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Meditation goes with Nikhil Banerjee ..... !!!

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Raag Darbari -by Pandit Nikhil Banerjee

A Syed Wajid's Presentation

*Q. Does your music today directly or indirectly reflect some of those influences?

'Yes, of course! To be very frank, yes, I'm very much influenced by a few musicians. One thing my teacher Allauddin Khansahib used to say, he being a very conservative musician, but he always used to say, "Collect anything, good thing, from any music from anywhere in the world!" Allauddin Khansahib being such a strict and conservative type, every night I can very well remember, every night from 9 till 11 o'clock. All-India Radio used to broadcast Western classical music. And every day from 9 till 11 he used to hear that, and he liked that Western classical music so much that he used to say, "Just listen to this music, how much they have perfected a note! Each note correct and so much in tune!" In that respect he used to always say that you should collect and get whatever you get from anybody, from anywhere in the world. So naturally, I used to hear all kinds of music but two musicians have influenced me very much in my life: naturally one is Allauddin Khansahib; I consider him as really incomparable. Depth! It is all interlinked; as a man, as a musician, so kind-hearted to everybody, every animal, each thing was considered, and each thing has touched my heart. Such a great in every respect! I'm also very much influenced by, and have learned from Ali Akbar Khan. I consider him one of the greatest living musicians of the world! And in vocal music, Amir Khansahib. Also, during that early time I heard Omkarnath Thakur, Faiyaz Khan, Kesarbai, Roshanara, and in instrumental music naturally Allauddin Khansahib".

(Nikhil Banerjee said in an Interview .....)

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