Sukhawat Hussain (Sarod) Fayyaz Khan (Tabla) 1937

[SuperAaaaa123456]

yar india main TV kb aya??

[SuperAaaaa123456]

million dollar clip!!

[Machster10]

That was heavy man. Sounded like a Sonic Youth guitar freakout.

[diagreen]

A MILLION THANX.HES JUST SO FAST.not like most who just do vibrato.

[GatoradeIsNotJuice]

too.. rebaby

[1eqinf]

very specific energy)

[MrGauravdev]

thats superlative performance.

[12919ABSH]

it sounds like present day Rubab, mainly played in north west frontier and Afghanistan

[clemalford]

Fantastic bandish. I also learned this one from my Guru........

[DraskyVanderhoff]

Its like Trash-psychodelic metal but unplugged O.o . Love this fast , hardcore and epic feeling that made in me.

[chemoman1]

@DraskyVanderhoff Lol.

[szettner]

Wow! He was awesome!

I was listening to some other sarod files because I heard the instrument at a festival a couple of days, and I liked the instrument, but not the way it was being used. But this one is clearly the best file I have heard so far.

A lot of these newer sarod files remind me of vibrato singers, who drag out every note to hide their mistakes. I like this staccato style of playing much better. It suits the instrument more. Very clean sound--not all slurry.

[keshavbatish]

Thank you so much for this historic recording! Priceless.......

[ambindia]

oh yes and talking of the instrument he is playing...the same instrument has been used in gulfam ahmed s 2009 recordings elsewhere on youtube.

[ac75]

@ambindia Hi ambindia -- where is that recording? I can find Gulfam Ahmed's videos on YouTube but he's not using this instrument in those. Thanks.

[vinaypande]

@ac75 look under ambindia on youtube for a series of recordings made in delhi on this same sarod that sukhavat hussain khan sahib is playing

[ambindia]

do listen to 3 audio samples of gulfam ahmed khan, a descendant of ustad sukhavat hussain on youtube.with r.s.thakur on the tabla. to remind you of this style of playing.

[stmpcol]

so effortless...WOW

[bethells86]

1937? Was there video/TV in India then?The Sarod definitely looks like is of that era, Today's Sarods have evolved from these ones into one of the best Indian instruments (Lutes) in the world . Rabab obviously is a similar instrument in Afganistan which has stayed the same due to music restrictions in that country in the last century.

[add9191]

Ustad Fayyaz Khan's tabla has such resonance, only a Kolkota tabla can sing like that. Beautiful music created by the late Ustads...

btw, what raag is this in?

[minutegongcoughs]

My dad use to have "78's" of this music genre. After seeing this I want them back!

[ZAINUKHAN]

This kind of Taan kari is very rare these days. I heard ustad Vilayath Khan's 1954 recording that had similar taan kari. Please post more such recordings.

[sitarjeet]

khansaheb, if you have rare recordings such as Ustad Vilayat Khan please post them

[Obakedake]

wow... I half think it's all been speed up because of the way it sounds and looks, but that's probably because they are so in tempo even at breakneck speeds. awesome!

[Timalady]

he definatley knows how to twang the sarod. Amazing.

[shafojan]

like Afghan Rubab,

[ghamiwala]

wah nice , its really amazing video

[MainzxLivewire]

The days with no amplification or sound proof halls, just two greats sittin on the same rug, and fookin smashin it man!!!..thanks for the post :)

B21

[RaagaDaAshiq]

Wow..old style!! total class!!

[DBB90]

Is there a bit of rebab playing in this older style of sarod?..which I really like!

[paagaldas]

an all-time great! wow!! the khan sahib left me speechless with his effortless virtuosity.

[lesterclaypool1]

firey

[shreend]

damn this is much too good

[dansarod]

I studied in Lucknow with his son Ilyas Khan, but I never knew about this. Thanks to whoever posted it.

[marathimaruder]

very cool! love these old clips! have we lost something in music? why do these old clips rock so much?

[theanhadnaad]

what is Fayyaz Khan's gharana???

[nasirtabla]

Dehli

[theanhadnaad]

Are you sure that this isn't Fayyaz Khan of the punjab Gharana..the son of Mian Malang Khan??

[nasirtabla]

I'm not sure anymore,

sorry

[adrianstani1]

He belongs to the Lucknow Shahjahanpur sarod gharana. His father was Shafayet Ali Khan (1848-1920). Shafayet's father Enayat Ali (1790-1833) was the first sarod player to tour overseas (England) in 1877. Sakhawat Hussain performed in Berlin in 1936 (at the time of the Olympics) and was rather distrubingly awarded a medal by Hitler. Irfan Khansahib b.1956 (Sakhawat's grandson) is the current kalifa of the gharana. He lives in Calcutta and is a good player himself.

[afgpiece]

he is a master indeed.I think level of imagination has risen but the level of competence has come down in classical music.

thanks for sharing

[shreend]

true we are fuckin asshloes that forgot this jewls but there is never late so...

[HATHI01]

Sarod sounds here like rebab, beautiful music!

Sangeet lover from Poland,

Hathi

[chickpead1234]

thank you so much for posting this.

[panchamkauns]

Absolutely fantastic! What an ustad. The faster he plays, the better the music gets -- that's damn rare!

[raffiq88]

jam session-indian style.

[tintala]

BRILLIANT<> BRILLIANT!!LOVED IT

[farhadtarapore]

How does he manage to hold the Sarod so steady while strumming it so vigorously with the right hand and playing fluidly with his left?!!!! As far as I can see, he is holding the Sarod way to the right. Is the sound chamber resting on the ground??!

[monoceros9]

Wow. Great old-style sarod playing. Simply wonderful. Can't be too many copies of this floating around!

[jagzter]

Fantastic!!! these old masters were in a different league

[dhurley05]

this is amazing.

[drofla135drofla]

Love the style of old bandish, masters of DiriDiri

[bhilaj]

Many thanks to the person who uploaded this Gem of an Archive.

[tikshakaul]

fantastic right hand, but largely illustrative of the quantum leap that sarod music has taken post-1950 and the fact that it continues to evolve today.

[Dhatirakita]

kya baat.... nice video.