Best Tabla player of the World ( Pt. Abhijit Banerjee )

[samarthasm]

But can say that he is one of the best ...

[samarthasm]

The title still remains with the great "Zakir hussain" ... no other can have that ...

[heyfire55]

it was really good i am learning tabal too since the last 2 yrs but i wouldnt say me my classmates por teacher are as fast as him

[l800COLLECT]

He's not even the best jee in the world, that honor goes to Anindo Chatterjee

[Habibstudios]

Ustad tari Khan is the best in the World!!!!!

[niceuser1234]

USTAD TARI KHAN

[cobrakai3275]

definitely NOT the best tabla player in the world

[cobrakai3275]

no offense but zakir hussain has more skill than anyone

[Brawllover8]

Ustad Tari Khan is the best tabla player ever!

[tabla714]

@Brawllover8 one of the best 

[ichhier]

The best Tabla Player in the World ist ZAKIR HUSSAIN!

[zakirfanful]

eh hes okay but Ustad Zakir Hussan is the best

[tabla714]

@zakirfanful in his own stlye

[1000Megaferrari]

hey diz dude is SANATH JAYSURYA, the cricketr doin part tym work or wat?

[NNezman]

Defintely a great tabla player.

But not the greatest teacher as ive heard your tabla (you know who you are).....lol...

Look in all seriousness Mr Farid, you simply cannot classify anyone to be the best at tabla as there are so many masters within so many different styles.

Im sure if Mr Pandit Abhijit Banerjee found out that you had posted this video of him and had titled it 'Best Tabla Player of the World' that he would not be happy, even maybe embarrased at such a claim made by his student

[subs367]

wow.

[wannakuwatta69]

He is a very good Tablist. The title of the video has bad taste though. it's so cheap to say "THE BEST" "FASTEST" etc. good musicians don't think like that. if you say you are his student act like one. Good musicians are unassuming.

[jewrabs]

I kid you not, I was at an Indian themed wedding last night, and he played. This man. The sitarist mentioned this tabla player was very famous.

[danybernardes]

zakir hussain is the best....

[KillinDaWelfareMCs]

@danybernardes Zakir is is only the most famous. He is one of the best from the Punjab Gharana. This is a whole other style here.

[Rhythmisthekey]

why do so many people talk about who is the best and who is better?? there are so many amazing musicians in the world and as individuals they will all be unique and have different ways of expressing them selfs on their instrument. its not about been the best in the world. that is not a creative attitude. music is not a competitive ego trip.

[MsRockey123]

there r more precious and better tabla players in dis world

therefore u cnnot tell him best

though i respect him

[Niffelbaer]

omg hes just amazing wished i could play only half as good as he does!

[sarahsingh76]

His guru was Pt. Gyan Prakash Ghosh, Farukkhabad Gharana.

[0Oclockmusic]

NOT the best.

[jezHB333]

lovely playing!

[theEddievanhalen]

oh my god. i never realized he was this good. he taught me to play :)

[MrNikitaAulov]

nice

[Shameghazal1]

Subhanallah

[famfam314]

Does anybody know who his guru is/was?

[tablagharanafarid]

Pt. Gayan Prakash Ghosh

[southallunited95]

ustad zakir hussain holds the title of elite

[singingdrums]

Sadly no applause for such a good good solo...

[LostBoyzFoLyfe]

this guy is amazing....but not better than pt. zakir hussain.

[Singaporepunjaban]

What gharana is this from?

[kabirjhita]

Farukabhad

[smitomalvino]

excellent playing.Definitely one of the best.

[deathom1265]

HE'S MY TEACHER'S TEACHER LOL

I played there like 10 min before him=]

[kabirjhita]

who's your teacher? Jyoti? or Ravi?

[Singaporepunjaban]

@kabirjhita oh ok, thanks.

[massieko]

I'd imagine it must take unfathomable wrist control and strength to master the tabla

[uneekangel16]

not much people have seen this video

[massieko]

strange, I'd think 64 thousand + would be considered MUCH =p

[add9191]

Raag Nandkauns, no?

