Ustad Vilayat Khan-Malkauns

[swarsahana]

Great stuff! I think it is important to put aside your petty small minded stuff and hear the music instead.

[Sciberking]

Really great sitar shredding lol. He's one of the greatest instrumentalists of all time.

[acyutananda]

Pt. Shamta Prasad's accompaniment is very wonderful as well!

[GatoradeIsNotJuice]

where did you get this recording? i must have it.. its surreal.

[miyakimalhar85]

ohh god...where is the last part Mr. uploader...you have robbed us of the climax...the final orgasm...

[vinaypande]

@padmabhansingh imrat khan on sitar with vilayat khan here, i am told.

[docgut1]

I had great fortune of listening to him playing Raag Malhaar at Sanmukhanand Hall, Bombay, in June late sixties . It went beyond midnight and when it was over ,I remember for several minutes nobody moved as we were totally awed by the performance. It was a spiritual experience. and outside it was fittingly raining cats and dogs.

He was a true master. His jugalbandis with Ustad Bismillahkhan were legendary. Listen to Shujaat playing Malkauns. He has that spark of younger Vilayatkhansaheb.

[ramblinrover2]

could someone please post the words of this composition

[agnividhyut]

only 20 likes???!!???!!?? This rec DESERVES more

[vinaypande]

i must have heard this over 30-40 times now! and my love and admiration of this brilliant malkauns rendition just keeps growing...

[clemalford]

My guru told that Vilayat was barred from perfoming on AIR due an incident of being a bit undiplomat by asking for his fee up front when he was due to perfom for a concert in Afghanistan!! I don't know how true that is but it could account for not hearing much of him on the radio.

This recording is indeed rare as Vilayat never much played this Rag.

[vinaypande]

@vinaypande --it isnt zinda hussain khan singing the malkauns bandish, it is niaz ahmed and fayaz ahmed caterwauling, as they usually did.

[bhilaj]

Thanks for this ! This is ICM from a Golden Era, there was just something so special about the "Bhav" or spirit of the players of this generation not to mention the technique which i believe came from ardent Riyaz & a desire to express as opposed to impress , which is so common today (in my opinion)

[AapKiFarmaish]

vintageaudio54, now this is a great upload, what about the end part? plz try to upload that too; very unfortunate that we don't have much collection of the greatest sitar player's performances in 60's or even 70's; I heard that Khan Sahib did not want to play for All India Radio; is it true? I used to listen to All India Radio's classical programs a lot in 1960's but rarely heard him;

[vintageaudio54]

@AapKiFarmaish - Yes, he did stop performing for AIR long time ago. The following is an extract from the book" Ustad Vilayat Khan" A Life Set to Music" " Ustadji reminisces about an incident that took place in 1944. He had gone to a cobbler in Kolhapur to get his slippers fixed, and found much to his surprise , that the cobbler was singing an" asthai" in Malkauns.

[RaqseBismil]

@vintageaudio54 I read this in the auto biography of Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari (director of All india radio at that time and first station director of Dehli radio station) that Ustad ji was 14-15 when he turned up at the station with his sitaar on his shoulder and insisted to see Z.A. Bukhari and refused to leave without doing so! finally he was taken to Mr. Bukhari and Mr. Bukhari asked him what he wanted? Ustad ji said I want to play sitaar, Mr. Bukhari said go on then. He played his sitaar and

[RaqseBismil]

@vintageaudio54 ... refused to anyother sitaar player except Ustad ji, and he kept his words all his life. they both became very close friends even after partition when Z.A. Bukhari migrated to Pakistan they were still very close friends... and according to Mr. Bukhari that the best thing he misses in India is listning to Vilayat Khan face to face...

[padmabhansingh]

is there 2 sitars, if yes ,who is another player with him

[shadebard]

"out of print; rarities in the 60's and 70's"

This is not a gramophone record. It is a deceptive gat, apparently in jhaptal, but actually in teental

[shabaash]

shabaash!

[shaili237]

amazing! i'd like to hear some one of this generation play this gat with the same clarity in the last 4 beats!!!! he is truly unmatched. thanks for letting us hear this rare gem.

[vinaypande]

when was this recorded?

[UstadVilayatKhan]

I think in the 60's when he was in his technical prime. It's a shame they didn't record him more in the 60's and 70's. This is a prime example of Ustadji at his prime. If anybody knows of a place to get this or any other of his out of print; rarities in the 60's and 70's. PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

[shabaash]

For me the height of Ustadji's virtuosity will always be the first recordings I heard of him in the 60's--the EMI recordings of Thumri Piloo and Suha Sugrai. Both sides are so perfect they seem to have been fully composed before recording.

[sitarnut]

Right on- I so agree- the other one that sends me over the edge is his rendition of Alhaiya Bilawal from the old McDowell's Vintage Virtuosos bookcase set. We saw the Ustad and his son in Dallas - it was mesmerizing... we'll never forget the meends..... total absorption and control.

[ambindia]

amazing virtuosity. wonder if someone could decipher all the words of the song.

[ravichandra70]

Utterly incredible. Ustadji's genius still never ceases to amaze me. Thank you for posting this. What year was this made?

[sougho01]

hi .. a myriad thanks. this is the first time I am listening to ustadji's malkauns. thanks again.

[shringaar75]

the most amazing thing i have ever heard. He really is a LEGEND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the world is empty without Ustadji

[tofailahmed]

Kiabaat ustaadji Amazing playing...

[korektphool]

awesome! thanks for posting. although i do not like it when vilayat khan breaks into song; hes a much better sitar player and should just stick to playing sitar.