7/4 Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 (edited) So my response won't get lost in the "what are you listening to thread", I'm starting a new one. Pandit Kamalesh Maitra - Tabla Tarang I have a couple of CDs by him. Kool stuff (for folks who don't know what Tabla Tarang is: it's a set of tablas tuned to a scale, he plays raga on tuned percussion). I've only heard this one disc. Which of the others would you recommend first? My guess is that you have Smithsonian/Folkways SF40436. Edited July 28, 2008 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 (edited) ...or Wergo SM 1602-2... Edited July 28, 2008 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 (edited) ...and then there's also EMI CDNF 150137: Edited July 28, 2008 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 I've got the Folkways disc. Are all three of these the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 I've got the Folkways disc. Are all three of these the same? Same instruments, different ragas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 I have the Folkways recording. This is incredible music. I hope the tradition survives long past Pandit Kamalesh Maitra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 I've got the Folkways disc. Are all three of these the same? Same instruments, different ragas. excellent! I'll add them to "the list." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 I was searching around and it seems like the Folkways is easy to find. You can find the Wergo at Vista India. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 http://www.shrimatis.com/ has the EMI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chandra Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 He is accompanied by another Tabla!! ( just an amusing observation ). This is good stuff and not too many people do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Chandra, You have to keep in mind, Tabla Tarang is a melodic percussion instrument. Trilok accompanies him as a rhythmic percussionist. It sounds totally natural. If you haven't heard this, you definitely have a strong recommendation from me! This is beautiful human music ancient and of the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 (edited) Sanjeev Kanitkar Edited April 9, 2005 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Tabla Tarang - Rack Mountable Tablas and Bayas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chandra Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 You have to keep in mind, Tabla Tarang is a melodic percussion instrument. Trilok accompanies him as a rhythmic percussionist. It sounds totally natural. If you haven't heard this, you definitely have a strong recommendation from me! This is beautiful human music ancient and of the moment. Understood. I have listened to bits of it before, I will have to get the CD and get into it lot more. Here is another such thing along the same lines, called Jalatharangam ( tuned water bowls). It is intriguing as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 You have to keep in mind, Tabla Tarang is a melodic percussion instrument. Trilok accompanies him as a rhythmic percussionist. It sounds totally natural. If you haven't heard this, you definitely have a strong recommendation from me! This is beautiful human music ancient and of the moment. Understood. I have listened to bits of it before, I will have to get the CD and get into it lot more. Here is another such thing along the same lines, called Jalatharangam ( tuned water bowls). It is intriguing as well. Aw...you beat me to it. I was going to mention them too. I have at least one CD of that music, if not more. I'll dig them out and scan the covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 (edited) Himangshu Biswas & Dulal Roy - Jugalbandi (EMI-RPG CDNF 50153) Flute & Jaltarang no tabla player listed. a Jugalbandi is a duet. To my ears, this sounds like Hindustani (North Indian) music. A very cool sounding CD. edited to add comments. Edited April 9, 2005 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 I did a bit of google. Apparently Himangshu Biswas is the Jaltrang player. He also plays Santoor (hammered dulcimer, another South Asian tuned percussion instrument) on other recordings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Storer Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 Tabla Tarang sounds like a nice idea. Is it an ancient tradition, or a recent innovation? (Recent in the context of Indian classical music meaning "sometime in the last hundred years"...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 Tabla Tarang sounds like a nice idea. Is it an ancient tradition, or a recent innovation? (Recent in the context of Indian classical music meaning "sometime in the last hundred years"...) According to the Folkways book, "A rather recent innovation amongst the myrad Indian drums, the tabla tarang to first known to have existed as an instrument in Maharrashtra in the late 1800's..." Still, I get the feeling it's quite a rare instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted July 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Duke Ellington and tabla tarang! Related NYTimes article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 How about that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD45 Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 jaltarang recital clip on YouTube -- stumbled across this the other day: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 awesome photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeline Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 many thanks for the links, CD title suggestions, etc.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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