Gour Had Kabiraj (1913-1992) a musician of the Bishnupur Gharana, the only music gharana of eastern India was born in Bishnupur. He started learning vocal classical music, mainly dhrupad and kheyal at a tender age from Bholanath Nandi of Bishnupur However, he later opted for and shifted to Esraj and learned as a disciple and under the tutelage of Ramprasanna Bandopadhyay, the legendary musician of the Vishnupur Gharana. After the demise of his guru he took occasional lessons from Gopeshwar Bandopadhyay and Surendranath Bandopadhyay the two maestros of the Vishnupur Gharana. Gour Had Kabiraj performed regularly in the Akashbani as a soloist and an accompanist in Esraj for more than two decades from 1939. He also performed in Kolkata Doordarshan for a considerable period. Self-oblivious and humble, Gour Hari never went after fame, neither he was lucky to receive any support or favour from anywhere. But his performances earned accolade of many music lovers and expert musicians. His performance in the Park Circus Music Conference, Kolkata earned encomium of Ustad Amir Khan, the Great Vocalist. Like most of the musicians of the Vishnupur Gharana, Gour Had Kabiraj expertised both in vocal and instrumental (Esraj & Sitar) music. He was attached as a teacher to several famous music schools in Kolkata where he got his co-disciple Gokul Nag, the famous sitar player and Sailaja Ranjan Majumdar, the great Rabindra Sangeet artist as his colleagues and admirers. Gour Had Kabiraj used his dexterity with the strings of Esraj and converted the elegance of his music into the glorious melody of Sehnai in the present album of Taar Sehnai. The contents of this album were open stage performances recorded in 1980s with an old traditional mono tape recorder. But the essence of the style and depth of the music is still distinct

Artists: Gor Hari Kabiraj (Taar Sehnai)CD 1
1. Bihag - Gor Hari Kabiraj (Taar Sehnai)
2. Shivranjani - Gor Hari Kabiraj (Taar Sehnai)
3. Bhairavi - Gor Hari Kabiraj (Taar Sehnai)
CD 2
1. Darbari - Gor Hari Kabiraj (Taar Sehnai)
2. Malkauns - Gor Hari Kabiraj (Taar Sehnai)
3. Pilu - Gor Hari Kabiraj (Taar Sehnai)
4. Bhajan - Gor Hari Kabiraj (Taar Sehnai)