| Told by | Tirthankar Benerjee |
| Obtained by | Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay |
| Date | 14th February 2017 |
| Place | 3/1/1D Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092 |
| About the speaker | Tirthankar Banerjee is a well-known Sitar player of Kolkata. He is a disciple of Sitar maestro Pt. Dipak Chowdhury. |
| Tags | 80’s, 1986-87, Swapan Chowdhury, Tabla, Recording, Cassette, Behala Audio Centre Sarangi, Ramesh Mishra, Vilambit Tin taal, Auchar, Gat, Sam |
| Language | Bengali |
Tirthankar Benerjee speaks:
Verbatim:
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Verbatim by Dr. Suranjita Paul
Translation:
This is an incident which I would have said about anyway, but since Pt. Ramesh Mishraji left us yesterday, I think it fit to be told at first, as he was involved with this. This was in the 1980s – I do not remember exactly, but close to1986 or 1987. At that time music was released on cassettes. The recording for PanditSwapanChaudhury’s first Tabla on cassette was being done at Audio Centre Studio at Behala. Recording started at around 7 in the evening. Rameshda, Pandit Ramesh Mishra was keeping the Nagma on Sarengi. Pt. SwapanChaudhury was to play the VilambitTeentaal.
This happened at the very beginning of the recording. When everything was ready, recording had started, Pt. Ramesh Mishra, playing with his head down, started with a short Auchar and went in to the Gat. He had played it exceedingly well, even within that short timeframe. When he arrived at the ‘Sam’, it was expected that Pt. SwapanChaudhury, sitting opposite from him, would take his entry from there. But he did not play anything, just sat there, looking at Rameshda. Rameshda played a few more matras, then, having heard nothing from SwapanChaudhury, he looked up.
Pt. SwapanChaudhuri was so engrossed in his music that he said, even though the recording was going on, “Ramesh, you play today, I am going to listen to you. You are playing so well that anything I play after this will ruin the ambience. You go on playing, I will listen you today. The recording can wait for some other day.”
This incident naturally left Rameshdaembarrassed and he stopped playing. The recording was done afresh. But this incident has remained imprinted in my memory.
Translated by: Arundhati Banerjee
Picture Courtesy: Google
http://www.dovesong.com/iuniversity_rhythm.htm
Edited & Designed: Dr. Suranjita Paul
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