Page 58 - Seniorstoday July 2022 Issue

Music

Thrice as nice

When three musicians get together they can produce some outstanding
music, writes Narendra Kusnur

When santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar and chemistry, resulting in music that was
Sharma passed away on May 10, many acclaimed by audiences. These could have
tributes recalled his 1967 light classical been in classical music, film music, Indian
album Call Of The Valley with flautist pop or jazz.
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and guitar Here, we pick some such trios. The list has
maestro Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra. It was been prepared in rough chronological order.
a rare instance when three experts had got
together in a classical project. 1 Naushad, Shakeel Badayuni and
Themed around a Kashmiri shepherd, Mohammed Rafi
Call Of The Valley was a mega-seller for
Saregama HMV. However, of the three
musicians, only Sharma and Chaurasia
proceeded to do many live ‘jugalbandi’
concerts together, often accompanied on
tabla by Ustad Zakir Hussain. Yet, the
1967 album is one of the prime examples of
successful Indian trios.
Over the years, there have been many
instances when three musicians have
made successful teams. In some cases, they
weren’t even formally-named teams, but just
artistes who had a perfect understanding Image courtesy – sunbyanyname blogspot

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