Name | Instrument | Hindustani Musician Family | Occupation | Age | Sex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aashish Khan | Sarod | Yes | Musician | 52 | Male |
Amit Chatterjee | Sitar | Yes | Musician | 30 | Male |
Arn Burghardt | Rudra Veena, Sitar, Vocal | No | Teacher | Early 40s | Male |
Brooks Parsons | Tabla | No | Arts Administrator | 37 | Male |
David Whetstone | Sitar | No | Musician | 36 | Male |
Enayet Hussain | Tabla | Yes | Student | 20 | Male |
Franc Menusan | Sitar, Rudra Veena, Tabla | No | Musician | 40 | Male |
Kinnar K. Seen | Sitar, Tabla, Vocal | Yes | Musician | Mid 30s | Male |
Mark Lutnes | Sitar | No | Musician | Late 30s | Male |
Misha Masud | Tabla | No | Musician | 40s | Female |
Patsy Margolin | Vocal | No | Musician | 50 | Female |
Paul Leake | Tabla | No | Musician | 42 | Male |
Ray Spiegel | Tabla | No | Musician | 38 | Male |
Steve Gorn | Bansuri Flute | No | Musician | 47 | Male |
Direct Teachers: | Location: | Duration: |
|---|---|---|
Baba Allaudin Khan * | Mihar, M.P. | 24 years ('44-'68) |
Ali Akbar Khan ** | California/India | 23 years ('68-now) |
Annapurna Devi *** | Bombay, India | on and off since childhood |
* grandfather, Seniya Mihar gharana
** father, Seniya Mihar gharana
*** aunt, Seniya Mihar gharana
Recordings were not important in the development of his music.
Direct Teachers: | Gharana: | Location: | Duration: |
|---|---|---|---|
Manju Chatterjee * | Patiala | Calcutta/U.S. | since birth ('61-now) |
Ashok Pathak | Pathak | Delhi/Miami | 7 months (early-80s?) |
Imrat Khan | V. Khan | Miami | 3 months (mid-80s?) |
Amit Adiecha ** | Indore | N.Y./Switzerland | 3 years (late-80s?) |
* Amit's mother, a disciple of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
** a student of Rais Khan
Recordings were not important in the development of his music.
Direct Teachers: | Gharana: | Location: | Duration: |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Silver | Indore | Minneapolis | 1 1/2 years('72-'73) |
|
Aijaz Khan | Indore | Bombay | 4 months ('73) |
|
Usman Khan | Indore | United States | several weeks ('75) |
|
Asadali Khan | Jaipur | United States | several weeks ('77) |
Recordings were not important in the development of his music.
Direct Teachers: | Gharana: | Location: | Duration: |
|---|---|---|---|
Wasantaa W. Singh | ? | New York | 3 years (late-'60s?) |
Shashi Nayak | Benares | N.Y./Boston | 4 years ('70s?) |
Paul Leake | Farukhabad | New York | 1 1/2 years ('90-'91) |
Influential Recordings/Artists:
Robert Gottlieb, "The Major Traditions of North Indian Drumming"
Direct Teachers: | Gharana: | Location: | Duration: |
|---|---|---|---|
Aashish Khan | Seniya | California | 3 months (1971) |
Brian Silver | V. Khan | Minnesota | 4 years ('71-'74) |
Vilayat Khan | V. Khan | India | 4 months (1978) |
Vilayat Khan | V. Khan | Washington DC | 4 months (1987) |
Shujaat Khan | V. Khan | India | 4 months (1978) |
Shahid Parvez | V. Khan | Philadelphia | 3 weeks (1988) |
Ghulam Hssn. Khan | Indore | India | 1 1/2 years (1989) |
Influential Recordings/Artists and Gharana:
Vilayat Khan - Vilayat Khan Gharana
Direct Teachers: | Gharana: | Location: | Duration: |
|---|---|---|---|
Ustad Kader Buksh | Farukhabad | India | ? |
Ustad Hamid Hossain | Farukhabad | India | 14 years ('77-now) |
Ustad Shaukat Khan | Delhi | Calcutta | 6 months ('88?) |
Ustad Enam Ali Khan | Farukhabad | Delhi | 1 month ('88?) |
Zakir Hussain | Panjab | U.S. | 2-3 weeks ('89-'90?) |
Samar Saha | Benares | Calcutta | 2 months ('88?) |
Daood Hussain | Farukhabad | Calcutta | 1 month ('88?) |
Influential Recordings/Artists and Gharana:
Sampta Prasad - Benaras
Allah Rakha - Panjab
Ahmed Jan Thirakwa - Farukhabad
Direct Teachers: | Gharana: | Location: | Duration: |
|---|---|---|---|
V.G. Srimati * | Kirana/Dhrupad | N.Y.C. | 5 years ('74-?) |
K. Paramjyoti ** | Delhi | N.Y.C. | 2 years ('74-?) |
Vasant Rai *** | Beenkar | N.Y.C. | 9 year ('74-?) |
* taught vocals
** taught tabla
*** taught sitar
Influential Recordings/Artists:
Nikhil Banerjee
Pandit Balram Pathale
Roshnava Begum
Padma Talwakar
Vilayat Khan/Bismillah Khan
Brij Bhusham Kabra, "Yemen"
Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan "Sri/Sidhu Bhairavi"
Direct Teachers: | Gharana: | Location: | Duration: |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pandit Lachhman Singh | Seen | Panjab | Jalandhar | since birth ('64-now) |
Recordings were not important in the development of his music .
