: Listen: The rhythms of Chatur Lal, a gifted tabla player after whom a Delhi street is named #IndiaNEWS Alongside the role played by maestros Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan in popularising Hindustani

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Listen: The rhythms of Chatur Lal, a gifted tabla player after whom a Delhi street is named #IndiaNEWS
Alongside the role played by maestros Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan in popularising Hindustani music, their accompanying musicians also played a vital part of the process. Many are aware of the partnership between Ravi Shankar and Punjab gharana maestro Alla Rakha spanning several decades. But there was another major tabla exponent who also collaborated with both Shankar and Khan in their sojourns overseas in the 1950s and 1960s.This was the well-known performer Chatur Lal, who was originally from Udaipur but went on to become a staff artist at the Delhi station of the All India Radio in 1947.Unfortunately, he died young. But there are audio and video recordings of his performances that demonstrate his rhythmic virtuosity.In the 16th episode of our series on public spaces named after Hindustani musicians, we listen to his music as we take a walk along the Pandit Chatur Lal Road in Delhi’s South Extension neighbourhood.We begin with a short tabla solo in a rhythmic cycle of ten-and-a-half matras.The second track has a solo recital in the sixteen-matra Teentaal. He is accompanied by his brother Ram Narayan, the renowned sarangi maestro.The next tracks have tabla accompaniment provided by the celebrated Chatur Lal.On the...Read more

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