Visit our other dedicated websites
Asha Bhonsle Geeta Dutt Hamara Forums Hamara Photos Kishore Kumar Mohd Rafi Nice Songs Shreya Ghoshal
Hamara Forums

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

Sitar Quintet (1968)

, Ustad Abdul Halim Jafar Khan

 
2 Pages V  1 2 >  
Reply to this topicStart new topic
> Sitar Quintet (1968), Ustad Abdul Halim Jafar Khan
Mandrake
post Jun 7 2005, 11:17 PM
Post #1


Dedicated Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 3856
Joined: 11-April 05
From: Mumbai, India
Member No.: 2066



In 1968, Ustad Abdul Halim Jafar Khan, along with his disciples, composed an album called 'Sitar Quintet' which had some truly off-the-path tracks.

The tracks were:
1) Chandani Kedar
2) Mazamiri
3) Khusrawani
4) Sharavati
5) Kalpana
6) Miya Malhar

Would anybody be having this album? It is not available in Mumbai or Pune.

Self - belief is the most potent force.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
bibhas
post Jun 7 2005, 11:23 PM
Post #2


Dedicated Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 1721
Joined: 23-November 04
From: USA
Member No.: 1314



Mandrake,
Don't have the album but I trust HF on this one. Meanwhile, here's an appetizer:
Attached Image
Ustad Abdul Halim Jafar Khan and his disciples: Sitar Quintet. HMV ECSD 2385, 1968.

A science that does not deliver us to the portals of metaphysics is a failed science and a religion that does not embrace physics is not grounded in reality.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
anurag
post Jun 8 2005, 03:54 PM
Post #3


Dedicated Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 1618
Joined: 18-June 04
From: Xanadu, K-Pax Planet
Member No.: 550



Interesting recording and even more interesting is the album art. The recording is titled String "Quintet"; number of performers in the art are six; they are bounded by an octogon followed by a quadrilateral, which itself is surrounded by triangles.

Would love to listen to it.

Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living". I fear if I examined it, then according to Heisenberg uncertainty principle it would somehow change. After all, we are just particles.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Mandrake
post Jun 8 2005, 04:47 PM
Post #4


Dedicated Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 3856
Joined: 11-April 05
From: Mumbai, India
Member No.: 2066



QUOTE(anurag @ Jun 8 2005, 03:54 PM)
Interesting recording and even more interesting is the album art. The recording is titled String "Quintet"; number of performers in the art are six; they are bounded by an octogon followed by a quadrilateral, which itself is surrounded by triangles.

Would love to listen to it.
*




Good observation, Anurag clap1.gif , except that the quintet remains a quintet - the sixth is the tabla player.

Surprising part is that Anurag, Bibhas and Unni haven't heard this? I cannot bring myself to believe this!!! I used to play one of the tracks on a bul-bul tarang!!! (Don't expect anything great to come out of it though wink2.gif)
Shakespeare na? : there are more surprises on earth than heaven can dream of.." rollf.gif

Self - belief is the most potent force.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
anurag
post Jun 8 2005, 04:54 PM
Post #5


Dedicated Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 1618
Joined: 18-June 04
From: Xanadu, K-Pax Planet
Member No.: 550



QUOTE(Mandrake @ Jun 8 2005, 07:17 AM)
Good observation, Anurag  clap1.gif , except that the quintet remains a quintet - the sixth is the tabla player.

Surprising part is that Anurag, Bibhas and Unni haven't heard this? I cannot bring myself to believe this!!! I used to play one of the tracks on a bul-bul tarang!!! (Don't expect anything great to come out of it though wink2.gif)
Shakespeare na? : there are more surprises on earth than heaven can dream of.."  rollf.gif
*



Stranger things have happened, Mandrake. Let's revel in this small surprise, while we can.

As for observation, I missed a part. And now that I see closely, I think this arrangement may be deliberate and well thought out. Notice that there is a heptagon too and there are distinguishing patterns on the floor as well as the amoeba like free-form shapes inside triangles.




Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living". I fear if I examined it, then according to Heisenberg uncertainty principle it would somehow change. After all, we are just particles.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Mandrake
post Jun 8 2005, 06:04 PM
Post #6


Dedicated Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 3856
Joined: 11-April 05
From: Mumbai, India
Member No.: 2066



On the point of observation Anurag, here's something that seriously struck me as odd:
Halim Jafar sits at the top left (11 o'clock position - in aviation lingo). Everybody is in white - if you except the jackets.
Then why is there a guy in Blue (at 6 o'clock position?) ???
If that was the bossman, accepted. But that is not.
If it was a casual photo, accepted. But it is a composed cover pic.
Did the PR agency goof up? Or simply, way back in 1968, these things weren't considered important?
Just a curious thought... blab.gif

Self - belief is the most potent force.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
milorad
post Jun 8 2005, 06:30 PM
Post #7


Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 26
Joined: 4-April 05
Member No.: 1982



Dear friends,
Interesting cover.
The positions of sitars bound the pentagon.
Near player in blue there is a stylized swastika.
Does that inner structure of octagon have some
meaning?
Friendly
Milorad R.Stevanovic
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
anilkumar
post Jun 24 2005, 04:06 AM
Post #8


Regular Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 365
Joined: 8-May 04
From: Mumbai
Member No.: 465




**********************************************************

The Sitar Panchak by Ustad Abdul Halim Jaafar Khan & Disciples was a unique musical experiment. In some of these compositions different sitars were tuned to different Pitch Shadja. It gave sometimes the same impression as the harmonics played in the western music.

