Taal Vadya kacheri - U. K. Sivaraman, Kishan Maharaj, Alla Rakha, & V. Nagarajan

[@sumirmirchandani233]

It is ustad zakir Hussain

[@naturephotography8837]

This does not sound like umayalpuram sivaraman on the mridangam at all.

[@VaibhavTipnis]

Ok. As I mentioned I am not as familiar with carnatic music as I am with northern classical. So if you know who the mridangam player might be, let me know. The only thing that I know is that pt. Kishan Maharaj and U K Sivaraman have played together many times.

[@sumirmirchandani233]

Looks like ustad zakir Hussain is playing not ustad alla rakha

[@VaibhavTipnis]

Are you sure? It's sometimes very difficult to differentiate between the father-son duo's playing styles. IMO Ustad Zakir Hussain's sound production is generally more sharp and clear compared to Ustad Alla Ralha's sweet and soft sound production. Therefore I concluded that it is Abbaji playing in this recording.

[@sumirmirchandani233]

Yes it is ustad zakir Hussain

[@87prak]

This cannot be Zakir Hussain, does not look like his style at all. It's heavily Banaras style with predominant use of Bayaa.

[@87prak]

There are some very fast taans, which Kishan Maharaj usually does not do, but bayaa is still very heavy on those taans, so I suspect it maybe some other tabla player from Banaras gharana maybe Samta Prasad.

[@drumsanddance]

@@VaibhavTipnis I side with you on this... feels more like Abba ji. But, I think it would be easier to approach senior students and get them to verify... Yogesh ji, Aditya ji, or even Zakir ji himself... everyone's on social media.