I was listening to a song of Lata, and found that the raag on which the master piece 'Man Mohana' was based on was Raag Jaijaivanti. I tried to get hold of any instrumental of this raag and it seems Vilayat Khan has played the raag. I am a noviece, does not know anything about the Indian classical, but I am longing to listen to this raag. I would be grateful if anyone can share this raag with me.
-Aahat

Aahat,
I do have some instrumental peices on Jaijaivanti - I have had some problems with uploading and give me a couple of days to straighten that out. Meanwhile, I am giving two links - the first is a russian site which has a downloadable Jaijaivanti by Ghulam Mustafa Khan. Rajan Parrikar's essay on Raga Des has a very good section on Jaijiavanti with a lot of excerpts - they are all vocal renditions though.

http://www.aquarium.ru/misc/indian_times.html
http://www.sawf.org/Newedit/edit10012001/musicarts.asp

Aahat,
Raga Jaijaiwanti is an absolute beauty. Some other songs that are based in this raga are Lataji's wonderful bhajans " Thumak Chalat Ramachandra" and "Jayaram, Shriram". I do not have Vilayat Khan sahab's rendition but I have a very beautiful rendition in this raga by Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Bibhas

Shaibaal,
The russian site has some great music available but is extremely slow to download (0.5kbps is the best I could do with a T1 line). Is it always like that or is today an exception?
Bibhas

Bibhas,
I am afraid it does take a very long time although the quality is pretty good. Talking of Russian sites - here is another one although it has only Ravi Shankar's music. The site has changed a bit (I had difficulty relocating this page, what with not being able to read the language), but the selection is huge...
Cheers,
Shaibaal.
http://www.grammy.ru/channels/music/persons/shankar_ravi

Aahat,
Here is Raga Jaijaivanti on the sitar by Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan.
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Dear Shaibaal and Bibhas,
I am really endebted to both of you for the the mp3s. It's been a pleasure listening to them.

Thanks a lot,

Even though Aahat-ji strated this thread with Raag Jaijaiwanti in mind, since the thread is titled "Vilayat Khan", I thought we could discuss his music here.

I read a nice article about Raag Bhankar by Ustad Vilayat Khan:
http://www.pathcom.com/~ericp/bhankararticle.html

I have never this listened to this raga but after reading the article, I am very keen on hearing it. If anyone has Vilayat Khan sahab's rendition, please upload.

Dear Bhibas, it took me a lo of time to d/l those, am still d/l a few, but got the rest. Please let me know which of them you'd wish to have and I will do the same.

-A

Aahat,
I managed to get all of Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia's stuff (took abt two weeks) and also Gara and Asa Bhairav by Pt. Ravishankar. I'll U/L sometime. If you have anything else that you heard and thought was great stuff, please U/L.
Bibhas

Dear Bhibas,
I could not find the artist of some of the numbers but this is the complete list of mp3 that I could get. Please let me know which ones you wish to have. I shall u/l them for you...

Adana__Unknown.mp3 (11M bytes)
Alhaiya_Bilawal_Unknown.mp3 (21M bytes)
Bahaar_Unknown.mp3 (7.2M bytes)
Basant__Unknown.mp3 (9.0M bytes)
Bhairav_Unknown.mp3 (7.9M bytes)
Bhopali__HPC.mp3 (1.9M bytes)
Brindabani_Sarang__PtHPC.mp3 (43M bytes)
Chandra_Kauns__Unknown.mp3 (26M bytes)
Darbari_Kanada__Unknown.mp3 (22M bytes)
Gara__Unknown.mp3 (21M bytes)
Gaud_Sarang__PtRSh.mp3 (3.6M bytes)
Hamsadhwai__PtRSh.mp3 (11M bytes)
Hamsadhwai__UsmanKhan.mp3 (5.8M bytes)
Jahnpuri_Ram_Nakayan.mp3 (30M bytes)
Jaijaivanti__UGhulamMustafaKhan.mp3 (24M bytes)
Jhinjhoti__HPC.mp3 (21M bytes)
Kalawati__Unknown.mp3 (12M bytes)
Lalit_UBK.mp3 (41M bytes)
Madhuvanti_PtHPC.mp3 (21M bytes)
Malkauns__HPC.mp3 (42M bytes)
Marwa__Unknown.mp3 (21M bytes)
Nand__Unknown.mp3 (18M bytes)
Pilu__AmzAK.mp3 (13M bytes)
Puriya_Dhanashri__UBK.mp3 (21M bytes)
Purvi_1__Unknown.mp3 (17M bytes)
Purvi_2__Unknown.mp3 (14M bytes)
Purvi_3__Unknown.mp3 (22M bytes)
Shudh_Sarang__BGAK.mp3 (6.4M bytes)
Shudh_Sarang__RSeth.mp3 (3.5M bytes)
Shukla_Bilawal__Unknown.mp3 (41M bytes)
Sohni__Unknown.mp3 (15M bytes)
Suha__UdayBhavalkar.mp3 (17M bytes)
Yaman__AmzAK.mp3 (8.2M bytes)
Yaman__RSeth.mp3 (19M bytes)