I have an old recorded tape which I had ripped into mp3 with some difficulty last year, on which my uploads of 'Sitar Panchak' Compositions have been based.

I had seen a part of Sitar Panchak program on the TV in an interview several years ago. This musical experiment was not followed up further as lot of improvisation was necessary. Sometimes the effect of different pitches can be confusing.

Ustad Abdul Halim Jaafar Khan is known for his unique delicate style, stamina, hard work and greatest skill. In a fraction of second he can play many swift swar kanaas and play non stop drut compositions. I wish I had more pieces by him.


The Ustaad has played sitar in many old film songs or in the background pieces in the several films. Notable in these is the piece with a chakradhari taan towards the climaxed end of 'Madhuban mein radhika nache re' (Hameer), the initial piece of 'Ik shahenshah ne banwaake hansi taajmahal' (Lalit), 'Payaliya baavari' (Marwa by Lata) from Saanjh aur Awaaz) etc etc.

The compositions will be uploaded here in the reverse order - starting with the Seasonal Raga of Monsoon..

-A
_________________________________________________________


QUOTE
Mandrake wrote on 20th

In 1968, Ustad Abdul Halim Jafar Khan, along with his disciples, composed an album called 'Sitar Quintet' which had some truly off-the-path tracks.


[**********************************************************
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
anilkumar
post Jun 24 2005, 04:11 AM
Post #9


Regular Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 365
Joined: 8-May 04
From: Mumbai
Member No.: 465




-----------------------------------------------------------------

Sitar Panchak (1968)

Abdul Halim Jaafar Khan & Disciples - (Sitar)

5 Rachana 'Kalpana' (Mishra Hemant)

-----------------------------------------------------------------


This post has been edited by anilkumar: Jun 24 2005, 06:17 AM
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
anilkumar
post Jun 24 2005, 04:29 AM
Post #10


Regular Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 365
Joined: 8-May 04
From: Mumbai
Member No.: 465




______________________________________________

Sitar Panchak (1968)

Abdul Halim Jaafar Khan & Disciples

- 4 Sharavati (Mishra Madhuvanti - with both madhyams)

(This one I like the most)

_________________________________________________
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
anilkumar
post Jun 24 2005, 05:48 AM
Post #11


Regular Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 365
Joined: 8-May 04
From: Mumbai
Member No.: 465



-----------------------------------------------------------------

Sitar Panchak (1968)

Abdul Halim Jaafar Khan & Disciples -

3 Rachana Khusrawani

(Mishra Charukeshi)

-----------------------------------------------------------------
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
anilkumar
post Jun 24 2005, 06:13 AM
Post #12


Regular Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 365
Joined: 8-May 04
From: Mumbai
Member No.: 465




_______________________________________________
Sitar Panchak Track 2

Abdul Halim Jaafar Khan & Disciples

- 2 Rachna Mazmiri (Mishra Pilu Ragamaliika)

________________________________________________
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
anilkumar
post Jun 24 2005, 06:21 AM
Post #13


Regular Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 365
Joined: 8-May 04
From: Mumbai
Member No.: 465




_______________________________________________

Sitar Panchak Track 1

Abdul Halim Jaafar Khan & Disciples

1 Chandni Kedar

Would like to know from Mandrake - Which track did he play on a bul-bul tarang?
________________________________________________



QUOTE
Mandrake wrote
.... ........ ....... I used to play one of the tracks on a bul-bul tarang!!! Don't expect anything great
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Mandrake
post Jun 24 2005, 03:38 PM
Post #14


Dedicated Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 3856
Joined: 11-April 05
From: Mumbai, India
Member No.: 2066



Dear Anil, Thanx a milllllllion for this super effort!! bow.gif

Somehow, all these years later, the punch seems to be a bit less of the entire album, but still the Sharavati is as breath-taking as ever smile1.gif

The piece I used to play was the Kalpana track. That could be played in full. The others were attempts.

Thanx verrrrry much Anil.

Self - belief is the most potent force.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
bibhas
post Jun 25 2005, 02:14 AM
Post #15


Dedicated Member
Group Icon

Group: Members
Posts: 1721
Joined: 23-November 04
From: USA
Member No.: 1314



Anil,
Thanks for the grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat uploads ! Awesome experiment, my favorite was Rachana Khusrawani in Mishra Charukeshi.
Bibhas

A science that does not deliver us to the portals of metaphysics is a failed science and a religion that does not embrace physics is not grounded in reality.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post

2 Pages V  1 2 >
Reply to this topicStart new topic
2 User(s) are reading this topic (2 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:


 



- Lo-Fi Version | Disclaimer | HF Guidelines | Be An Angel Time is now: 28th March 2024 - 01:59 PM