Ustad Abdul Karim Khan, Raga Basant (Vilambit and Drut together)

Ustad Abdul Karim Khan (1872-1937) is generally acknowledged to have introduced the format of modern Vilambit Khayal, where he did Raga Alaap (improvisation) within a slow rhythmic structure - using the words of the composition. But no recording of Khansahib's long performances (in All India Radio and Concerts) has survived to this day. So - apart from those who listened to him live - one can only imagine how they were like. To have a feel, I have joined two 78 RPM records of the same raga by Ustad Abdul Karim Khansahib - 'Ab maine dekhe' in slow Ektala and 'Phagba brij' in Tintal. I had to struggle a bit to match the pitches and sound quality of the two records - and the result is not entirely satisfactory. Please enjoy.

[@pramodjaiswal8510]

Yaha jo bhi log aye hai unko mera pranam aap wahi log hai jo sachhe sone ko pehchanana jante hai.. 🙏

[@niloyjdeb]

Bahut sahi baat bola aapne. Jaan ke khushi hoti hay kee aaj ke bacchho mein bhi bahot log hein jo aacche sangeet ke kadar karte hein!

[@arjuntanwer.]

Sahi baat

[@gopalakrishnamurthy975]

Verygreatustadofhindustanivocal pathdeviner guruji forsomany ustads

[@masoodahmed9203]

​@@niloyjdebGarv hai mujhe ke mein is gharana ka hissa hun ghar mein paida hua hun

[@jayantjoshi5633]

What a soulful voice !!

[@anantphansikar8461]

I started liking classical music only after listening Abdulji I am 84yr young because of him

[@atuliti]

God Bless

[@anantphansikar8461]

Thanks

[@kokeuk2002]

Bless you x

[@srd3607]

Cool ! That’s the spirit .

[@srd3607]

Cool ! That’s the spirit . Keep it up ....

[@आयुर्वेदिकउपचार-ज6छ]

My age is 15 i respect abdul karim khan 😭😭 he is great

[@spc9531]

I'm 17💜🙏🏼

[@SWAPNILDAS77]

I am also 15

[@nabingogoi8689]

Thanks for keeping safely the the recording in archive .It is a great property for Indian classical music .Specially to learn about Kirana Gharana

[@kunalghosh448]

This vilampat is a haunting melody! It comes from somewhere distant in the full moon Holi night, whether some one playing or not. Alas! We were born a little too late.

[@mirzulfkar7450]

Unfortunately, no long recording of ustad ab. Karim sahb has survived till today, Vilambit and drut rendition of raag basant.. Wahhh❤❤😭 m not from his era, but feeling very fortunate to listen this masterpiece Divine........................... plz remind me this masterpiece whenever you see my comment by liking or replying my comment

[@MrVishwas55]

One of greatest singers,Who rule over your hearts ," GEM"of india, Master singer of World . उस्तादजींको विनम्र प्रणाम और आप सभी रसिक audience को भी प्रणाम

[@amritpatel3794]

Probably Karim Khan Sahib is one of the Godfather of Hindustani Classical. His immortal voice is still available to us, itself is miracle. Thanks KZbin & Record Co. & the classical lovers who dig out this jewel.

[@jaganatbanerjee2668]

Amrit Patel Khan sahib was a genius. But you should not forget the one and only Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar who is called as father of modern classical music during the age when recording started and he was the person who spread the classical music among the masses. He was senior to Ustad Khan Sahib. Unfortunately no record of him is available. However we are fortunate to hear his great son Pt. D.V.Paluskar and disciples like Pt. Vyas, Pt. Patawardhan, Pt. Omkarnath Thakur.

[@DC-zi6se]

@@jaganatbanerjee2668 Abdul Karim Khan is more influential. Gwalior singing style will suffer. Kirana will flourish.

[@chattindranil]

It was said about Ustad Abdul Karim Khan that "Whatever he sang was music." When Aftab-e-Mausiki Ustad Faiaz Khan learned about Ustad Abdul Karim Khan Sahab Khan's death, he said, "Today music left India." It was also said that that Sri Sai Baba of Sirdi was very fond of Ustad Sahab's song.

