Origin Stories of Tabla | Bickram Ghosh interview | Music of India
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- #darbarfestival | Modern tabla master Bickram Ghosh plays a rapidfire laggi before describing a classic tale concerning the origin of his drums.
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Born in Kolkata to esteemed tabla artist Shankar Ghosh and vocalist Sanjukta Ghosh, Bickram started early (“there are photographs of me at two years old, propped up with pillows and banging away on the tabla”). His experimental style incorporates ideas from early sarod training and his mother’s Patiala vocal gharana, and he also draws inspiration from Carnatic percussion through detailed study with mridangam maestro S. Sekhar. He has accompanied Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar, and played with his cousin Swapan Chaudhuri, but often looks outside classical music too.
Having grown up in a house full of global drums, fusion was a natural step. Collaborators have included George Harrison, Sufi musicians, and the Mezcal Jazz Unit, and his new-age Rhythmscape group continues into its second decade. He has also scored over 25 films, with his soundtrack for Jal earning him an Oscar nomination. Outside of music he completed a Masters degree in English Literature, and has acted as a brand ambassador for the Indian Election Commission, promoting democratic engagement in West Bengal. Listen to more of Bickram here:
-Laggi | • Tabla Grooves | Fantas...
-Interview | • What makes a great tab...
-Tabla Demo | • Solo Tabla Magic | Bic...
“My father directs a very interesting all-drum orchestra that’s been around since 1976. All the drums for this band, maybe 50 or 60 different kinds, used to be in our house and as a kid I played around with anything and everything. That experience gave me a wider perspective” (Bickram Ghosh)
The video is part of ‘Musical Wonders of India’ curated by Darbar and the V&A Museum in London. View the full online exhibition at www.darbar.org/... & www.vam.ac.uk/m.... Special thanks to the exhibition’s donors: Arumugam Raveendran, Charu Shahane, Late Charanjit (Kugi) Vohra, The Helen Hamlyn Trust, Jagdeep Shah, Mohinder Virdee, Nishant Bhaskar, Nomadic Dairy, Ranbir Attwal, Sandeep Kandola, Satish & Divya Jeram, Seetal Mann, Sreecumaar, and Sandeep Virdee.
Recorded at Darbar in 2015, on location in India
-Bickram Ghosh (tabla)
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The tabla is a very ancient instrument. Although it is Amir Khusrau who gave it it's current name, there are carvings on ancient Hindu temples and Buddhist stupa depicting percussionists playing the tabla. Bickram Ghosh seems to be a bit off the mark here...
So can Master Bickram Ghosh perhaps show us that instrument that broke into two parts?
because it is really different story than what i have heard on the origin of drums.ghatam is the father of all indian drums but was not loud enough to convey messages on the battlefield hence the invention of louder and louder drums
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The origin of the word Tabl is Arabic which mean drum. Tabla is derivation of that word which means drum.
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i want this laggi at the begining
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अकबर great emporer कैसे...?
Unfortunately unlike everything else in post 2014 india even the musical instruments have been divided into Hindu Muslim.
No fortunately after 2014, people are waking up from their slumber and learning the truth of years of false propaganda all in the name of "secularism"
This story is interesting but.. Not doesn't seem practical and true.