Nikhil Banerjee: Raga Zila Kafi: Anindo Chaterjee : Immortal Sitar

Ratan Mukerji on Tamboura Anindo chaterjee on Table
ADD Recording Chand Dhaka Stuttgart Germany

More about Nikhil Banerjee who is increasingly recognized by the world as the greatest Sitar player of our world.

http://www.raga.com/interviews/207int...
bout Anindo Chaterjee:
Studying briefly with Ustad Afaq Hussain Khan of the Lucknow Gharana, he advanced to Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh, with whom he studied for three decades. The recipient of the prestigious President's Award in 1970, Chatterjee became the first tabla player to perform in the House of Commons 20 years later.[He performed at Rashtrapati Bhavan when U.S. President Barack Obama visited India in November 2010. Chatterjee received the Sangeet Natak Akademi


Raga Kafi has a direct lineage with the folk music of India. Folk music in Tappa, Hori, Dadra, Kirtan and Bhajans from different parts of India have been composed in this raga form for ages.


Kafi is a sampoorna-sampoorna or heptatonic raga, with komal (soft) Gandhar(g) and Nishad(n).
Arohana
Sa Re ga Ma Pa Dha ni Sa
(ga and ni are komal swars)

Avarohana
Sa ni Dha Pa Ma ga Re Sa. (ga and ni komal)