Raga Jaunpuri | Album: Lifestory Of A Legend, Bhimsen Joshi | Music Today

Late Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi was an Indian vocalist from Karnataka in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music.
Raga Jaunpuri, Jonpuri, or Javanpuri is a rāga in Hindustani classical music in the Asavari thaat. Its attractive swaras also make it a popular raga in the Carnatic circles with a number of compositions in South India being tuned to Jonpuri. Raga Jaunpuri was composed by Amir Khusro during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar. It is usually performed in the late morning (9am to 12 noon). As per Pandit Jasraj, Raga Jaunpuri is reputed to cure headaches.
Bhimsen Joshi was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1998, the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Subsequently, he received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 2009. He made a career in Hindustani classical music, devotional music, patriotic music and playback singing. Bhimsen Joshi was known for his powerful voice, amazing breath control, fine musical sensibility and unwavering grasp of the fundamentals. He died in 2011, aged 88, in Pune, Maharashtra. Joshi first performed live in 1941 at the age 19. His debut album, containing a few devotional songs in Marathi and Hindi, was released in 1942.

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