Sunday, 12 June 2011

Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan - Sitar Through Ages - ECSD 2753 (1976)


Side 1:
1. Soofiana Rang (8:55)
2. Gat Bhimpalasi (4:36)
3. Zila Kafi (5:19)
Supported by:
Sitar: Qutubuddin Aasman & Kausar Halim Khan
Tabla: Sadashiv Pawar, Dholak: Abdul Karim


Side 2:
Raga Farghana (19:43)
Tabla: Abdul Karim



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8 comments:

  1. Alan Tootill12 June 2011 at 14:18

    Many thanks for that - the Bhimpalasi is extraordinary - seemingly simple but powerful...

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  2. Alexis12 June 2011 at 19:16

    I can't tell you how happy I am to have found your blog, I've been looking for this recording for a while. Thanks so much.

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  3. arvind12 June 2011 at 19:43

    Thanks a lot for these great sitar records, Tawfiq! I'm happy to see that a piece like the Sufiana Rang was included here; its not in every record that we get to hear the artist performing a piece other than the main ragas.

    Thanks are due for your presentation as well. Its truly a pleasure to receive these with the sleeves and the labels scanned.

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  4. Anonymous21 October 2011 at 17:19

    i'm looking for info on Soofiana and Farghana? Time of day, rasa, etc. My 3-vol. "Raga Nidhi" books, which may or may not be horrible or wonderful but are what I have, don't mention either -- even trying various other spellings.
    Thanks!
    =)

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  5. Tawfiq22 October 2011 at 09:58

    Hi,
    just read the liner notes. You probably will not find more infos. Soofiyana Rang is not a Raga, just a piece of music inspired by the Sufi music going back to Ameer Khusrau, that is Qawwali.
    Raga Ferghana is very rarely performed. Perhaps someone who has more knowlege of Ragas comes in with some more info.
    Best
    Tawfiq

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  6. Anonymous22 October 2011 at 18:18

    thanks -- i forgot all about that. more often than not, the scan of the liners is so lo-res that it can't actually get blown-up and read. isn't that silly? how could i forget that this is not a blog like the rest? thanks for the info, hahaha, and for today's new axample of his playing...

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  7. Anonymous22 October 2011 at 18:24

    aha, Farghana Valley, Uzkebistan!! waaaay up there, between Afghanistan and Xinjiang, super cool....

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  8. Ajay31 December 2012 at 21:59

    Thanks for sharing such good old gold treasures of music.

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