Ali Akbar Khan - 'Alap in Misra Kafi' | KQED Arts
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- Ali Akbar Khan performs the composition "Alap in Misra Kafi" at University of Washington in 1967. Footage © 1967 Robert Garfias, courtesy Ali Akbar Khan Library in San Rafael, CA.
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My first trip to USA with Baba, my very best memories, miss him very much, his music brings tears to my eyes. LOVE YOU BABA
Aashish Khan May Allah Bless his Soul .. His Soul feels happy connected to your music & the legacy you’ve carried on your shoulders
Resting in peace some where in higher heavens. His music brings me unconditional peace and harmony.
brain reaches a different dimension each time i listen to him.i loved him and his work and always will. And good luck to you Aashish Khan.
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Don't understand much classical music, but your father's music is my eternal companion, a part of mine lives in his blissful music
Don't understand Classical music but the Sarod recital fills the inner core with peace and harmony.
In 1972, I was invited to a meal at the home of renowned Indian musician, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. The experience had a lasting impact on my life.
During a break between lessons at his music school in Fairfax, Khan heard about a young musician who had just arrived from Massachusetts and was living inside a VW bus parked on the school grounds. Much to the annoyance of the staff, this mysterious musician was also on occasion using the school's outside water hose.
Khansahib or "Baba" (as he was known to his students) was a "musician's musician" and a master of the Sarod (a 25-stringed, fretless instrument). His father, Ustad Allauddin Khan, is regarded as one of the greatest saints of Indian Classical Music and had gifted his son the title "Swara Samrat", which means "Emperor of Melody".
Khansahib was curious about this new addition to his property so sent his staff to fetch me for dinner. Naturally, I was somewhat embarrassed about meeting the great teacher under these circumstances but Khansahib could not have been more courteous. When we finished the meal, he whispered to one of his students who ducked out of the room and came back with an acoustic guitar. To my surprise, the student handed it to me. Khansahib smiled and said "play for us."
Never in my professional career have I experienced stagefright but at that moment, I was petrified. I quickly went through the rolodex of songs in my head and before I knew it, started to play my composition "The Dream" from the first ORPHEUS album on MGM Records. When I finished, I remember staring at the ground in a daze. Then I heard Khansahib's voice...."play it again." I looked up and saw that he was visibly moved.
After the second performance, I had to excuse myself and go outside for air. I was overwhelmed. As I was looking up at the moon and gathering my thoughts, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around and it was Khansahib smiling in the moonlight. He grabbed my hand tightly and said "you can stay here as long as you like."
Thirty years later, my wife Judy and I were invited to celebrate Khansahib's 80th Birthday at the Marin Veteran's Memorial Auditorium in San Rafael. We walked out on the stage where he was seated surrounded by hundreds of flowers. I bowed to touch the master's feet and recounted the events of that night in 1972 for the crowd of over 2,000 devotees. Khansahib blurted out "I remember you!" as if he had just bumped into an old friend. The crowd laughed. I continued, "so I come bearing gifts." Then Judy presented him with a declaration from Senator John Burton stating "April 14th from this day forward shall be known as Ustad Ali Akbar Khan day in the State of California." The crowd erupted with cheers.
The frail 80 year-old stood up from his chair, grabbed my hands, and just as he did thirty years before, made me feel like I was a fellow musician - no better than he was, but an equal who, like him, had received a great gift from God.
- Bruce Arnold
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ORPHEUS -🌁🇮🇳🕊How lucky you were!!! Wow I just read this - was your musical guruji astrologically an Aries? When was his birthday?
And yours?
Also - was Ali a devout Hindu?
Was he ever interviewed on radio in NYC on WBAI back in 1970’s by Lex Hixon who studied the Indian instruments?Thanks kindly !
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No wonder he wanted to hear it again. Haunting.
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@@applesnicolle5144 Ali Akbar Khan was Muslim
Wow ... True love and appreciation. Thank you for sharing this wonderful memory, my friend... Love from Portugal.
