Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, assisted by Shri Uttam Chakraborty, harmonium accompaniment by Jim Santi Owen. Tabla solo in Tintal, performed September 2003, California Institute of the Arts, All-Night Concert.
For me, the most mesmerising thing about this performance is Panditji's "Na". The pressure and precision is astounding. Each strike of "Na" seems to draw the attention of the listeners.
Why just his .."na" ...all of his syllables are super clear; and the best case they are "super clear" even at high speed tempo. That is something that I have seen many seasoned tabla players fail at ... but not him.
