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Thursday November 25th, 2021 with David Dalle
New Indian piano music from Utsav Lal; oud and sitar with Hussein El Masry and Narendra Bataju; Matthew Shipp live; more from Ballake Sissoko, Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita

Today we will start with something new from pianist Utsav Lal. Utsav Lal is a unique performer of Hindustani classical music on the piano. He has said that the Indian press always asks him "Why does he play this music on the piano?". I have suggested to him that his simple reply should be "because it sounds fantastic!" which it does! We will hear the first "Raga Shorts" from Utsav Lal, a new series of singles with short raga and raga inspired improvisations. He says "These improvisations are a documentative snapshot of the greater journey of playing this music on the piano." The first single is an alap jod jhala in rag Bhairav. All his music is available through Bandcamp: https://utsavlal.bandcamp.com/
You can still hear my in-depth conversation with Utsav Lal from last February on-demand. He goes into a lot of detail about developing new piano technique to be able to perform Indian classical music on this most unsuitable of instruments!
https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/105/50847.html
alap jod jhala in rag Bhairav
Utsav Lal - Raga Bhairav - Raga Shorts - Utsav Lal New
Mandé Tabolo
Ballake Sissoko - A Touma - No Format New
Touti Sakiliba
Ballake Sissoko - A Touma - No Format New
Voices on the Sea
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita - Suba - Bendigedig New
Wholetone
Matthew Shipp - Art of the Improviser - Thirsty Ear
Module
Matthew Shipp - Art of the Improviser - Thirsty Ear
Gamma Ray
Matthew Shipp - Art of the Improviser - Thirsty Ear
Patmos
Matthew Shipp - Art of the Improviser - Thirsty Ear
Egyptian oud player Hussein El Masry and Indian sitarist Narendra Bataju in a nearly hour-long improvisation accompanied by Egyptian and Indian percussion.
Entre Nil et Gange/Maqam Shahnaz
Hussein El Masry, Narendra Bataju, Adel Shams El-Din, Hanif Khan - Entre Nil et Gange - Institut du Monde Arabe
Interactive CKCU
David Dalle (host)
Listening along!

2:14 PM, November 25th, 2021
PeterB
Rats! Missed Utsav Lal live. Was not aware of the new recordings. But always very cool! Catch up later.... Happy homework. Matthew Shipp on now (14:50), yeah?

2:55 PM, November 25th, 2021
David Dalle (host)
Yeah a good ~25 minutes of Matthew Shipp

3:07 PM, November 25th, 2021
PeterB
Entre Nil et Gange is blowing my socks right off!!! I think they may have vaporized.

3:40 PM, November 25th, 2021
David Dalle (host)
Yeah it's a sock toaster for sure!

3:51 PM, November 25th, 2021
Benoît
This sitar+ piece is... great stuff. Words fail.

3:56 PM, November 25th, 2021
PeterB
Much as i like socks, don't think i would intentionally put them in the toaster. If they landed there of their own free will, well...... q;^)

3:58 PM, November 25th, 2021
B
dynamite socks

4:10 PM, November 25th, 2021
PeterB
OK, happy homework time! After the fact / OnDemand. The Lal piece is blowing my socks right off again. And that after having de-vapourized them from Entre Nil et Gange before. JUST &%#@ WOW!!! Thank you. Peace.

5:25 PM, November 25th, 2021