Monday, November 22, 2004
Jakir Hussain / AA Khan concert
Saturday I went to Jakir Hussain / AA Khan concert. Ali akbar khan did not come because of his illness. So first half was Raaga Bihag by his 22 yrs old son Alam Khan and accompanied by Jakir Hussain on Tabla. I enjoyed this alot and Jakir's tabla was too good. I can not comment too much on subtleties of the Raaga or how Alam played it but it was very enjoyablle.
Second half was Tabla solo by Jakir Husain and there was another artist named Kala Ramnath who was playing on Violin. She played Raaga Rageshwari in Teen-taal, well thats what what she said I myself can not differntiate between raagas and taals. Jakir played so many tabla compositions like Qaeda ,Phuljhadi , Lal Qila , Shankh etc. Before each he nicely explained the situation and visualisation and any other background info. That helped a lot in understanding exactly what is being performs. Some of the compositions were based on animals , horse running , train , motorcycle , traffic jam , conversation etc. So we could actually hear the sounds from tabla as if horse is running or as if people are talking or as if train is going or as if Deer is running or as if lion is roaring. It was a blast. That tabla performance from Jakir was ultimate.
I fully enjoyed those 3 hours in San Jose Civic Auditorium.
Second half was Tabla solo by Jakir Husain and there was another artist named Kala Ramnath who was playing on Violin. She played Raaga Rageshwari in Teen-taal, well thats what what she said I myself can not differntiate between raagas and taals. Jakir played so many tabla compositions like Qaeda ,Phuljhadi , Lal Qila , Shankh etc. Before each he nicely explained the situation and visualisation and any other background info. That helped a lot in understanding exactly what is being performs. Some of the compositions were based on animals , horse running , train , motorcycle , traffic jam , conversation etc. So we could actually hear the sounds from tabla as if horse is running or as if people are talking or as if train is going or as if Deer is running or as if lion is roaring. It was a blast. That tabla performance from Jakir was ultimate.
I fully enjoyed those 3 hours in San Jose Civic Auditorium.
