Ustad Shahid Parvez (sitar) 3

[JoelvanLennep]

An exquisitely sweet, almost too beautiful, jaijaivanti vilambat gat - there is no one like Shahidji! He gives heart and soul to every musical gesture. It is nice to hear the audience response too, but one guy is slightly too close to the microphone. It is fortunate he loves the music as much as he does!

[shankyxyz]

i am sick of these morons with IQ less than their shoe size, commenting on all shahidji's videos that he is a copy of vilayat or some such stupid thing as comparing him to ravi shankar. guys accept it. he is a master at what he does, and has taken sitar playing to a different level. he stands on the broad shoulders of greats before him like vilayat khan, but to say he is copying is moronic. if u dont like him fukk off and les us rasikas listen without these malicious comments.

[guruji1]

who is that goody tabla player?

[shankyxyz]

aditya kalyanpur.

[kapissa]

he is very good sitar player, but why he learns no other way except his son, that I find a shame because it's very talantierte Vielle young sitar player than his son, but he had no respect for others. pity.

[bethells86]

Parvez-ji had mastered the Sitar techniques at a very early young age, but his deep Raga evocation skill has really come to fruition these days, and he has definitely taken the Sitar music further then Ustad's before him.

[riotiticaca]

With due respect, everything after late USTAD Vilayat Khan is imitation. DOes anybody has Vilayat Khan's videos when he was Young ?

[shailendrakmishra]

Imitation is how you learn either singing or playing an instrument in ICM. A shishya imitates his guru for a long time before one is capable adding his own nuances and even then one imitates the style of ones guru. This is how, even the great ustad's including Ustad Vilayat Khan saheb have learned. You don't just sit down and say because I know ascent/descent of rag patmanjari, therefore I can play it. It's lot harder then that - try playing a simple gat in a basic rag, you will get the point.

[SitarMusic123]

Can you please repost the Alaap portion of this?

[panchamkauns]

Indian classical audiences ALWAYS go "wah" when the music is good. If you don't recognise that, you've obviously never seen an ICM concert before -- or you only saw bad ones ... ;)

[tremendousOt]

The footage of this recital would be fantastic without all the random near-erotic moaning of dudes in the audience... wtf mate?

[ImsonJimson]

Amen to that brother, I hear you. Ahh, Mm. AaHh

[shailendrakmishra]

In India, a knowledgeable audience can give you oohs & aahs (daad is the technical word) or cut you down to size as well.The Indian Ustads/Pandits live for those daads, in case you don't know. It also depends on who is giving a daad, you have to earn it. Looks like Ustad Shahid Pervez is earning it and then some. BTW, no indian classical musician worth his salt wants to sing or play for a dead audience.

[synonymist]

holy smokes!

[sloeriedeluxe125]

but its not a guitar you fool!!

[agilman]

This is shit, if somebody would do that on a guitar, he would be ridiculed.

[Kragnorak]

That's funny - when John McLaughlin performed meend(bends - not quite as wide) on his Shakti guitar he was praised around the world. Your ignorance speaks clear.

[kxd306]

@agilman r u kidding me??

[HARIZANTOL]

im a westerner.this music dances in my soul.i think it is amazing.

[fingersjones]

bit plodding and lacking drama - still maestro!!

[WaltyEagan]

I just saw Ustad Shahid Parvez in concert and he was amazing! He played for almost 3 hours straight.

[clemalford]

Too much like Vilayat Khan for me. I prefer the mix of Vilayat and Ravi Shankar in the sitar of late Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. You got both Dhrupad Alap and jhor and Khayal gayaki. And what a deep musician. CA

[elkabir123]

hi

i never heard any khayal musicion that playes even remotely close to dhrupad but vilayat khan sahiband his linage

[drofla135drofla]

Vilayat Khan's gharana don't play Dhrupad Ang. His forfathers used Surbahar to play Alap and Jhod and then played gat on small sitar. (listen to old recordings which are available) Vilayat's approach was to use a smaller Sitar with a higher and brighter tone with amazing speed and gayaki in his playing style. He never had Karaj on his sitar as Ravi Shankar does or late Nikhil Banerjee did. Consequently the Dhrupadi Binkar ang was absent. Like Vilayat Parvez's approach is almost Thumri like.

[elkabir123]

by dhrupad i meant the development of alap jor jahala which is almost book like of dhrupad development:sthai antatra abhoog and shanchria.the sound of vilayat and his linage is there to imatate voice and its subtelties.

[drofla135drofla]

Yes, Vilyat played all obvious angs but only Asthayi and Antera like Khayal. His sitar did not have range for all Dhrupad instrumental angs. His Alap starts at almost Jhod laya and lots of murki ornamentation not usual in Dhrupad. Vilayat's style was quite original compared with others including his forefathers.

[BobbySitarist]

Sir, with all due respect...I would humbly request you not to use the word 'Vilayat'. Its 'Vilayat Khansaab'. Please. Thanks. No offence.

[drofla135drofla]

OK, late USTAD Vilayat Khan

[karamchand22]

Go beyond how one is called. Concentrate on what is being said not how many titles are added.

[CarnaticConnection]

Vilayat Khansaheb and the Imdadkhani gharana do not play dhrupad ang. Their style is in gayaki ang, or singing style, which more specifically is the singing of khayal. The Maihar gharana under Ustad Baba Allaudin Khan developed the dhrupad ang, the style of instrumental music closer to dhrupad, but still considered khayal.

[kxd306]

@clemalford True, Ustad Banerjee died before his time, we don't know what else he had left to show, he would have been the best I believe. Shahid is the best living though I must say, I love his rendition of Piloo.

[AtrauliBoy]

I've heard Nayyan Ghash-ji also play this same bandish in a house gathering-session. I have to say that Shahid Parvez has captured the romanticity of Jaijaiwanti...

[BobbyMunshi]

Hi all! I have been a disciple of Ustd Rais Khansaab. The only thing I can see is Ustd. S.P ji is nothing less than FANTASTIC. Sitar bajao to pata chaley ke kaise bajti hai!!

[123zapp]

What a great piece of music. priceless. Thank you gurubhai for this upload.

[hirofan]

We westerners generally don't have the ear to discern great Indian classical music from mediocre. I've listened to music of India for over twenty years and there's still a lot I can't grasp but I can see this man is something special. I recall borrowing his CD from the library years ago so I was familiar with him as a serious artist.