Nasir Aminuddin Dagar | Bhairavi | Alap & Dhamar: कुंजन में खेलत हैं फाग kunjan me khelat hai phaag

कुंजन में खेलत हैं फाग
Bhairavi; Alap And DhamDrums [Pakhawaj] - Vithaldas Gujratiar, Kunjana Men Khelata Hey Phag : Dhamar
From the 1983 LP Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
Pakhawaj: Vithaldas Gujrati
Tanpura : Alaka Nandy, Ashoka Dhar, Gopal Banerjee
Sleeve notes by Vijay Kichlu:
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Dagar is not merely a family name but a whole tradition. A descendent of Baba Gopal Das Dagar and Ustad Behram Khan, and the second son of the illustrious Ustad Nasiruddin Khan, Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar was born at Indore in 1923. His training started at the tender age of 5 years. First 8 years of his 37 years of learning period were spent under his father, and the last 19 years under his elder brother, Ustad Nasir Moinuddin Dagar, whom he regards as his main Guru and who died in 1966, he spent the intervening 10 years learning from his uncle, Usted Riyazuddin Khan of Jaipur and Ustad Ziauddin Khan Dagar of Udaipur. His belief that he continued learning from his brother until he died is a testimony to his devotion and understanding of the in-depth and essence of learning.
Together as the legendary Dagar Brothers, Ustad Nasir Moinuddin Dagar and Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Degar became the most popular and effective Dhrupad Dhamar singers of their time, and were jointly responsible for popularising, revitalising and uplifting the Dhrupad Dhamar tradition, which had slowly started dwindling with the spread of Khyal gaikee and the infiltration of commercialism in classical music.
Usted Nasir Aminuddin Dagar has travelled widely all over the world. He visited the USSR and Japan in 1971 with his elder brother, and participated in the Berin, Venice and the UNESCO International Music Festivals in 1964 European audiences were overwhelmed by their soul-stirring performances and the press acclaimed them. Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar gave solo recitals in Europe and the USA in 1971, Iran in 1976 at the Shiraz Festival Italy in 1978 and the UK at the prestigious India Festival" in 1982 Wherever he sang he cast a hypnotic spell over his listeners with the elegance and intricacies of his alapchari and the grandeur of Dhrupad.
Ustad Nase Aminuddin Dagar is truly a saint musician. Meeting him and talking to him is a divine experience. Listening to his music is a lesson in spirituality. It makes you unaware of your surroundings. For a while, one may admire the academic excellence of his music, but soon one is lost in the effect created. One is then at peace with oneself. The purity of Akar. the microtonal accuracy, the rase and the roop of the Rage, the disciplined and the purposeful elaboration or berhat, the elegance of gamak, meend, soot, latak and andolan etc, the structural beauty of the composition, all help in attaining this experience. His rendering is a clear testimony of his traditional upbringing, years of hard work, clean and pure life which should be a lesson to posterity.
Side one of this album contains the seasonal tags Man Ki-Mahar and side two the morning ragas Bhairav and Bhairavi Alapchani in all three tagas is done with precision and order maintaining roop of the respective ragas throughout with characteristic phrases and microtonal accuracies. The dhrupads of Mian Ki Malhar "Ayi Hay Ghata Umad Ghumad" in Chowtal, of Bhairav, "Shiva Adi Mada Anta" in Jhamptal and the Dhamar "Kunjana Men Khelat Hay Phag in Bhairavi have all been sung with utmost clarity. maintaining the structural dignity of the compositions. The overall effect is highly satisfying. Pakhawaj accompaniment provided by Vithaldes Gujrati is extremely competent, and appropriate throughout
Vijay Kichlu
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Accompaniment
Pakhawaj : Vithaldas Gujrati
Tanpura: Alaka Nandy
Ashoka Dhar Gopal Banerjee
Raga Bhairavi Alap and Dhamar Kunjana Men Khelata Hay Phag: Dhamar

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spell bound

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This really lifted me up on a super chaotic day. 10 minutes of bliss.

[@SundeepDougal]

His music always seems to have that effect on me as well.

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We must really have a lot of merit for us to be even inspired and uplifted by such music!