Sunday, November 19, 2006

Puriya Alap













"Brij Bhushan Kabra is the greatest slide guitarist in the world. He is an innovator on par with Charlie Christian, Jimi Hendrix, Django Reinhardt, or Andreas Segovia. Kabra single-handedly adapted the guitar to technical and emotional intricacies of North Indian Classical Music during the late 50's and early 60's. Today he has recorded more than a dozen Indian LP record releases and is one of the most popular concert artists. Aside from a mid-60's release on the World Pacific label, now long out-of-print, this is the first album to be readily available in the west. all listeners should be astounded by his technical brilliance and seemingly impossible control and speed as a slide guitarist. But please listen also to the great emotional depth and expressiveness of his playing.
On this recording he presents Raga Puriya, a sunset raga with a mood of renunciation that is particularly difficult to perform. The alap portion of the performance, without tabla drums, lends itself especially well to the subtleties of his long expressive slides and astonishingly fast runs." - Henry Kaiser

As mentioned in this post from a few months ago.
Have a beautiful sunset.

Brij Bhushan Kabra
Raga Puriya Alap part 1 & Part 2
Recorded September, 1983
Celluloid 5012 LP (1984)


3 Comments:

Blogger ejg said...

thanks in advance for this one. i love his recordings
ejg

11/20/2006 10:08 AM  
Blogger sroden said...

wooooowwwwwwwoooooooowwww! this is unbelievable! you found the perfect remedy for my jetlag, wide awake at 4 am. this is total audio gold... thanks!

11/21/2006 5:48 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Beautiful music to listen to in a quiet relective mood, many thanks

11/22/2006 3:24 AM  

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