[@shrutakirtimanna8200]

Indranil Chatterjee বাহ। কুদরত রঙ্গীবিরঙ্গীর পাঠক পেয়ে ভাল লাগল। :)

[@sibajibose6319]

বলে উঠেছিলেন, " হায় আল্লা! আজ সে সুর মর গয়া হিন্দুস্তান মে।" কী আশ্চর্য পারস্পরিক শ্রদ্ধা।

[@simoolsen1834]

একদম। আমিও কুদরত রঙ্গীবিরঙ্গীর তরুণ পাঠক হিসেবে বেশ আনন্দ পেলুম কমেন্টটি দেখে। তার আগের অংশটিও অবিস্মরণীয়। মৃত্যুর আগে মক্কার দিকে মুখ করে দরবারি গাইতে থাকলেন। ঘন অন্ধকার, নির্জন রাত।

[@spc9531]

😭

[@murugeshhc8377]

The sweetest voice... Tone ... Soothing... Relaxing... Unparalleled unexcelled.... Divine rendition..🙏🎶❤️

[@vijaywaghmare3166]

Got to know tonight from my music teacher that Pt. Bhimsen jhoshi Ran away from home to learn music from Ustad Abdul Karim khan sahib after listening to one of his shows near his hometown.....rest is history

[@shashikantparmekar4995]

Thanku for showing Abdul Karim Khan and balkrishna kapileshwaris song .. I am grandson of Balkrishna kapileshwari. I am very happy.. Thanku so much for this song. Shashikant parmekar. Bhedshi

[@debasisbhowmick9914]

A man of divinity with soulful Throat often can steal a demon's heart. This is Ustadji. An angel born with divine voice.

[@subhadipbanerjee1816]

Just this tone comes from the heaven at the night of the DOL PURNIMA,

[@vinodjaykumartode5100]

No Words. Tears in my Eyes. This is Music.

[@yesbabunni]

One and only Khansahib as was he known,spent lot of years in Karnataka esp North,where till this day it is Hindustani which has captivated the masses!All prominent shisyas come from here.Sawai Gandharwaji.Bhimsen joshiji,Gangubai Hangal to name a few

[@aparajitabhattacharya493]

Listening to his divine music over and over again, I feel God sends us such angels, only to elevate the human race spiritually.

[@IMIRZA777]

Just divine... Thanks .

[@dileepnaik1312]

You have done a great service to music lovers by loading this eternal work Raag Vasant as such a joy to listen to as the Ritu itself. Thanks.

[@satyanarayanchakraborty9212]

আঠারো উনিশ শতকের শ্রেষ্ঠ গায়ক, এই মহান সঙ্গীত সাধকের চরণে লাখো প্রনাম।

[@ayush6709]

The most exquisite thing humanly possible. If someone tells me that I have 15 mins to live, I'll play this record twice.

[@sb-qh2hs]

Basant aa gaye aur bol raha hai ki aap kee awaz main may ruup paa kar dhanyaa hoo gaaya. Sur kee saraswati hain aap. 🙏🙏🙏🙏 aap jo bhi gaate hoo wohi ek nayaa rang laata hain.

[@lalbobby]

Faint memories just before the TV revolution (early 90s maybe) ... When radio or TV (only doordashan) would play such songs ... Entire locality would seem to be playing it wherever you go ... Surreal environment ... Was too young to realize the meaning of such ephimeral circumstances ... Miss it

[@subwaymirdif]

What a masterpiece. Singing vilambit and drut together. He does it with full control.

[@sanjayupasani2049]

Adbhut gayan .Raag Basant ki Prastuti Ma Saraswati ke mahan sadhak ko koti Naman.awaz sadio ke ley Amar ho gai.sanjay s upasani singer.

