Syd Barret, founding member of the band Pink Floyd, during his psychedelic years asked a pertinent question about colours: ‘have you seen roses? There is a whole lot of colours’
Whenever I listen to Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar of Gwalior Gharana of the Hindustani tradition, I too experience different colours in ‘rose’, many Gharanas within. He crosses borders of Gharanas like a playful bird wings over boundaries. But this morning I was listening to a Bhupali of Pt. Gajanan Joshi (1911-1987), Ulhas Ji’s guru. As many of you know, he only introduced violin into Hindustani music in the western part of India. But besides being a trendsetter in violin, Pt. Jajanan Joshi was an illustrious vocalist…master of Bhava and Laya in raga exposition. Please listen to this track (40 minutes); you can see how convincingly and artistically he travels through many sub-continents of Indian Gharanas.
I assure you, it’s amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQCfnohmqfk&list=UUfACo7UcD77q8vg6XBqybdA&feature=plcp
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