Direct Teachers: | Gharana: | Location: | Duration: |
|---|---|---|---|
Vasant Rai | Allaudin Khan | New York | 3-4 years ('67-'71) |
Shyam Yodh | Vilayat Khan | New York | 4-6 months (early '70s) |
Al Gromer | Vilayat Khan | Germany | 7 months (late-'70s) |
Imrat Khan | Vilayat Khan | N.Y./London | 8 years ('83-now) |
Influential Recordings and Gharana:
Vilayat Khan - Vilayat Khan Gharana
"Chandani Kedar"
"Darbari Kanada"
" Puriya "
"Bilaval"
Direct Teachers: | Gharana: | Location: | Duration: |
|---|---|---|---|
Ustad Allah Rakha | Panjab | N.Y.C./L.A. | 4 months ('68) |
Pandit Taranath Ramarao | Ajrada | L.A./India | 2 years ('68-'69) |
K. Paramjyoti | Delhi | N.Y.C. | 5 years ('75-'80) |
Pandit Ravi Shankar * | Dhrupad-Beenkar | N.Y.C. | 1 1/2 years ('67) |
* College course study: history, appreciation, vocal and rhythm.
Recordings were not important in the development of her music.
Direct Teachers: | Gharana: | Location: | Duration: |
|---|---|---|---|
Ravi Shankar * | Dhrupad | Wesleyan | 2 years ('67-'69) |
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar | N/A | Wesleyan | 3/4 year ('69) |
Jnan Prakosh Ghosh | N/A | U.PA (Phil.) | a few lessons ('69) |
Jitendra Abhisheki | N/A | Los Angeles | 1 1/2 years ('68) |
Taranath Ramarao | N/A | Los Angeles | 1 year ('67) |
Allah Rakha ** | Panjab | Los Angeles | 1 summer ('67) |
* taught vocal
** taught tabla
Influential Recordings/Artists and Gharana:
Ravi Shankar "Three Ragas" (Jog, Simhendra-Madhyama, Ahir Bhairav) - Dhrupad Gharana
Jitendra Abhisheki "Jati"
Direct Teachers: | Gharana: | Location: | Duration: |
|---|---|---|---|
Prof. KaliPrasad Sherma | Benares | Katmandu | 4 years ('69-'73) |
Ustad Keramatullah Khan | Farukhabad | Calcutta | 5 years ('70-'75) |
Ustad Sabir Khan | Farukhabad | U.S. | 1 year (early-'80s) |
Recordings were not important in the development of his music
Direct Teachers: | Gharana: | Location: | Duration: |
|---|---|---|---|
John Cooper | N/A | Bronxville, NY | 1 year ('70-'71) |
Sri Shankar Ghosh | ? | Ali Akbar School | 3 months ('70?) |
Sri B.S. Ramanna | Lucknow | New Delhi | 10 months ('71-'72) |
Ustad Zakir Hussein | Panjab/Faruk. | NY, Bombay | 16 years ('75-now) |
Influential Recordings/Artists and Gharana:
Ravi Shankar and Allah Rakha - Panjab Gharana "The Drums of North and South India"
Ali Akbar Khan - Seniya
Direct Teachers: | Gharana: | Location: | Duration: |
|---|---|---|---|
Z.M. Dagar * | Dagarbani | New York | over 5 years ('69-'74) |
Hira Lal *** | Nandi Lal | Benares | 1 1/2 years ('69) |
Chati Lal Shrivastava ** | N/A | Benares | 1 1/2 years ('69?) |
Gour Goswami ** | N/A | Calcutta | 3 years ('70-'71,'73) |
* student of Pannalal Ghosh
** taught bamboo (bansuri) flute
*** taught shanhai
Recordings were not important in the development of his music.
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