[@ajb9899]

Why is it that tears well up as I listen to AK Khan ji? His voice pulls at one's heart strings😢

[@paulominisha1891]

Amazing. my childhood memories

[@sanchitasinha7987]

Mesmerizing! What a devine voice! Legendary!

[@shaktisingh3591]

sageet rooh ki khurak hai..... aisi saadhak awaaz to waheguru ji ka diya hua beshkimti tohfa h......

[@amritpatel3794]

Faiyaz khan saheb & Karim khan saheb, both were one time Darbari Gayak of Gayekwadi Baroda state (my home town).

[@rohanshivadekar]

Excellent. Ut. Abdul Karim Khan Sahab ka aawaz aur swar uchh koti hai. Listen to the bandish with the photo infront of you and it starts to come live and you can imagine yourself as one of them

[@বিচারচাই-ঝ৮ঢ]

This is pure bliss.!when he sings we have to cry.

[@spc9531]

I get paralyzed by his voice

[@ustadabdulrazaquejamali3444]

Wah wah g allah pak janatul firdos main jagga atta keray

[@pkphadnis]

A nice experiment to combine two recordings. I had both records at one time! Must have heard Phagava many, many, times.

[@VinodKumar-xw9hh]

Soulful voice, floats in the air👍👍 Long live hindustani classical music and memory of legends. Jai Hind 🙏🙏

[@cactus1762]

@sabtak1000 thank you, but these recordings are not really rare. They are always available on LPs, CDs or cassettes, and in the internet. What I have done is to join them in a single track so that they sound like a continuous performance - which it really isn't . An experiment if you like.

[@sharmilasawant1010]

Swarg sukh milata hai ye sunkar

[@sharmilasawant1010]

Abdulgiko lakho pranam🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@mem1001953]

Enjoying for self is ok. Sharing with others is a better deed. If you gave any share and enjoy, Sir.

[@raghunathrawool4110]

@@sharmilasawant1010 खरोखरच। दैवी गायन आहे हे।

[@niloyjdeb]

Excellent sound recording technique - the blend is so smooth one can’t even hear when one record ends and the other begins. Thanks also to KZbin for providing the platform for younger listeners to get a taste of what music was really like in India back in the days.

[@gerbengroustra4172]

I have loved Classical Indian music for 65 years , Khan sahib Abdul Karim khan is my absolute favorite , besides Surshri Kekar bai kerkar , and Ustad Vilayat Khan ( who i have seen in Amsterdam 6 times .

[@snoelhayat]

Dear vinay, I am very thankful to you for this great recording and the great artistic job you have done is remarkable. May be Karim Khan saheb's work is available easily or hardly but Vinay's work is really unique. May Lord Christ bless you with long life and good health and you keep bringing such great works in these forms. And this is true that there are very less people who can share the plight of music with Karim Khan saheb.

[@jayantkumarsharma3395]

The rendition surpasses all that I have so far in rag Basant. he spins a musical web of magic like no has done in my experience. A true maestro and divinely blessed persona.

[@shameemaraalice7786]

What a performance, nothing to say , Just listening to.... Thanks for Sharing.

[@drmitalibera891]

Divine melodious voice.🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sharadgovind1126]

I wonder why is there no movie on this musical legend; his personal and musical life both are very interesting. It will offer a good opportunity to depict those inspiring times.

[@tirthpathak2443]

Sharadji is there anyone singer in this world who can give this legendary character a playback voice? We are very unfortunate that Pt Bhimsen Joshi is no more. He would have surely done justice to it.

[@spc9531]

@@tirthpathak2443 ya

[@ravigadiyar8420]

Take a bow for this great singer ...unfortunately I am not from his era ...but fortunate to listen ..thx for the upload Sir

[@hansrajindorker2619]

How rich is our classical music Absolutely blessing🙏

[@MohdNoorRafi]

True gems of classical music

[@satishwalimbe3262]

Such a voice can belong only to HIM. We are fortunate to hear HIS voice on this earth.