And, where are all these from? Some web site?

http://www.aquarium.ru/misc/indian_times.html

Aahat,
If you haven't already found the artist listing for the downloads you mention, I have added them to your list below. Could you please upload the ones in bold at your convenience?

Adana__Unknown.mp3 (11M bytes): Pt. Jasraj
Alhaiya_Bilawal_Unknown.mp3 (21M bytes): Pt. Ravi Shankar
Bahaar_Unknown.mp3 (7.2M bytes): Pt. Ravi Shankar
Basant__Unknown.mp3 (9.0M bytes): Ustad Bismillah Khan
Bhairav_Unknown.mp3 (7.9M bytes): Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
Bhopali__HPC.mp3 (1.9M bytes): Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia
Brindabani_Sarang__PtHPC.mp3 (43M bytes): Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia
Chandra_Kauns__Unknown.mp3 (26M bytes): Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia
Darbari_Kanada__Unknown.mp3 (22M bytes): Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Gara__Unknown.mp3 (21M bytes): Pt. Ravi Shankar
Gaud_Sarang__PtRSh.mp3 (3.6M bytes): Pt. Ravi Shankar
Hamsadhwai__PtRSh.mp3 (11M bytes): Pt. Ravi Shankar
Hamsadhwai__UsmanKhan.mp3 (5.8M bytes)
Jahnpuri_Ram_Nakayan.mp3 (30M bytes): This is actually Jaunpuri by Pt. Ram Narayan
Jaijaivanti__UGhulamMustafaKhan.mp3 (24M bytes)
Jhinjhoti__HPC.mp3 (21M bytes): Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia
Kalawati__Unknown.mp3 (12M bytes): Usman Khan
Lalit_UBK.mp3 (41M bytes): Ustad Bismillah Khan
Madhuvanti_PtHPC.mp3 (21M bytes): Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia
Malkauns__HPC.mp3 (42M bytes): Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia
Marwa__Unknown.mp3 (21M bytes): Pt. Ravi Shankar
Nand__Unknown.mp3 (18M bytes): Mallikarjun Mansur
Pilu__AmzAK.mp3 (13M bytes): Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
Puriya_Dhanashri__UBK.mp3 (21M bytes): Ustad Bismillah Khan
Purvi_1__Unknown.mp3 (17M bytes): Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
Purvi_2__Unknown.mp3 (14M bytes): Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
Purvi_3__Unknown.mp3 (22M bytes): Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
Shudh_Sarang__BGAK.mp3 (6.4M bytes): Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Shudh_Sarang__RSeth.mp3 (3.5M bytes): Raghunath Seth
Shukla_Bilawal__Unknown.mp3 (41M bytes): Mallikarjun Mansur
Sohni__Unknown.mp3 (15M bytes): Pt. Shivkumar Sharma
Suha__UdayBhavalkar.mp3 (17M bytes)
Yaman__AmzAK.mp3 (8.2M bytes): Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
Yaman__RSeth.mp3 (19M bytes): Raghunath Seth

Thanks
Bibhas

Here is Nand by Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur
Enjoy!!!

Akash

Thumak Chalat (in my opinion) is based on Gara which has the same aroha-avaroha as Jaijaiwanti but a different 'pakad' or charecteristic phrease which identify the raag. Some popular songs in this raag are 'mohe panghat pe nandalal' & 'tere mere sapne ab ek rang hain'.

