USTAD AMIR KHAN

 

 

 

Dear Friends,

This is Page 2 of my web page on Ustad Amir Khan.  I posted my site in 2002 and I have collected a lot more details about Ustadji since then and want to share them with you in this page.  I discovered a number of useful websites too during this period and admirers of Ustadji’s music would find many valuable nuggets like mp3s, videos, photos, articles, etc., in these sites.  Regular Internet users among you might have already visited these sites, if not, here goes…

 

Patrick Moutal’s site on Indian Classical Music.  Here you can download videos and actually see Ustadji singing Malkauns and Rageshree.  A Documentary on Ustadji can also be viewed here.  This site also has digitized versions of 78rpm records, and Ustadji’s renditions of Adana, Chandrakauns and Ramdasi Malhar can also be downloaded.  Happy viewing…

 

The Toronto Gharana Amir Khan Memorial Page: A Tribute by John Campana.  John Campana’s site has a biography; articles on Ustad Amir Khan’s music by stalwarts like Pt. Nikhil Bannerjee, Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta, and others and an article by Ustadji himself on Tarana; a beautiful discography; lovely photographs; and bandishes. 

 

Ustad Amir Khan page at musicalnirvana.com  You will find a brief profile of Ustadji, a discography, and articles on Ustadji.

 

Rajan Parrikar’s Indian Classical Music site.  Sri Parrikar has posted his wonderful collection of articles on Indian Classical Music here.  Each article is based on a particular Raga and is studded with rare photographs and even rarer instrumental and vocal samples of Ragas played and sung by some of the topmost musicians of the country – both past and present.  One can listen to some of Ustadji’s hitherto unreleased gems like Multani, Bairagi, Bhatiyar, Bhimpalasi, Gaud Malhar, Hem Kalyan, Jaijaivanti, Maru Kalyan, etc., online.  All these are not in one place and one has to read all the articles to locate Ustadji’s renditions in each, and believe me, that is one thing that makes this site so special…

 

Positive Music site.  This is Don Robertson’s site on Positive Music and it has a section on Indian Music, wherein you can download renditions from stalwarts such Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Pandita Gangubai Hangal, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, The Ali Brothers, and wonderful Dhrupad renditions by the Dagars.  Ustad Amir Khan’s Darbari, Komal Rishabh Asavari and Yaman can be downloaded from this site.  

 

Rajeev Patke’s Music Page dedicated to the 78rpm Era.  This site is a tribute to the 78rpm era, the age of the early phase of recording in India.  According to the site around half a million such records were issued in India and most of them are lost.  Prof. Patke has painstakingly put together this site, which includes a list of artistes and their records available in archives.  Brief mp3 extracts are also given in order to give listeners an idea of what musicians achieved within the limits of the 78rpm format.  The sound is rough, but the interest of the music almost transcends the mere sound - if one can accept the paradox.”  Ustadji’s admirers can see a rare photograph of his wearing a turban and sporting a moustache (probably an early Ustad Abdul Karim Khan phase in his life!) in the page dedicated to Ustad Amir Khan. 

 

 

DISCOGRAPHY  (recently added)

 

 

A couple of new releases and some albums (cassettes, CDs, & LPs) that I acquired during this period:

 

USTAD AMIR KHAN

(EMI 6TCS 02B 2453) (P & C 1983 The Gramophone Company of India Ltd.)

Side A -- Raga Bilaskhani Todi: Bairag Roop Dhare – Khayal-Taal Jhumra; Baje Niki Ghungariya – Khayal-Tritaal

Side B – Raga Abhogi: Charan Dhar Aaye – Khayal-Jhaptaal

 

AMIR KHAN – MAESTRO’S CHOICE

(Music Today CD A 03034 Stereo) (P & C 2003 Living Media Ltd.)

Raga Bihag                                         38.08

Raga Kalashree                                  15.43

Raga Ramdasi Malhar                                   10.40

 

USTAD AMIR KHAN – Surmanjari

(EMI 7243 864905 4 4) (P 2004 Vimla Devi Foundation Nyas, Ayodhya and © 2004 Virgin Records (India) Pvt. Ltd)

Side ARaag Abhogi Kanada (26.55); Raag Sahana Kanada (5:12)

Side BRaag Sahana Kanada  (Contd.) (11:03); Raag Suha Kanada – Tarana (6:43); Raag Ahir Bhairav (13:59)

 

CLASSICS FROM FILMS – RARE COLLECTION (Saregama CDNF 150501)

(P & C 2003, Owner, Manufacturer SAREGAMA INDIA LTD)

[This CD contains three pieces that Ustad Amir Khan sang for the Bengali film Kshudita Pashan (1960; Dir: Tapan Sinha; Music Dir: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan)]

1.      Dhimta Dhimta

2.      Piyake Aavan Ki

3.      Kaise Kate Rajani (with Promita Banerjee)

 

USTAD AMIR KHAN - HINDUSTHANI VOCAL CLASSICAL 2-CD SET

(Biswas BIS 86 A&B; Mono Recording)

CD 1 - Kafi Kannada (37:21);

Suha Sughrai – Khayal/Tarana (16:14);

Darbari Kannada – Tarana (9:16)

CD 2 - Shudhha Kalyan (38:36);

Bihag (35:07)

 

RARE GEMS FROM USTAD AMIR KHAN – VOL. I

(Biswas BIS 264)

Raga Hindol Kalyan (33:13);

Raga Hindol Basant (18:02);

Raga Hem Kalyan (18:41)

 

RARE GEMS FROM USTAD AMIR KHAN – VOL.II

(Biswas BIS 265)

Raga Darbari Kanada (36:30);

Raga Basant Bahar (13:49);

Raga Adana (4:24)

Raga Lalit (15:57)

 

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