This was simply amazing!! A Professor of mine, who has distinguished himself in both Electrical Engineering and music, suggested I listen to this. Incredible auditory experience!!! Just superb!
Sheer genius! Ustad Baba Allaudin Khan's greatest student along with Ravi Shankar, Annapurna Devi and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan Saheb. India's unforgettable gift to the world !
What a style ! What a feelings !! I don't know how many times I have been listening this raag played by Pt. Ji ..... He is evergreen , he is immortal Artist.. Thousands of salute to him...he is my inspiration.
I'm a life long admirer of Pt. Nikhil Banerjee. I own the original LP and yes, it is Pt. Kanai Dutta on Tabla. I'm a big fan of Pt. Swapan Chaudhury as well. I have the LP rendition of Raag Megh and Sohni by Pt. Nikhil Banerjee and the tabla is amazing by Pt. Swapan Chaudhury!
Thanks for posting this! I have listened to several versions of Malkauns that Nikhil da played and everyone of them is unique and refreshing, including this one.
Actually, the record label does say the Tabla Player is Kanai Dutta. Here is the original release: www.discogs.com/Nikhil-Banerjee-Kanai-Dutta-Sitar-Raga-Malkauns-Raga-Hem-Lalit/release/9318072/image/SW1hZ2U6MjU1Mjc4NjM= I am not sure why you think it is Swapan Chaudhury. It could be very difficult to make out who the tabla player is listening to the sound of the tabla alone. However, you could actually have the keen ears to do that. Many people do have that capability and I will not argue there. Swapan Chaudhury was born in 1947 and this recording seems to have taken place in 1967. Swapan Chaudhury was twenty years old at that time. Now, he could have been given the opportunity at that young age to play with Nikhil Banerjee in this recording - I don't disagree to that - but it is more likely that Kanai Dutta, who was forty-two years of age in 1967, was asked to record with Nikhil Banerjee (who himself was thirty-five years of age at that time). This last bit is my speculation.