[@dileepnaik1312]

Million thanks to you I had heard of khan sahib so much but never heard him Sing he is out the world. Thanks to KZbin. Dileep

[@ugc1784]

A gem from one of the founder pillars of the Kirana Gharana.

[@gopalbhatawadekar8376]

I am not fortunate to hear such golden voices live. But we had a gramophone and many 78 rpm discs. My maternal uncle was a fan of Khansaheb. He used to close his eyes and literally while listening to maestro's records in our house.

[@rajhans4805]

naman naman naman Ustaad ABDUL KARIM KHAN SAHIB JEE !

[@mirali7126]

Thanks for uploading such a Gem

[@rajneeshsharma566]

great,,great,,great,one of the rarest collection and good job done by uploader

[@anantraivirani135]

we are lucky to such excelent sangit thanks uploader

[@srirambhamidipati]

goosebumps : definition. what a person feels when one listens to akk's renditions, particularly, raags such as Bhimpalasi, Jogia, Basant, Jhinjhoti, ... in no particular order.

[@KesavanNamboothiri1957]

Melodies. Thaks for the rare one.

[@rajuallinonechannel4841]

Thank you for giving this legendary Voice..

[@pkphadnis]

Excellent. The pitch is matched quite satisfactorily. I had both these 78 RPM records once.

[@ShivKumarPurohit]

I have a few and they all were released on 12 inch records; I have many classics. I always play my records everyday on a 1911 Columbia Grafonola Gramophone. I am glad that you respect great music.

[@kalamahima3670]

pls post them on KZbin a humble request from u!🙏🙏

[@Dr.AmrapaliTrivedi]

Thanks for the great efforts....

[@supratimdas1234]

@@ShivKumarPurohit post them in KZbin sir

[@ShivKumarPurohit]

@@supratimdas1234 I will try my best to upload them. I will video my gramophone and then upload them.

[@apurvavasavada383]

Supreme maestro of Andolan!

[@batla047]

Thanyou vinay for uploading this rarely available gem

[@anandbiharilal]

At least we can get updated with this glorious past, thanks.

[@alkadeshkulkarni]

Thanks a lot for uploading !

[@sheshagirigh]

Thank you for uploading this

[@manasjana4589]

A legend with scintillating voice

[@SumitSinghPadam]

Thanks for uploading. Regards. Sumit Singh Padam 😊🙏

[@vishramparalikar655]

thankx alot .no word for your historical job.

[@murugeshhc8377]

Sureeli...mithaas....basant will bring bahar too with this magical, mesmerizing rendition...🙏🌹🎶

[@rajnishsharma4426]

Maa SARASWATI JISKO BHI APNA AASHIRWAD DETI HAI VO KEVAL MANUSHYA HAI , KISI DHARAM K AADHAR PE AASHIRWAD SAMBHAV NAHI , LA JAWAB, BADE MIYA OR APNE DESH KI SANSKRITI KO CHARAN SPARSH

[@srkrsvk]

as critiques said whatever he sang is music, after Ustaad's death Faiyaj Khan Sahib commented Aj Hindusthanme sur mar gaya, what more common public like me can say, we are lucky to have some good recording of Malika e moushiki Roshan Ara Begam's singing to give us some glimpse of Ustaadji's singing

[@adrishmukherjee6783]

🙏🙏🙏🙏💛🙏🙏🙏🙏 Shradhanjali 🙏 ~ Vocalist Adrish Mukherjee 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@alnomanr]

Thanks to uploader. Great initiative.

[@ashokkumarbhattacharya2231]

WOH SO BEAUTIFUL, JAI HO.