[tablagharanafarid]

this is Raga Kaushi Kanada

[add9191]

This is for sure not Kaushi Kanada...this is most definitely related to Raag Jog. I'm almost positive its Nandkauns, a blend of Jog and Malkauns.

[dhruvsodha]

@add9191 Jogkauns I would say

[lordshivatheboatman]

no

jog kauns

[dhruvsodha]

@tablagharanafarid Sounds like Jogkauns?

[dhruvsodha]

@tablagharanafarid Sounds like Jogkauns. Definitely not Kaushi Kanada

[khalidmehmoodjan]

must learn from zakir. am i right?

[tablagharanafarid]

No, he has learned from Pt. Gayan Prakash Ghosh.

[ande1718]

Would Abijit ji say he is the best in the world?

[tablagharanafarid]

No, becouse he is such a nice man , but we his students are know what he is and how much he know about the technic and Laykari and Nikhas and the asthetick of Tabla sound. OK ????

[tabla714]

@ande1718 no tabla player or musician would say that if he or she did God will punish them must be humble

[DRUMMER38242]

zakir is legend none to compare

[rtadwalkar]

alla rakha as well

[anirbanbandyopadhyay]

He has not shown his best performance here. He is known for playing with rythem with intelligence.

He is certainly best tabla player in the world but not for skills for complicated mathematical skills he puts in.

For strokes Zakir hussain is the best.

For trembling the girl prodigy Siva is the best

For sweetness and coherency Swapan chowdhuri is the best

Only competitor of abhijit banerjee has is aninda chatterjee

[TablaPandit]

Absolute the best player . Pranaam Panditji

[tablameister]

I wish people would stop this "best" tabla player stuff. Abhijeet is certainly a top tier tabla talent. However, from an accompaniment standpoint, I don't find his accompaniment particularly exceptional. In fact, he tends to play the same things in each concert.

[southallunited95]

not the best player of the world but ustad zakir hussain and ustad sultan khan was banarjees mentors

[mohsinhijazee2008]

Ustad Zakir is also an icon in this.

[juujuujuupa]

When listening to the best musicians, isn't it that one always feels, "This is definitely the best so & so I have ever heard!" And then the next week you hear another musician, & again its, "Oh no, this one is absolutely the best..." That is the way it should be. Why rate one person as the best? There are many oceans to swim in, and the best musicians appreciate each other! Ask one!

[thus007]

one hand.... no hands.. lol he is truly amazing tho

[khushanand]

he wud be a great typist looooooooooooool just joking chill :P

[yepised]

He is a good artiste. But Zakhir ji is the one who made tabla as an indian solo performable instrument or percusion in fusion music around the world. Its not he is son of legend late Ustad allah rakha but becoz he is inborn talented with furnished handstyle and the research creative brain, which makes zakhir ji far ahead of other Indian classical musicians.

[aty1234]

If you close your eyes and listen to this, I seriously doubt you could tell any difference between his playing and Zakir's.

[cheez1234]

Sharda Sahai is superior to both Hussain and this guy.

[almix12]

wow

[itrchi1]

my dad has met zakir hussain a long time ago when he was young and the not relly a best there lots but zakire has some talent uve got to agry and this guy there both very good avery one must see anindo chatge

[hairmastergd2]

he is a great guruji...im very glad that i am part of the dhwani academy. he is a very good tabla player...may not be zakir but he is definetly towards the top.

[dholi99]

amazing..but not even close to ustad zakhir ji

[aty1234]

How is that not even close to Zakir? This is VERY close to Zakir.

[KrsnaDasaTan]

nice playing but wat a comment in the headng world best tablist. the world best is onli 1 tats zakir Bi. if ur so great why arent u world renowned. this is nonsense. good playing but too aragant. i like the playing not the attitude. this jus wat i feel sorry if im too rude this is my feeling abt this VID

[kflower11]

if u are a true tabla player u dont need the fame like bitch-ass zakir

[Celtia747]

That is the most wonderful sound to me.

[instirahul]

nice crisp notes,wow!

[shyam92]

Sound system must be sikk he is awesome