir Dhir rela by Panditji 36:14 tirkita rela by Ustadji but to be fair Ustadji has also played Dhir Dhir and Panditji has also played tirkita with the efficiency.

[@sachinbhatt5307]

In 48 min Ustad zakirhussain ji is there .. bahut gr8 no words.

[@subhajitdas2668]

speechless I am........its incredible.

[@PamalkaKarunanayake]

waaahhhh!!!! this is outstanding

[@PamalkaKarunanayake]

lucknow aur panjab gharana

[@ayk2197]

Waah!

[@lakshyadangi6386]

dono ko judge muskil hai speechless

[@VaibhavTipnis]

I just realized that the last 10 minutes or so of the program is repeated in the record twice. The tukra, chakradar part of the program. Anyway, the recording is amazing!

[@sarojmukhopadhyay18]

Invaluable treasure for all the time to come. The performances of both of them are heavenly. One small query: When and where the performance was given? May someone help us to know. Many many thanks for uploading this.

[@worldmusicchannel7327]

It was held in Amrawati Maharashtra long back like 1980-90.

[@mubeenpanjabi8424]

Wa he was ustad je

[@ashokbanerjee7447]

Swapanchowdhury is the best after pandit kanai dutta as i understand.

[@kedarjoshi7503]

Words cant define .... Im so high now...!$% 💐👌

[@shubhankshukla7367]

Both hands on 🔥

[@MOMENTSOFRHYTHM]

Thankyou Veryy Muchh!!!! Just Unearthly Performance!! 🙏🏻💯👏🏻 Mind blowing! No words

[@adwaypawar8325]

Amazing..!!!! 🙏🏻

[@SandeepGhodekarOfficial]

Thank you so much!!!!!

[@santosha5583]

nice

[@kamalmukherjee3278]

8 people disliked this video!!! Are they nuts?

[@diabolusX9]

I think those who disliked it, mostly cud be pure high quality IGNORANCE, OR- someone recognised that this is NOT Swapan dada, this is Abbaji & Zakir Ji...

[@Soulintune77]

How to differentiate who is playing what? I am new to hearing tabla from a student's perspective not a sole listener .

[@jigggro]

When and where was this please ?

[@sachinbhatt5307]

Ustad zakirhussain gr8

[@beejadhori2010]

Super

[@pawangoswami6494]

❤❤

[@FarmLife818]

Zakir all day long !!!

[@aryantipnis1020]

Problem playing this video?

[@supriyobasu6178]

It is unfortunate that they have never performed Tabla solo (so to say) after this performance although they accompanied Pt Ravishankar and Ut Ali Akbar Khan together afterwards.

[@rohitkalale]

Chakradhaar around 35:50

[@tablameister]

Is this the Amravati concert? Do you have Zakirji's Dadar Matunga solo? I'll see if I can find my copy and upload it.

[@hrm9808]

Did you find the copy 👍🏻

[@ShreehariK]

This jugalbandi was at Nagpur around 2002 right?

[@tejasburse7780]

No . Amrawati.

[@deepranjanghosh1851]

I think its in 70's

[@adityakhandwe8335]

Solo at Sangeet Kalopaasak Mandal, Amravati, 1987

[@kaustubhtalekar5991]

Aditya Khandwe .... really

[@vrijendrapandey4196]

Nice video #vkpandey

[@VaibhavTipnis]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!!! The record is faster than actual though. Can someone slow it down and repost?

[@tejasburse7780]

Vaibhav Tipnis its an original record.

[@VaibhavTipnis]

Yes, I know it's an original record. But for some reason the speed is more than actual, listen carefully. I have noticed this problem in many old records. The original record just doesn't sound the right speed. I don't know technically why this happens.

[@girisubmarine]

I know some uploader who have to speed it up OR transpose to different pitch to bypass KZbin's anti-piracy algorithm. I'm not sure if this is necessary for a tabla duet track... Although, this track definitely sounds both transposed and faster than normal!

[@sufsanin1917]

@@VaibhavTipnis I think it is because of machines they use to play the records. You know vinyl lp discs, when they spin, the speed should be exactly 33.3 rpm. If more than that, the record becomes faster. The same thing can happen with tapes, they spin too.

[@sudeeptochakraborty6633]

Speed is perfect fine, they were capable of playing at this speed, GODs.................

[@kaustubhtalekar5991]

kabhi ka hai yeh recording

[@ShreehariK]

Is it the poor audio quality, or am I really hearing only Pt. Swapan play in this clip? Zakir can only be heard saying Kya baat hain!

[@tejasburse7780]

No. listen carefully Start of the recording is by zakirbhai and it is proper recording and jugalbandi one kayda by panditji and one kayda by ustadji and so on..

[@ShreehariK]

Thanks.. This is one hell of jugalbandi... I so want to watch the video, if it is recorded.

[@rupsahadoyenofclassicalmus9933]

Yea toh kamal ho gaya🎃

[@sachinbhatt5307]

Plzz.listen carefully at 40.32.. this is very common zakirhussain ji always plays this on allmost all concert..

[@Humble.fool05]

Who is playing @ 48:30 ?

[@worldmusicchannel7327]

anuran chowdhury Zakir Hussain ji

[@worldmusicchannel7327]

anuran chowdhury it’s their traditional rela.

[@robgwad3239]

Therkwa sahib not Zakir nur chodri sahib

[@Birdbussa]

Gege tite gege nana….

[@rohitdharap1866]

Colossal

[@shindhumusic8129]

40:07

[@rupsahadoyenofclassicalmus9933]

Emperor of tabla vs Badshah of tabla..!

[@sudeeptochakraborty6633]

Mentioning a versus is very wrong in an extremely friendly jugalbandi

[@kaustubhkumar1568]

How to know,who is playing???

[@aryantipnis1020]

start is with ustadji. after every composition there is a kya baat hai. listen carefully. so it's alternate

[@kaustubhkumar1568]

Thanks a lot

[@diabolusX9]

I may be wrong... but iv heard this my whole life as s child. This is is Not SwapanDa, this is Abba ji and Zakir ji...

[@worldmusicchannel7327]

Sorry. But we have this recording from person who were actually present at that concert and actually did this. So this recording is of swapan da and zakir ji only.

[@aryantipnis1020]

abbaji never played the conventional dhir dhir. he played tirkita instead of it

[@nbaballer8227]

No way, there are so many Lucknow compositions in this, and I can tell Swapanji’s playing anywhere.

[@Kdd160]

@@aryantipnis1020 I too have noticed him playing tirkit instead of dhir dhir. Do you know why was it?

[@aryantipnis1020]

@@Kdd160 in Punjab gharana There wasn't the style of playing dhir dhir with palms In fact this style was first invented by the banaras players Thus, abbaji refused to get out of his gharana and learn that

[@sufsanin1917]

25:30