Raag Basant by Ustad Allauddin Khan on Sarod

[@gautamroy3640]

It was 1956 'annual social' of CET, Jadavpur. Baba was to perform with Sarod as the last artist. It was only few hours to dawn and the majority of the audience were gone leaving few hundreds of us in attendance. Pt. Kanthejee Maharaj was on tabla with the young Ustad Ashish Khan (Baba's grandson) on tanpura. Baba and Panditjee were 70+ and most respected elders in Hindustani classical music world. Once the concert started and the play of 'alap' ended, both the elders got entangled with each other as if they were two different persons but with one soul, appreciating each other with loud words of adulation on completion of a long chakradar tehai or a beautiful piece of taan! To me, it was a rare and wonderful experience! When the Sarod playing ended after more than two hours and the loud cheers and clapping stopped, Baba pulled the mike and in typical East Bengal dialect, said somerhing like '' Amar ektu Bayla (violin) bajanor issa korse; ekta bayla paoa jaibo ki?'' (I wish to play a little with violin and can you get one for me?) Some boys rushed for a violin and little later, few of them were placed before Baba. Baba chose one out of them and then gave us a rare opportunity to listen to his violin playing in a wondrous mood for about another hour and a half. The clock struck 9-00 or thereabout when it all ended with us, the listeners, awestruck and performers, glistening with sweat but with smiles of utter satisfaction, next to having reached divinity.

[@kanwaljitsingh8391]

Gautam Roy Magical moments

[@peacefulwarrior9045]

Thanks for sharing your memory with us,sir.

[@debasischakraborty3693]

আপনি অশেষ ভাগ্যবান।

[@suvrat]

Wow! It must have been amazing! Lucky you!

[@anindyakumarray3299]

Thank you Mr Roy for providing this fantastic anecdote which almost tasted like a sweet dessert after a great feast of music

[@Navroze]

This recording deserves a million and more hits. Absolutely divine...

[@abhay1623]

Absolutely wrong....It is a classical masterpiece....It's only for a class...Not for all....

[@Navroze]

@@abhay1623 knowledge not shared is no knowledge..why only for a few?

[@bachihard]

​@@abhay1623 This attitude is the reason for decline of classical music in India. The more we share such treasure, the more Indian classical music will spread.

[@runahabiba1218]

Ha Untad Alauddin Khan is born in my village. He was born in our village because of our pride. Shibpur village of Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh.

[@pumpkinieepwp6644]

He was born in our village so it is our pride**

[@abhijitgangopadhyay8962]

What a divine moment created by providence !! Your goodself and other co listeners are so blessed to witness and devour it live . A thousand thanks to have shared this to us . Namaste .

[@user-ip1ub3rl8w]

এই মানুষটা এক আত্মমগ্ন সাধক। এমন সাধকের সান্নিধ্য পেলে জীবন ধন্য হত। এমন আধ্যাত্মিক সাধনার মাধ্যমে ঈশ্বর লাভ হয়। সেই ঈশ্বর কেবল নাস্তিক এবং শিল্পীর। ওনার জীবনী 'আমার কথা' পড়ে দুঃখ হয়েছে। ওনার সাক্ষাৎ পাব না। উনি আমার ঈশ্বর।

[@arghyadas2447]

Lol, He himself was just opposite of you! He was stern believer of God and spirituality, rather in an excellent idea of connecting to the god in all forms. He dedicatedly used take knowledge and faith both from Geeta and Quran. He was devotee of Ma Sarda( Devi Saraswati). Sarda temple over Vindhya in maihar was his regular destination and also there was a Saraswati mandap inside his house. Btw that place is truly heaven in earth, spirituality in its all form, music and nature ( deer forest and hills) used to coexist there.

[@mukherjeeapu]

True, if you believe in the sacredness of Sur you probably don't need to believe in anything else.

[@nnthadani1]

He has left behind an unmatched legacy.

[@royalzofbangle8389]

My grandfather's father ustad Alauddin khan... Only bloods knows the sound of hearts....

[@M_Scene982]

Same. Baba ustad Alauddin khan is also my grandfathers father, my father's grandfather and my great grandfather, his younger brother name ayat ali, nayeb ali, aftabuddin khan, I'm from his younger brother nayeb ali Khan's younger son padma shri ustad mir kashem Khan's family

[@fanish3595]

same pinch

[@VijaySingh-bd4jf]

​@@M_Scene982apni ekhon kothay thaken

[@milichakraborty5466]

A divine experience to hear this God like person.

[@subhashbanerjee7430]

It is a pleasure to listening the one of the greatest musician of India.

[@sreejondeb107]

অসাধারণ।

[@toddholmes4480]

Ravi Shankar's teacher. Can't get much better.

[@shahabeunus4928]

Divine music!

[@jitendradave1998]

Sangeet ke Devta

[@dipakchatterjee4917]

Beyond all praise.While listening one can dive deep into one's self.

[@ruwaanarora8230]

I am too fond of sarod and this man made me so inspire that I really wanna learn sarod. Hats off to ustad allauddin Khan 🙏🙏🙏🙏🤗

[@debojyotichakraborty1302]

I am too a big Satod fan.

[@rsrsdutta1012]

EXCELLENT

[@ntvadinabox7900]

One can easily connect his souls and god through this music.