Three very beautiful specimens of Jaijaiwanti are Bade Ghulam Ali's chhota khayal 'binati ka kariye', Faiyyaz Khan's legendary 'more mandir...' and Gangubai Hangal's 'achal raho raja'.

Vilayat Khan's piece is brilliant. The LP record had a Rageshwari-piece on the flip side. Does anyone have it?

Regards-Archie.

Bhibhas, I am extremely sorry that I did not see this reply. I will post these today itself. Please bear with me.
With apologies,
-Aahat

I don't know how to u/l files >15MB. Could anyone pl let me know how to do it? I use linux, but have access to winzip.
Thanks,
-Aahat

WINRAR gives you the facility to split files so that you can upload a track in several files, each <15m. When all the files are downloaded, they automatically merge as one track.

If you have problems with it, I'd be happy to walk you through it, but that may not be necessary.

Purvi_2__Unknown.mp3.zip

Kalawati__Unknown.mp3.zip

Bahaar_Unknown.mp3.zip

Ok, got it. It's nice to have wine (a linux utility not the drink ). I can run winrar and be done with it.

Here we go with the rest, all in one shot.

DEAR AHAT

Will you please mention the name details of whatever you are uploading? One can not make out of what do you mean by Mar_Nan_Pur13.part4 etc etc........

This will help all to decide whether they want to download it or not. Besides there would be a possibility of the same song getting downloaded again which one already has.

Thanks..

A

Well, Bhibhas asked for a few mp3 and I had u/l all those that were <15MB. For the rest I had put them together (that's what I meant when I said, 'Here we go with the rest, all in one shot.'). I was in a hurry to u/l as the n/w that I have is unreliable, put them together and just u/l. The filename just meant, Marwa, Nand and Purvi parts 1 & 3 (second was u/l already). Sorry for this but bad n/w makes it difficult at times. Especially that more than a few u/l cannot be done simultaneously.

Aahat-bhai:

Anil-ji had heard of Jaipur and Udaipur and Jodhpur, etc. Can you blame him if this place "Marnanpur" was new to him? Sounded like a place where people go to die.

Great one!

......... Marnapur = Mass Uploading to Swarga..? [Making the things difficult or impossible to download].....

The artists from this newly discovered Marnapur Gharana seem to be able of combining unrelated raagas lke Marwa and Nand etc. !!!

On Shaibaal's request:

Raga Bhankar by Ustad Vilayat Khan

Here is the fantastic Sindhu Bhairavi by VK as Shaibaal and Unni expressed an interest in.

Listening to it, in some sections it is not hard to find oneself humming Baju Band Khul Khul jaaye, which is a Bhairavi piece too.

Sindhu Bhairavi.part2.rar

Bibhas and Anurag,
Thank you so much.
Shaibaal.

Unni,
I'll upload Darbari Kanada by Ustadji as soon as I get a chance to split the files (it's a 50min recital).

Shaibaal,
Here is Raag Pancham Se Pilu by Ustadji.

Bibhas

Unni, Shaibaal, Waqas,
Here's the Darbari Kanada you've all asked for. Sorry it took a while to split it. Uploading in five parts. It's one of the best all time Darbari renditions, so get ready for some musical bliss.
Bibhas

RDK by UVK: 2/5

RDK by UVK: 3/5

RDK by UVK: 4/5

This completes Darbari Kanada by Ustad-ji. I would very much like to hear your reviews of this recital.

Raag Gawoti by Ustad Vilayat Khan

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P.S. Wow, I think this is a record. It's been 7 hours since I U/L'ed this and no D/Ls yet !!!

Anurag,
would you please upload this wonderful thumri ?
Bibhas

Sure Bibhas, it's the one that Jagjit singh sang. I can still upload it if you don't have it. Let me know.

For Thakur and Shaibaal:
Raag Pooriya by Ustad Vilayat Khan in two parts.

Raag Pooriya by Ustad Vilayat Khan: Concluding part

Thank you Bibhas for all your efforts. Much obliged.
Shaibaal.

Anurag,
thanks. Jagjit Singh's version left me deeply unsatisfied. Don't get me wrong, I love Jaggu's voice. But I love this version:
Ustad Faiyyaz Khan: Baju Band Khul Khul Jaaye