Tuesday, September 23, 2008

The Percussion Magic - Aaj Ko Junli Raat Maa

Under Papa Burman Pancham-da arranged this magnificent tune....check out Pancham-da's voice in the beginning as "Key Jaas Re Bhati Gang Baiya...."

Magnificent percussion usage throughout in the fantastic SDBurman folk tune. Badshaah Rafi Sahab bringing to life...

In the first interlude check out glimpse of tune that Pancham-da used few years later in "Rampur Ka Lakshman"...

Karle Pyaar Karle

40 years ago Pancham-da under his Papa created this masterpiece...check out how seamlessly HE created and utilised Brass, String and Rhythm.....a truely rollicking MAGIC

Jaane Jaan Dhoondhta Phir Raha

And here's the Mega-Super HiT from the 70s....

To my younger generation...check out how real acoustic drums plays magic that niether octapad or Yamaha digital drums kit can create....together with the continuous Bass Guitar....changing of tempo and rhythm with congo....simply MarVelous!!!!

Also the creative use of flute and the deep soul touching sound of Manohari Singh's Alto-Sax....nothing can compare to this masterpiece composed 38 years ago....

Title Song from The Great Gambler

Another masterpiece from Pancham-da....fantastic compostion....check out mesmerizing Tumba playing by Maruti Rao together with Franco's Bass Guitar

The Burning Train: Title Music

BOSS created another magic in the form of a Title Music....

Jaane Jaan....performed LIVE by great Manohari Singh

Check out how Manohari-da, the living legend and Kishore Sodha brought back 36 years old composition to life......

The tribute to R.D.Burman by his own musicians held at Kala Mandir,Calcutta on the 2nd Feb'07.Hear the entire musical troupe consisting of The Original R.D.Burman musicians playing this song.

Manohari Singh playing Title of Sholay

A glimpse...how Mahohari-da plays Sholay Title Music at Pune Show...

SHAAN -- The rollicking Title Music

38 years ago......Pancham-da created a MAGIC.....




Title Song from Mere Jeevan Saathi

What a beautical composition by Pacham-da, superb melody, rhythm and singing....master of MusiC.....what a wonderful blend of theme...O Mere Dil Ke Chain....


O Mere Dil Ke Chain - Mere Jeevan Saathi

Here's the cult song that rocked the world and still rocking......

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Pancham Unmixed at Independent South Asian Cine Festival, New Jersey


Pancham Unmixed – An Unending Journey
Docu Feature/India/2007/113min/ Hindi, English
Director: Brahmanand Singh
East Coast Premiere/ 21 September, Sunday 2.15 PM
http://www.njisacf.org/flash/njfilmfestival.html

Featuring: Asha Bhosle, Gulzar, Shammi Kapoor, Bhupinder,
Manna Dey, Rishi Kapoor, Pyarelal, Ameen Sayani, Vidhu Vinod
Chopra, Vishal Bharadwaj, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Usha Uthup,
Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Kavita Krishnamurthy, and many others -
over 40 eminent personalities from the industry, who remember
Pancham with fondness and humor and unequivocally vouch for
his genius and largesse as a human being.
One of the most versatile composers the Hindi Film Music Industry
had ever seen, RD Burman brought about a revolution in the
popular music of its time almost single-handedly. This is a neverbefore
incisive look into the composer’s reflective artistry and
buoyant-but-also-lonely inner being. You will hear many untold
and told stories by the most talented people from the film industry,
not to mention his evergreen songs.