More Dabir Khan: Jugalbandi Rudra Veena and Surbahar with Santosh Banerjee

Ustad Muhammad Dabir Khan (1907-1972) (Rudra Veena)

 and 

Santosh Banerjee (born 1932) (Surbahar):

Raga Rabkosh Kanada: Alap, Jod & Bandish in Chautal (42:38)

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Many thanks to KF.

Santosh Banerjee is a student of Dabir Khan. He plays Surbahar and Sitar.

Bihaan Music published recently a very beautiful Surbahar CD by him:

The CD can be obtained from: info@raga-maqam-dastgah.com

Older Masters of Rudra Veena (Been) - Part I - Ustad Dabir Khan (1907-1972)

In the West the Rudra Veena is mainly known through two great masters of the instrument: Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (1929-1990) and Ustad Asad Ali Khan (1937-2011) (see here). 

We are starting now a series of three posts of great masters of the Rudra Veena who lived a generation earlier. As far as I know, never any recordings of these masters have been published. The recordings we present here are mostly from broadcasts by All India Radio.

For more information on the Rudra Veena, its masters and its history see:

http://www.rudravina.com/

We start with Ustad Mohammed Dabir Khan, the grandson and pupil of Wazir Khan of Rampur (the teacher of Ustad Allauddin Khan) who traces his lineage back to Tansen. He was proficient in instrumental Rudra Been as well as in vocal Dhrupad music. He was the recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1969. He passed away in 1972.

Info taken from: http://www.parrikar.org/vpl/?page_id=406

Download CD 1 & Scans

Download CD 2

We are very grateful to KF, the original compiler of these recordings, who created these two CDs for his own collection and shared them generously.

Here you can find more recordings by Ustad Dabir Khan:

http://www.mediafire.com/?stpc5rgt65o4i#e2nx97va22b55

http://www.parrikar.org/vpl/?page_id=406