David Dalle
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 
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| Mandé Tabolo Ballake Sissoko - A Touma - No Format
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| Touti Sakiliba Ballake Sissoko - A Touma - No Format
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| Voices on the Sea Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita - Suba - Bendigedig
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| 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 |
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2:14 PM, November 25th, 2021