| Told by | Sri Jayanta Chattopadhyay |
| Obtained by | Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee |
| Date | 23rd March, 2017 |
| Place | S.A.P. Lab, Instrumental Department, Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road Campus. |
| About the speaker | Renowned Vocalist and Musicologist, Son of Legendary Musician Ustad Vishmadev Chattopadhyay. |
| Tags | Vishmadev Chattopadhyay, 1960,s, Chatu Babu, Latu Babu, Shipra Basu, Shipra Bose, Gobinda Bose, Sarangi, Bacchelal Mishra, Tabla, Sandeep Deb, Sandeep Deb, Benarsas, Nanku Maharaj, Taan, Sapat, Malkaus, Sam, |
| Language | Bengali |
Sri Jayanta Chattopadhyay speaks :
Text version:
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Verbatim by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Translation:
In the ‘60s, there was a concert at Chhatu babu and Latu babu’s Beadon Street address. Shipra Basu was one of the first performers, and, as far as I recall, Pandit Gobinda Bose was playing the tabla. Father was to perform after that. We had gone later. Bachche Lal Mishra was accompanying him on the sarengi and Sandip Deb on the tabla. Sandip Deb was a young man at that time. He would wear a red vermillion mark on his forehead because he was the disciple of Nanku Maharaj of Benares. He still follows these things, I know. Father came to the dais and began to sing. When we were children, we used to hear that when father performed a taan, everyone would swept off their feet. Now, I had a logical bent of mind. I didn’t believe this story. I always thought, what is so special about taan that the audience will be swept off their feet for it? But, I hadn’t seen anything yet.
On that day, he was singing the Maalkosh, and he was in a very good mood. I remember that performance very well. He was performing a taan which had many twists and turns, it was rolling upwards, higher and higher, and it sounded like a fishing wheel, and when the music reached a crescendo, all of us in the audience moved forward, drawn as if by some magnetic force, and when the music came crashing down, we were thrown back as well. Then I understood what everyone meant by being swept off their feet. It was literal.
Translated by: Sarbajaya Bhattacharya
Picture Courtesy: Google
Edited & Designed: Ms. Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
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