Sarod Nawaz - Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan: Complete Recordings | Forgotten Masters of North Indian Instrumental Music Vol.2

Sarod Nawaz - Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan: Complete Recordings

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M What baj! Such a pity that these are the only available recordings of this immaculate artist. His Bhairavin joins the ranks of Kesarbai Kerkars and Faiyaz Khans immortal 78rpm recordings. Favorite track: Raga Bhairavi.

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1.	Raga Jogiya Kalingda 26:45		buy track
2.	Raga Bageshri (early 1960ies) 29:26	info	buy track
3.	Raga Malkauns 23:16		buy track
4.	Raga Bhairavi 07:33		buy track

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The great sarod player Ustad Ishtiaq Ahmed (1920-1967) of Delhi was one of the finest but least documented instrumentalists of his time. He was the son of legendary sarod pioneer, composer and writer Ustad Karamatullah Khan of Lucknow and was employed at All-India-Radio Delhi.
Ishtiaq Khan Saheb had two sons: Mukhtar Ahmed and Gulfam Ahmed. The elder son Mukhtar Ahmed was an All India Radio Artist at Patna. He expired in 1994. Presently the younger son Gulfam Ahmed is carrying on this tradition of Lucknow Gharana on Sarod.

Even though we are sure that there are plenty of spool recordings of his music rotting away in some radio archives very few of his recordings have actually seen the light of day.
The four pieces presented here are the only ones that we are aware of.
The Bageshri is from an early 1960ies Radio Kabul broadcast. Apart from this there are no further informations about the tracks available.
One of his most regular accompanists in Delhi was tabla & pakhawaj maestro Prem Vallabh, who could be the accompanist on (some of those) those tracks.

All tracks & pictures from the collection of Ustad Irfan Muhammadkhan.

Tape transfers and sound restorations by Matyas Wolter

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released July 24, 2022

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Last-Mohican Records Berlin, Germany

Archival recordings of musicians from a bygone era of instrumental Raag-music and current followers of the tradition.
The content is carefully digitized, restored and remastered for optimum sound by german sitar & surbahar player Matyas Wolter under the guidance of Ustad Irfan Khan whose vast collection is the main source of these releases. ... more

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