Sukhawat Hussain (Sarod) Fayyaz Khan (Tabla) 1937

[@jensenlewis631]

Sarod playing was so much cleaner and crisp back then, It's digressed since

[@panchamkauns]

Absolutely fantastic! What an ustad. The faster he plays, the better the music gets -- that's damn rare!

[@HATHI01]

Sarod sounds here like rebab, beautiful music! Sangeet lover from Poland, Hathi

[@MainzxLivewire]

The days with no amplification or sound proof halls, just two greats sittin on the same rug, and fookin smashin it man!!!..thanks for the post :) B21

[@JagirReehal]

Wow..old style!! total class!!

[@dansarod]

I studied in Lucknow with his son Ilyas Khan, but I never knew about this. Thanks to whoever posted it.

[@irfanmuhammadkhan4737]

Danny I have posted some more recordings of his 78rpm though.

[@bhilaj]

Many thanks to the person who uploaded this Gem of an Archive.

[@minutegongcoughs]

My dad use to have "78's" of this music genre. After seeing this I want them back!

[@ZAINUKHAN]

This kind of Taan kari is very rare these days. I heard ustad Vilayath Khan's 1954 recording that had similar taan kari. Please post more such recordings.

[@irfanmuhammadkhan4737]

He is my grandfather. I have posted few of his 78rpm records on you tube

[@clemalford]

Fantastic bandish. I also learned this one from my Guru........

[@diagreen]

A MILLION THANX.HES JUST SO FAST.not like most who just do vibrato.

[@DBB90]

Is there a bit of rebab playing in this older style of sarod?..which I really like!

[@frijou]

This is so precious!

[@Obakedake]

wow... I half think it's all been speed up because of the way it sounds and looks, but that's probably because they are so in tempo even at breakneck speeds. awesome!

[@Dhatirakita]

kya baat.... nice video.

[@tikshakaul]

fantastic right hand, but largely illustrative of the quantum leap that sarod music has taken post-1950 and the fact that it continues to evolve today.

[@ambindia]

oh yes and talking of the instrument he is playing...the same instrument has been used in gulfam ahmed s 2009 recordings elsewhere on youtube.

[@chickpead1234]

thank you so much for posting this.

[@MrGauravdev]

thats superlative performance.

[@clemalford]

pre Independence! Amazing.

[@msuraj6128]

Kya bat hai

[@vinaypande]

@ac75 look under ambindia on youtube for a series of recordings made in delhi on this same sarod that sukhavat hussain khan sahib is playing

[@ambindia]

do listen to 3 audio samples of gulfam ahmed khan, a descendant of ustad sukhavat hussain on youtube.with r.s.thakur on the tabla. to remind you of this style of playing.

[@farhadtarapore]

How does he manage to hold the Sarod so steady while strumming it so vigorously with the right hand and playing fluidly with his left?!!!! As far as I can see, he is holding the Sarod way to the right. Is the sound chamber resting on the ground??!

[@Timalady]

he definatley knows how to twang the sarod. Amazing.

[@sitarjeet]

khansaheb, if you have rare recordings such as Ustad Vilayat Khan please post them

[@12919ABSH]

it sounds like present day Rubab, mainly played in north west frontier and Afghanistan

[@tintala]

BRILLIANT BRILLIANT!!LOVED IT

[@mubasharqadeerSAP]

million dollar clip!!

[@mubasharqadeerSAP]

yar india main TV kb aya??

[@irfanmuhammadkhan4737]

This is not any tv clip it is a 16mm movie format

[@DebamitroChakraborti]

@adrianstani1 The information you have provided is very valuable. I have read somewhere that Sakhwat Hussain's uncle, and Niamatullah's elder son Keramatullah Khan also toured overseas (Paris was one of the places probably) sometime in the early 20th century. Do you have any information on this? Thanks

[@irfanmuhammadkhan4737]

Yes. Ustad Karamatullah Khan along with his younger brother Ustad Asadullah Khan" Kaukab" was sent to Paris to represent India at the world fair by Pt. Motilal Nehru and then to Wembley Edinburgh

[@DebamitroChakraborti]

@@irfanmuhammadkhan4737 Great to read your reply! I have been looking for a reference to this (newspaper clip or book) for ages. I have learnt north indian classical music on violin from Ustad Karamatullah Khan' student's student's student. You can see the lineage at krintan.in/parampara/gurus/

[@bethells86]

1937? Was there video/TV in India then?The Sarod definitely looks like is of that era, Today's Sarods have evolved from these ones into one of the best Indian instruments (Lutes) in the world . Rabab obviously is a similar instrument in Afganistan which has stayed the same due to music restrictions in that country in the last century.

[@irfanmuhammadkhan4737]

It is not from. Any Tv recording. This was filmed by wadia movietone as a newsreel and archival music..Ustad Sakhawat Khan is my grandfather

[@theanhadnaad]

what is Fayyaz Khan's gharana???

[@DebamitroChakraborti]

How did you get this?

[@theanhadnaad]

Are you sure that this isn't Fayyaz Khan of the punjab Gharana..the son of Mian Malang Khan??

[@irfanmuhammadkhan4737]

No. This Faiyaz khan is the maternal uncle of Ahmad Jan Thirakwa

[@mrz_88]

jam session-indian style.

[@Birdbussa]

Sped up though.

[@irfanmuhammadkhan4737]

Wrong. He played at this speed. I have posted more of his recording s in 78rpm format

[@chemoman1]

@DraskyVanderhoff Lol.

[@GatoradeIsNotJuice]

too.. rebaby