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BHATTACHARYA, DEBEN - Paris to Calcutta, Men and Music on the Desert Road

Format: BOOK + 4 CDs Label & Cat.Number: Sublime Frequencies SF 112 Release Year: 2018 Note: beautiful art book and ethno music document with photos and field recordings of traditional music from Bedouin camps, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, Pakistan and Greece, all recorded 1955 (!), first time published! - DEBEN BHATTACHARYA (1921-2001) was a field recordist, poet, filmmaker, musicologist from India....- 4 CDs with 43 tracks, four hours of music, 160 pages cloth bound cover Price (incl. 19% VAT): €52.50 More Info Deben Bhattacharya (1921-2001) was a field recordist, poet, filmmaker, musicologist, and amateur ethnomusicologist, based in Calcutta and Paris. Highly influential, it would not be too bold a stretch to say that his work shaped how we listen to the world: he produced a vast number of LPs, CDs, videos, and radio shows of traditional music from India, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe from 1953 until his death in 2001. Never before published, Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road features over four hours of music and is Deben\'s impressionistic account of a 1955 journey overland, in a converted milk delivery van, from France to India collecting and exploring music along the Desert Road from Europe into India. With four CDs of recordings, photographs, Deben\'s original recording notes, musical transcriptions, and more. An amazing glimpse into a time long gone and essential listening for anyone interested in folk and world music traditions. Produced and edited by Robert Millis (Indian Talking Machine (2015) and Victrola Favorites (DTD 011CD, 2009). \"Actually, I think my playing is probably more derived from the folk music records that I heard; Middle Eastern music, Indian music... for years I had something called Music On The Desert Road, which was an album with all kinds of different ethnic music. I used to listen to that all the time.\" --Frank Zappa, 1993 (from an interview in Guitarist Magazine, talking about an LP released by Deben in 1956 using a few edited versions of the music included on this compilation.) 160 pages, cloth bound cover with four CDs: 45 pages of photographs and 50 pages of detailed recording notes. Introductions by Jharna Bose Bhattacharya, Robert Millis and WG Archer. Includes recordings of: Students of the Salonica Quaker Girl\'s School Dance of Jerissos,Saban Akdao, Hasan Sayin, Reza Argin, Jumma Ali, Vakkas Kaplan, Feizi Kaplan, Hüseyin Eroğlu, Raif Karsligil, Imam and congregation of the mosque at Kilis, Dervish worshippers in the house of Sheikh Saud Mawlawi, Nour Hanbali, Antone Noweh, Doureid Laham, Bashraf Sama\'i Taatyus, Andalusi Muwashshah, Hazim, Suleiman and friends, Al-Haj Hashim Mohammad, Shu\'aib Ibrahim, Abdul-KArim Al Azawi, Shu\'aib Ibrahim, Khalil Akrawi, Ostad Zareen Panje Bel, Gulfa-e-Ghani and Zareef, Ostad Abol-Hassan Saba, Sher Khoda, Darioosh Sefvat, Hamedanian, Shapoore Delshadi, Eskandare Ebrahimi and Orchestra, Eskandare Ebrahimi , Muhammad Hussein, Dost Muhammad, Abdul Kader, Saroj Narang, Jyotish CH. Choudhury, Kalipada Das, Bhona, Mangal Mukerjee, and Jai Chand Bhagat and Babu. Track Listing: Disc 1 01. Students of the Salonica Quaker Girl\'s School - Dance of Jerissos (Ierissos) 02:50 listen 02. Saban Akdao, cümbüs - Çiftetelli (gazel) 09:39 listen 03. Hasan Sayin, singer; Reza Argin, zurna; Jumma Ali, dhavul - Untitled 02:45 listen 04. Vakkas Kaplan, zurna; Feizi Kaplan, dhavul - Mahlo: Song of the Highway Men 02:44 listen 05. Hüseyin Eroglu, vocals, cura saz - Karacaoglan 05:16 listen 06. Raif Karsligil, unaccompanied vocals - Karayilan (Black Snake) 05:01 listen 07. Imam and congregation of the mosque at