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Pandit Jasraj’s is a name to conjure within the musical citadel of India. It can be said without exaggeration that he is one of the few vocalists to have acquired an audience ever ready and willing to jostle its way into the concert hall any time he may choose to sing.

 Endowed  with a marvelous voice, Pandit Jasraj has the rare ability to control its reach and richness with a mind and manner essentially his own. The charm of his expression, as also the felicity with which he shapes his ideas and intuitions, marks him out as an executant par excellence in the traditional domain.

 Pandit Jasraj is equally at home with simple and complex ragas. The intricate and rarely heard ragas presented in this disc in their creative revealations, reveal one more shining facet of his musical personality

THE MUSIC

 SIDE ONE: Raga Nat Narayan

 This is a night melody derived from the Khamaj “that”. Some musicologists give this melody the status of a “janaka raga”. The raga takes the second (rishabha) and fifth (Panchama) as its “vadi” and “samvadi swaras”, respectively.

 SIDE TWO:

 (A)  Raga Khamaj Bahar: This night melody also derived from the Khamaj “that” presents a subtle blend of two well-known ragas, namely, Khamaj and Bahar. The melody takes the fifth (Panchama) and first (shadja) as its “vadi” and “samvadi swaras”.

(B)  Raga Nagad-Dhwani Kanhra: This is a very rare melody derived from the Kafi “that”. Rendered during night it makes use of the fifth (Panchama) as “vadi” and the first (shadja) as samvadi).

Artists:

Pandit Jasraj (Vocal), Nizamuddin Khan (Tabla), Appa Jalgaonkar (Harmonium)

Tracks:

SIDE ONE:

 Raga Nat Narayan

 SIDE TWO:

 Raga Khamaj Bahar

Raga Nagad Dhwani