Stunning story❤
যখন যে রাগ ই শোনার সুযোগ পাই, আমি কেমন কাঁদতে শুরু করি। জানিনা হৃদয়ের কোন অংশে স্পর্শ করে।
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আমারও এইরকম কান্না আসে এবং কাদিও।কেনো এই রকম তার উত্তর যদি জানা থাকে তবে জানালে উপকৃত হব।
Thanks Derek
This guy gets it
So this is the legend who taught Derek Trucks ragas. Need more of this
Got to be extremely complicated playing that type of instrument and playing it that beautiful.......Thanks
Wow just discovered this .Iv been a Beatles fan all my life and was listening to a George Harrison interview from1984 and he said his favourite musicians are Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi shankar ... wow amazing❤❤❤❤
One star came from cosmos to tell the tale of heaven❤.
Was honored to see him live in Bloomington, IN in 1980 / 81...Extraordinary....Namaste...A greeting of peace from Italy....Ciao
there is no why. there is no why. A magician, he suddenly srarts building in thin air out of the mundane kafi and just in 11 minutes, a magnificence is built!!
Ali Akbar in the mood. Top Indian musician. I feel he is still with us.
He sure is
Thanks. This is from heaven am overwhelming....
I am missing him too much...his programmes in Kolkata..
it is a great missing...so going on listening him..try to feel him..
Thanks so much for posting
simply beautiful
Magnificent
Simply charming and superb 🤠
The Master plays!!
so beautiful and centering!
What a beautiful composition. Always good to listen. Heard many times at Berkeley CA. Thanks for posting. God bless!!
What a joy to find the this!
What a touch! Expressing the soul in every note
True dat.....
Just amazing.
No idea what was going on as far as form and rules but was still outstanding to listen to
Khansahib...U are beyond adjectives...
Came here after watching an interview with Derek trucks
Been coming back to this every since the derek trucks interview i wonder what song in particular inspired him
No one can play sarod like Khansaheb............
Such a gem!!
So beautifull!!
Beyond words! Thank you for posting.
Grande música y grande musico
This was phenomenal
What a find !!
A true master
Came here because of Alan Watts. How lovely. Resonates with oneself and gives you a feeling of inner peace.
Agreed....Thanks for your words
this is the true shred
What?
God for a million ages....
Derek Trucks sent me here.
2 stunning musicians.
Dear KQED, can you please provide us the full vidio of Raga Desh played by Pandit Nikhil Banerjee at your studio in late 60's . He was accompanied Pandit Mohapurush Mishra in tabla.
So divine..
God
This is not a happy Kafi...there are some music which brings tears in your eyes
Don’t know anything about Rag but when I listen I feel I am nowhere...
1:28 I'm gonna steal that riff
if you wanna sound fancy call it an Ostinato
This is great, what a find.
Ken
where are you currently?
Hoshang
I'm in Kamloops BC. Wonderful to hear from you.
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me too
First time. I like
I love Sarod
হায় ভালোবাসি(মহীনের ঘোড়াগুলি) গানে যে আলি আকবরের কথা বলা হয়েছে ইনিই কি সেই?
whats the high pitched ambient sounding instrument in the background? it sounds like cicadas or something
same question
@@julietableichmarholman518 i think it's a tanpura!
What instrument is that?
Sitar's little brother?
Sitar-ee-to?
Seriously though, does anyone know what that's called? I have never seen a fretless sitar like that, looks awesome.
I have been sleeping on the Ali Akbar Khan videos...
Thank you for putting this up.
God bless you
Ali Akbar Khan is playing a sarod. The accompanying drone is from a tanpura.
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What can I say...............he was God...............
never, but God gifted
4:18
Who typed random letters is in America and sees this in 2020 lol
Sounds like Babu from Seinfeld singing😁
jux
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no one played it like him..