Shujaat Hussain Khan Discography of CDs

Shujaat Hussain Khan discography Shujaat Husain Khan is one of the greatest young masters of North Indian classical music. In this recording, a lengthy and serious performance of a single raga, he illustrates his indebtedness to his family's tradition and shows off some of the new musical material he has created. Shujaat is accompanied on the tabla on this recording by Abhiman Kaushal, who has accompanied many leading musicians of North Indian classical music, including Pandit Ravi ...

Shujaat Hussain Khan songs Shujaat Khan is probably best known for his involvement with the ensemble Ghazal, which brought together Middle Eastern and Indian music. Here, on his most recent solo outing, he breaks no new ground, but shows just how masterful a sitar player he is on the extended alaap improvisation on "Raga Khem," where he displays a powerful imagination, and once the raga proper begins with able tabla accompaniment from Shankha Chatterjee, Khan also shows a light, mellifluous vocal style. The other major piece here, "Janna, Meri Janna" offers an indication of his range, moving into a folkier style with a thumri that's more melodic than the raga. In the light of his previous work, this is more a holding action, but one that also offers a master class ...

Shujaat Hussain Khan CD discography Recording information: Firehouse Recording Studios, Pasadena, CA (04/28/2009). Editor: Rich Breen . Photographers: Lourdes Delgado; Genevieve Russell; Anthony Rhoades. Personnel: Shujaat Hussain Khan (vocals, sitar); Katayoun Goudarzi (vocals); Tim Ries (flute, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Kevin Hays (piano); Abhiman Kaushal (tabla). Audio Mixer: Rich Breen .