Sorry, folks. It's been a houston minute since I posted, and mein apologies, of course, BUUUUUUT, i got something for you, and this is one of those that's a guaranteed "like (if you will)." The talent on this album are Alla Rakha and his son Zakir Hussain. Alla Rakha is widely known for the fact that he was essentially the first guy to make a presence as a tabla player outside of just an accompaniment musician and Zakir Hussain is widely understood to be the best tabla player alive. Rakha really helped the tabla become a solo study, as it should have been a long time before. If you like Ravi Shankar, then forget about him and listen to guys like this.
The beautiful thing about this record is the
jugalbandi, or call and response. They also do a practice called kar-taal which is essentially when one of the tabla players on the spot improvises a (generally) 32 note phrase and the other tabla player has to learn and play it back verbatim on the spot, and obviously since the tabla is subject to tone, they must also play back the melody as they are playing the rhythm.
01 - Alla Rakha & Zakir Hussain - Jai Taal
02 - Alla Rakha & Zakir Hussain - Matta Taal
03 - Alla Rakha & Zakir Hussain - Pashto
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