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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi’s achievements, at 58, are truly astounding. Few vocalists in North India’s classical tradition equal him in point of sheer popularity and mass appeal.

 Born in 1922, Bhimsen Joshi began his musical quest when, as a teenager, he ran away from home in Karnataka State and wandered from place to place all over North India in search of a “guru”. He was destined to find one, in his own district – the celebrated Sawai Gandharva, the most outstanding disciple of the great Abdul Karim Khan.

 No guru perhaps could have wished for a better student. So much so, that in time to come, young Bhimsen matured into what he is today – one of the ablest exponents of the Kirana style – and something much more. Thanks to his versatile genius, he has enriched it and continues to enrich it.

 The deeper dimensions of his evolving vocalism reveal themselves in all their dignity and charm in this Long Play disc. Strands from many contemporary styles of presentation are now found inextricably woven into his musical fabric. Yet the fabric carrier its unmistakable Kirana stamp. Only a maestro like Pandit Bhimsen Joshi can achieve such a marvelous musical amalgam.

The Music

Side One

Raga jaijaiwanti: This perennially charming midnight melody is rendered here first in vilambit set to Jhaptaal (10 matras), followed by a drut composition in Ektaal (12 matras).

 Side Two

Raga Shudh Kedara: This is a sub-melody of the profound raga Kedara, rendered in the second quarter of the night.

The raga is presented here first in vilambit and then in drut, both set to ektal (12 matras).

Artists:

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal), Bal Mate (Harmonium), Nana Muley (Tabla)

Tracks:

Side 1

Raga Jaijaiwanti          Vilambit Jhaptaal                    - Kanchan Singhasan Jhaptaal

Raga Jaijaiwanti         Khayal in Drut Ektaal              - Jhanan Jhanan Jhanan Payal Baje

Side 2

Raga Shudh Kedara        Khayal in Vilambit Ektaal       - Sohe Lara Ri

Raga Shudh Kedara         Khayal in Drut Ektaal                - Sawan Ki Boondaniyan