Vibe Master | Purbayan Chatterjee - Kumar Bose | Sitar Tabla Duet | Raga Jog - Jaijaiwanti |

An exciting duet of sitar and tabla filled with sensitivity and innovation.
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Tracks:
Raga Jog (alap)
Raga Jog (rupak tala)
Raga Jog (medium teentaal)
Raga Jog (fast teentaal)
Raga Jaijaiwanti (composition in slow teentaal)
Raga Jaijaiwanti (composition in medium/fast teentaal)
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Recorded at Audio Studio Kolkata & Live at Saptak Festival - Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India)
Executive Producer - Alpesh Patel
Produced, Mixed and Mastered in the U.K by - Derek Roberts
Assistant Engineer - Krishna Shirgaonkar
Photography - Deko, Raju Srivastav
VFX Producer - Vijay Dave | Varun Creations
Thanks to - The stage crew at Virtual Studios,
Nandan Mehta, Prafull Shah, everyone at Saptak, Kanti Dattani, Rushi Shastri and
Verity Sharp (BBC Radio 3 / Late Junction) for inspired radio.
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About Performance:
The complexity and beauty of the Sitar has long been a fascination for world music audiences. Of all Indian musical instruments, it is the Sitar, which has most successfully reached out and built bridges with other music cultures.
Today, a new generation of Sitarists are building on this popularity, carving out their own paths with new musical innovations, drawing on the inspiration of great masters.
Purbayan Chatterjee was born in 1976 in Calcutta, and hails from a family immersed in India's richest musical traditions. His most influential guide and inspiration has been his father, Partha Chatterjee, a disciple of Sitar maestro Nikhil Bannerjee and the revered Sarod legend Ali Akbar Khan.
The two recordings captured on this CD demonstrate the young sitarists depth of musical creativity and are testament to his versatility as an artist.
Purbayan begins with a studio recording of Raga Jog, an evening raga, which has become increasingly popular during the last few decades. Inspiration for his performance has come from the legendary vocalist Ustad Amir Khan, who played a major role in shaping India's classical music in the middle part of the twentieth century.
His recital begins with a short alap (track 1), in which the sitar is accompanied only by the ambient drone of the tanpura. It is through the alap that the artist strives to express the very soul of the raga, and here Purbayan outlines the devotional and romantic mood of Jog, by exploring the deep resonating tones of his instrument. The sitar's sympathetic strings (tarafs) are tuned so perfectly that they echo every musical phrase and nuance.
The first composition (track 2) is an adaptation of Amir Khan's khayal, 'Oh Balma', played in a slow seven-beat rhythm (Rupak), a tempo rarely heard in sitar recitals. In fact, the style and format of this performance is comparatively rare in Indian instrumental music. Purbayan explains:
'It has been my attempt in the last few years to bring my music as close as possible to vocal music, and yet I have tried to retain all the aspects which make instrumental music fun and absorbing'.

Next, are two compositions played in a livelier sixteen-beat rhythm (teentaal). The first (track 3) is an adaptation of Amir Khan's khayal composition 'Sajan More Ghar aaye'. As the pace increases, the interaction between sitar and tabla becomes more playful.
Throughout both performances, Kumar Bose has lent excellent support on tabla. He is one of the leading percussionists of India, being the most established disciple of the legendary maestro Pandit Kishan Maharaj, belonging to the Benares school (gharana) of tabla playing. His playing skilfully demonstrates both the sensitive accompaniment required for traditional khayal singing, and the flashy and crisp repartees demanded in an instrumental performance.
Raga Jaijavanti (track 5/6) is a playful evening raga, which because of its complex structure places great technical demands on the artist. It is a measure of Purbayan's confidence that he has chosen to play a raga historically associated with the great masters of Indian Classical music.
Purbayan finds enough scope to demonstrate his virtuosity and shows great sensitivity in developing the character of Jaijavanti in full. There are two compositions played in teentaal, a rhythmic cycle of sixteen beats.
During this performance, recorded live at Saptak 2001, the dazzling improvisations of both artists are appreciated warmly with spontaneous outbursts of applause from the enthusiastic audience.
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