Kilis - Mevludin Nebevi (the prophet\'s birth) 05:36 listen 08. Performer unknown - Folksong from Outebeh, vocals and rababa (one stringed fiddle) 04:28 listen 09. Performer unknown - Bedouin Melody, Shebbabeh (flute) and darabuka (drum) 03:38 listen 10. Performer unknown - Bedouin dance from Katana 02:30 listen 11. Dervish worshippers in the house of Sheikh Saud Mawlawi - Maqam rasd (In praise of the prophet) 02:06 listen 12. Performer unknown - Sabah, played on the Ney (flute) 02:20 listen 13. Nour Hanbali, qanun; Antone Noweh, oud; Doureid Laham, darabuka - Suite in maqam rasd featuring Bashraf Sama\'i Taatyus and Andalusi Muwashshah 13:49 listen Disc 2 01. Performer unknown - Taqsim (improvisation) on violin 03:19 listen 02. Hazim, rebab (bowed spike fiddle) - Ballad of the Shahlaan Family 10:16 listen 03. Unidentified coffee grinders (two different grinders, switching hands halfway through) - Bedouin coffee grinding beats 06:24 listen 04. Suleiman and friends, accompanied by rebab - Hijeni (a love song often sung while riding away on a horse) 06:16 listen 05. Al-Haj Hashim Mohammad, santoor (hammered dulcimer); Shu\'aib Ibrahim, joza (Iranian rebab); Abdul-Karim Al Azawi, dumbuk - Sharqi Dokah (love song) 08:40 listen 06. Shu\'aib Ibrahim, joza - Taqsim in maqam ajam 03:50 listen 07. Al-haj Hashim Mohammad Al-rejab, santoor; Shu\'aib Ibrahim, joza; Abdul-Karim Al-Azawi, dumbuk - Maqam hadidi 03:45 listen 08. Khalil Akrawi, vocals, spoons - Kasam-e-Meru (excerpt from a 25-minute piece) 01:49 listen 09. Ostad Zareen Panje Bel - Tar solo in humayun dastgah 10:45 listen Disc 3 01. Gulfa-e-Ghani and Zareef, zarb - Train rhythm imitation 02:03 listen 02. Ostad Abol-Hassan Saba - Setar improvisation in mahour dastgah 02:40 listen 03. Sher Khoda, zarb - Shahnama 13:38 listen 04. Darioosh Sefvat - Santoor solo in isfahan dastgah 10:20 listen 05. Hamedanian, zarb - Baba Karam 12:36 listen 06. Shapoore Delshadi, tar - Tar solo in isfahan dastgah 06:36 listen 07. Eskandare Ebrahimi and Orchestra - Humayun 16:06 listen Disc 4 01. Eskandare Ebrahimi - Setar improvisation in mahour dastgah 08:06 listen 02. Muhammad Hussein, zurna (horn); Dost Muhammad, dhol (kettle drum) - Atan (dance song) 04:01 listen 03. Dost Muhammad, dhol - Battle rhythm 01:29 listen 04. Abdul Kader, solo voice - Love song from Herat 02:52 listen 05. Performer unknown - Nose flute improvisation 02:34 listen 06. Performers unknown, harmonium, tabla - Sikh song on Hindu/Moslem unity 11:45 listen 07. Saroj Narang - Simla folk song 02:37 listen 08. Jyotish CH. Choudhury, sitar - Raga zila 07:04 listen 09. Kalipada Das, flute; unknown, anandalahari (friction drum) - Methosur (rural folk song) 04:02 listen 10. Unknown performers, clarinet and drum - Improvisation on film tune 02:34 listen 11. Bhona, sitar; Mangal Mukerjee, ghara (claypot drum) - Raga kafi 06:50 listen 12. Jai Chand Bhagat and Babu, vocals, cymbals, ektara - Bhajan (devotional song) 04:15 listen 13. Jai Chand Bhagat and Babu - Bhajan (devotional song) 04:48 listen 14. Temple bells and drums 02:34 listen - Deben Bhattacharya\'s impressionistic, poetic travelogue written on the road from Paris to Calcutta in 1955, never before published. - Deben Bhattacharya (1921-2001) was a field recordist, poet, filmmaker, musicologist, and amateur ethnomusicologist, based in Calcutta and Paris. - Introductions by Jharna Bose Bhattacharya, Robert Millis and WG Archer. - 43 tracks, over four hours of music, all recorded in 1955 featuring music from Bedouin camps, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, Pakistan and Greece. - 160 pages, cloth bound cover with four CDs. - 45 pages of photographs; 50 pages of detailed recording notes. https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/paris-to-calcutta-men-and-music-on-the-desert-road