Ustad Vilayat Khan
Vilayat Khan, one of the greatest Hindustani musicians of the 20th century, was born in Gouripur in East Bengal (later Bangladesh) in August 1922. (Various other dates are strewn throughout the literature but that is the date that he confirmed in 1993.) His grandfather, Imdad Khan (1848-1920) and his father Enayat Khan (1894-1938) -- Vilayat Khan gives the spelling Inayat Khan -- were famed musicians in their lifetimes and Vilayat and his younger brother Imrat Khan inherited their musicality. Their gharana is known as the Imdadkhani gharana after their grandfather.
He studied initially with his father. On his father's death in 1938 his training became the responsibility of his mother, Bashiran Begum, his grandmother, Bande Hussain Khan, and his maternal uncle, Wahid Khan. Around the same period Vilayat Khan began recording 78s. Peculiarly it is reported that he had to cope with odious comparisons with his father. Gradually he developed a style which, while acknowledging his kinsfolk's contribution, spoke with his own distinctive voice. His most outstanding contribution to his gharana's tradition is the evolution of what is known as a vocal style or gayaki ang on sitar. To some degree this is a term of convenience. Other contemporary musicians were striving to develop instrumental styles which more closely resembled the human voice -- it was after all the goal of all instrumentalists to mimic as far as possible the human voice -- and Vilayat Khan did not have a monopoly in this endeavor whatever some commentators claimed. That is not to detract from his achievement which was considerable and caused a sensation.
Vilayat Khan's strides in compensating for the sitar's shortcomings were immense. His career was marked by a regally consistent musical quality. An outspoken critic of low standards, he maintained levels of personal integrity that on occasion earned him the disfavor of the establishment. Little of his work was in any context other than the strictly classical one although he worked with Satyajit Ray on the soundtrack to the film Jalsaghar and the Ismail Merchant/James Ivory film The Guru. He might be summed up as a keeper -- not a quencher -- of the flame.
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Captivating Melodies of Sitar
Ustad Vilayat Khan, Zakir Hussain
Classical - Lançado por Sony Music India - 550 Music em 01/01/1988
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A Night to Remember
World - Lançado por Navras Records em 17/07/2013
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Live in Mumbai
Ustad Vilayat Khan, Zakir Hussain, Hidayat Khan
World - Lançado por Aimrec em 01/02/2011
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In Concert : Raga Khamaj (Live At Desingel, Antwerp)
Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pt. Anindo Chatterjee
Classical - Lançado por Navras Records em 16/10/2020
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Tradition
Ustad Vilayat Khan, Zakir Hussain, Hidayat Khan
World - Lançado por Aimrec em 01/03/2011
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Raag Shahana Kanada: Alap Jor and Jhala (Live)
Classical - Lançado por Sony Music India - 550 Music em 01/01/1988
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Vistaar
World - Lançado por Navras Records em 24/01/2006
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The Guru (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Film Soundtracks - Lançado por RCA - Legacy em 01/04/1969
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Ragas to Riches, Vol. 1 (Live)
World - Lançado por Navras Records em 07/04/2015
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Ustad Vilayat Khan: Sitar Vadan
World - Lançado por Ishtar Music Pvt. Ltd. em 06/06/1993
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Live at the Royal Festival Hall, London, November 25, 1993
Ustad Vilayat Khan, Shujaat Hussain
World - Lançado por Navras Records em 01/09/1995
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The Supreme Genius of Ustad Vilayat Khan
Folk - Lançado por OSMOSIS RECORDS em 19/10/1968
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Music of India (Album of 1962)
Miscellaneous - Lançado por Music of India em 21/04/2023
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The Brilliance of Sound
Folk - Lançado por OSMOSIS RECORDS em 19/10/1979
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Icons of Indian Music - Ustad Vilayat Khan (Hindustani Classical)
Classical - Lançado por Tips Industries Ltd em 08/03/2024
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Captivating Melodies of Sitar
Ustad Vilayat Khan, Zakir Hussain
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Echo Recording Co. Pvt. Ltd. em 05/03/2024
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Anthology - Evolution Of A Maestro
World - Lançado por Navras Records em 01/09/2007
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Aftab-E-Sitar (Indian Classical Sitar) (Live)
Indian Music - Lançado por Questz World em 18/01/2011
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Music of India
World - Lançado por Marmot Music em 12/08/2016
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