[@cactus1762]

@snoelhayat thanks for your kind words. but i am Mani, not Vinay. Vinay is one of the listeners who commented on the video . Thanks again if you liked my experiment. :-)

[@adhominemsis-t.australisensis]

Vilambit was so much faster than it is today, even for the ultra slow Kirana! You can actually sense the rhythm. This is like deema tempo, I wish artists would adopt this style of presentation in modern times

[@akakirde9452]

I have a hunch that after Ustad Amir Khan, everybody thought singing 2 mph would be a good idea, for the “spiritual” content of the music- Mind you I personally am a die hard fan of amir khan

[@Soulintune77]

Kasur patiala I think still has faster and more progressing vilambit Chalan. I can be wrong though. Also isn't jaipur gharana the slowest and focus more on madhyalay and vilambit portions. This is pure gold. But personally for me too slow, devoid of ornamentation , absolutely plain vilambit presentation becomes a bit underwhelming, maybe cause of age or so. I like this version so much better.

[@Soulintune77]

​​​@@akakirde9452 the amount of extra focus by some Rasikas, purists even musicians give on the spiritual aspect of music even in the case of drut sometimes even at the cost of good technical capabilities and riyaz ( like taan basic lelo ,dont hit surr perfectly , voice projection can be weird its okay but raag should be serene) is too much and unidimensional. The idea that spirituality has to resemble slowness only and is not actually subjective aspect of music is so daft .

[@akakirde9452]

@Soulintune77 I personally think this focus on spirituality is just a cover up for lack of imagination and poor technical presentation On a side note, I personally very much like the jaipur gayaki especially as presented by mansur, kesarbai kerkar, mogubai and manjiritai asnare - however, as kumarprasad mukherjee pointed out, the focus is not on alaap but structured badhat and taans - for the jaipur atrauli kolhapur gharana, the focus on vilambit is meant to display a certain type of refinedness and virtuosity - not for spiritual purposes

[@akakirde9452]

Babanrao haldankar had written something very similar regarding spirituality in his book on the agra and jaipur gharana

[@PradeepKumar-lp4ws]

love you abdul karem ji😢😢😢

[@pravinmodi6294]

Khan saheb ni pachhal pachhal sangeet bhamtu ke kyaare mane gaay 🙏

[@FarhanAmin1994]

great job, Cactus1762!

[@mihirraval5199]

Kudos and salute to you !!

[@mayureshsahasrabudhe396]

शतशः प्रणाम

[@sarfarazahad8411]

How I give 10000000000000000.....likes to this master piece.

[@basudevbhattacharya4261]

what a great performance ... thanks for sharing

[@murugeshhc8377]

Musicians are the Blessed souls... Hobby and profession are One...🙏🎶

[@tejpalgupta7379]

Ati Sundar.we are very lucky that now we can listen such a unique items due to modern science technology.

[@yadavp.chopra5481]

Superb,as expected, and the two recordings very skillfully spliced together. No"switch over" change was noticeable. Bravo!

[@pritpalsinghsasan2260]

One of the gem in Indian classical music.

[@sameerdoddamani4743]

A voice from Heaven directly coming on Earth.!

[@vinaypande]

nice experiment! do we know who the people in the b & w photograph are? one of them looks like sawai gandharva. also notice how large the face of the tabla is..

[@madankunwar3474]

Availabity is enough

[@jagdishlugria498]

Rare gem Thanks a lot for uploading.

[@biswanathraychaudhuri4756]

It is surprising that there are TWO DISLIKEES . I would be enlightened had they mention REASONS for dislike.

[@rk9142]

Anand hee Anand....

[@neeleshasati1216]

I like this rag,it is very nice

[@aditidandwate2804]

Divine singing 🙏

[@shafaqjafri8055]

Mashaallah💖

[@shahbulle]

god bless you for loading this gem .

[@ManuMalhotra]

Vilambit lryics anyone pls

[@JaswantBassan]

Rarely..... found this voice.....

[@gopachattopadhyay7444]

Just heavenly

[@sonny19xx]

Excellent.. Excellent.. So good. Thanks

[@smerawala]

sonny19xx .

[@suhailiqbal3936]

Malika e mousiqi Roshan ara begum is most brilliant disciple of ustad Ubdul karim khan sahib . I think not many people in India know much about her .

[@rimjhimsensharma6039]

Asadharon 🙏🙏🙏🤗🤗🤗

[@rajrahulclasses7999]

Speechless.....