[@MusicLover-dm3zy]

God of music, our baba

[@rimjhimsensharma6039]

Pronam baba 🙏

[@M_Scene982]

Baba ustad Alauddin khan is my grandfathers father and my father's grandfather and my great grandfather only blood no this sound

[@shrimabiswas6112]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@shrimabiswas6112]

🙏🙏🙏

[@eytonshalomsandiego]

thank you, i have always wanted to hear this Guru. thanks...

[@goutomchakroborty1002]

সত্যিই দুর্লভ এবং অনবদ্য বাজনা।অতো পুরনো হলেও রেকর্ডিং বেশ স্পষ্ট। ধন্যবাদ।

[@AbdulAli-ku9he]

মাতৃভাষায় লেখার প্রতি শ্রদ্ধা রইলো

[@sirhsamaiti7786]

JOI MAA HORA KRISHNA JOI GURUDEV

[@sajjadhussain1573]

Excellent thanks

[@anitabanerjee2495]

Also prof suprabhat pal one of most senior disciple of baba who lived in Lucknow and a prof of sarif in bhat kande university Sarif

[@mohankumarg308]

Millin thanks for this post.

[@ashok755]

Thanks for the upload

[@SSS_Channel]

Excellent

[@VinodKumar-hj4ys]

Avoid asds while such ETERNAL performances

[@deepganguly8482]

divine bliss

[@usamaabbas]

Agree with you brother. Lolly wood is next. 😢😂

[@mmypainting]

The Sarode is tuned lower than the tuning Ali Akbar would normally use, plus this Sarode has a lower string that was discontinued in Ali Akbar Khansahebs Sarode.

[@thesoundsmith]

(It's also left-handed...)

[@abcd-ek3jl]

What was the extra string used for?

[@abcd-ek3jl]

@@jijo2002 Oh! I suppose it was a laraj Pa. All students of radhubabu and all old generation maestros sported the string.

[@indetif839]

Related to playing Dhrupad style?

[@i_t_z_aryan_001]

Kaun kaun yaha 8th class ke chapter 2 ko padh ke aaya hai

[@govindarajulu-kasturi9614]

Divine God Bless Thanks please

[@sanjivkaul2688]

Brilliant

[@marisanya]

This is good

[@sayedrayesakbar122]

Baba Alauddin is the Father Ustad of Great Musicition of India, like Ustad Ravi Shankar,Ustad Ali Akbar, Hari Parsad Chourasia, Nikhal Banerji ....

[@allstringsattached]

Sorry, but not Hariprasad Chaurasia. Maybe you meant the legendary Pt. Pannababu Ghosh.

[@aadittoshen]

Indeed, as Sri @@allstringsattached points out correctly, Baba Allauddin never tutored Pt. Hari Prasad... although, his daughter, Annapurna Devi was one of Hari Prasad's early Gurus. And yes, Baba Alladdin was one of the primary (though later) Gurus of Pannalal Ghosh, the legendary flutist, who made the bamboo fluite a 'classical' instrument, to begin with!

[@aseshdeb]

@@allstringsattached Pannalal Ghosh

[@aseshdeb]

@@aadittoshen Also, Smt Sharan Rani aka 'Sarod Rani' as she was fondly being mentioned by the Classical Music fraternity, then....

[@hasmukhthakkar7737]

Pandit Ravishankarji was babaji's son in law.Annapurnaji was daughter.

[@srijanchandra5086]

12.10 min

[@arvidsmith1038]

I know played many instruments but was his main instrument the Sursringar ? Thanks

[@allstringsattached]

Sarod was his preferred concert instrument. Although occasionally he has performed with Violin and Sur Sringar as well. Just to add for posterity, Baba was accomplished as a concert tabla player. So much so that he would come up from the audience and fill in as a tabla player,when the designated tabla player fell short of accompanying the main artists. ( Ref - Jotinda's official Biography of Baba).

[@Jayaram1954]

FATHER HAS TAUGHT THE SON. NATURALLY, THE CHALAN WILL BE ALIKE.

[@kaustavdas7530]

L,

[@chiraltic123]

WHo is accompanying in Tabla?

[@allstringsattached]

The great Kanthe Maharaj

[@drumier]

tabla?

[@diptanshumondal3671]

Probably pt kanthe maharaj or pt Kishan maharaj.

[@jcchakravarti788]

who can match ustad Allauddin khan?

[@mr.know-all6984]

@@jijo2002 loooool.. fool

[@mr.know-all6984]

@@jijo2002 come on man! I couldn't even found maitra near him.. Good day to you too

[@mr.know-all6984]

@@jijo2002 go to sleep

[@mr.know-all6984]

@@jijo2002 you are talking about education! 😂😂😂

[@mr.know-all6984]

@@jijo2002 listen kid I play guitar and synyster is my top idol.. But it doesn't mean that I'll always claim he is the best because isn't there.. John Petrucci is all the way the greatest guitarist should be said.. Or may be Steve vai... A Khan is the pioneer even could play 200 instruments.. Stop being biased

[@AntarblueGarneau]

Are you sure this is not Ali Akbar? Sure sounds like him.

[@ragarang7299]

Antarblue Yes, its by Baba for sure

[@AntarblueGarneau]

Thx sounds so much like Ali Akbar!

[@sayedrayesakbar122]

Antarblue ....He is Father of ALI AKBAR, USTAD BABA ALAUDDIN KHAN SAHEB.

[@romeshchopra9089]

Brother, he is the father of Ali Akbar Khan and also his and Pt. Ravi Shankar's guru.

[@anitagulati7254]

@@AntarblueGarneau 💩💩💩💩💩