Great tabla maestros

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who do you consider the great tabla maestros? (of indian classical music)

― Ustad, Sunday, 27 February 2005 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link

Well, most obviously Zakir Hussain and Alla Rakha.

― Austin (Austin), Sunday, 27 February 2005 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link

oh, of "indian classical music"?
i'd otherwise have added trilok gurtu...

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 27 February 2005 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Took a little poking around to reember his name, but I have a record by a guy who plays an array of tuned tablas - his name is Kamalesh Maitra and the album is "Melody on Drums" - it's quite fine.

― Austin (Austin), Sunday, 27 February 2005 15:16 (nineteen years ago) link

Karsh Kale has classical skills but plays science-fiction music; Austin OTM about Zakir Hussein, who is simply unbelievable.

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Sunday, 27 February 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Badal Roy

― rookiemookie, Sunday, 27 February 2005 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link

No. Zakir is good but by no means the best. He's just popular in the west. Listen to swapan chaudhuri!

― Ustad, Sunday, 27 February 2005 17:44 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm not any kind of informed connissieur of tabla virtuosos, but in general saying 'the best' in terms of music doesn't make a lot of sense to me. How do you measure? All I've really done here so far is name musicians on records I like and whom (in one case) I've enjoyed several times in performance. I'm pretty sure I've heard Mr. Chaudhuri a few times, although my ear would probably fail to tell me which was he and which was Zakir Hussain in a blindfold test.

That said, the Indian Classical musician I listen to probably more than any other is from the South anyway: Dr. L. Subramaniam.

― Austin (Austin), Sunday, 27 February 2005 19:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Pahusacheta Nahasapeemapetilon

"Oh, that just kept going, huh?"

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Sunday, 27 February 2005 19:34 (nineteen years ago) link

pandit anindo chatterjee - i've been trying to track down one of his discs entitled "tabla solo" (which isn't: he's accompanied on sarod & sarangi)for about 5 years now with no joy.

― bob snoom, Monday, 28 February 2005 10:44 (nineteen years ago) link

seven years pass...

No. Zakir is good but by no means the best. He's just popular in the west. Listen to swapan chaudhuri!
― Ustad, Sunday, 27 February 2005

I'm thinking they're both good

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:59 (twelve years ago) link

nine years pass...

Listen to swapan chaudhuri!

SOLD

https://performingarts.mills.edu/broadcasts/2021/chaudhuri.php

― lukas, Sunday, 11 April 2021 02:50 (three years ago) link

three years pass...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2exzm9r043o

RIP Zakir

Zakir Hussain, one of the world's greatest tabla players, has died at the age of 73.

The Indian classical music icon died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said in a statement.

Hussain was a four-time Grammy award winner and has received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award.

Through his performances, he transformed the tabla into a globally loved solo instrument that was the star of the show.

The tabla - a pair of drums used in Indian classical music - was historically viewed as an accompaniment to the main performance.

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 17 December 2024 00:31 (five days ago) link

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