This Suha Sughrai is intoxicating

‘Latafat Khan, who lived in Bombay and was a distant nephew and disciple of Faiyaz Khan, rushed to Baroda when the ustad’s death was announced on the radio. Recorded music followed the announcement on November 5, 1950. On the train to Baroda, Latafat Khan met Rajab Ali Khan, ‘Hai hai,’ said Rajab Ali. ‘What a musician, what a gawaia! You will not hear the like of him in a hundred years. Sharab unko le gayi. Alcohol killed him. What a great loss!’ Having said that he brought out his bottle of country liquor and finished it in an hour. This was of course canard, for Faiyaz Khan died of diabetes and TB, and in old age he scarcely drank much of his favourite Scotch’

(Kumar Prasad Mukherji, The Lost World of Hindustani Music’)

Rag Suha Sughrai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjTYppXPyUk

(Good quality transfer from vintage 78 RPM)