Comments on: Take Five: Sachal Studios-Style

By: Daks

Daks — Sun, 22 May 2011 20:41:32 +0000

What can I say these Pakistanis are KILLERS…

By: K S Venkataraman

K S Venkataraman — Sat, 21 May 2011 14:06:39 +0000

I was very pleased that "Indian" classical music still survives in Pakistan. I used "Indian" very deliberately. It may be disingenuous and intellectually outright dishonest to call it "South Asian." The music as much belongs to Pakistan as it belongs to India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka.

I hope the traditional music based on raaga and tala will find wider audience and encouragement within Pakistan.

By: boston_mahesh

boston_mahesh — Fri, 20 May 2011 04:44:31 +0000

Remarkable. Lahoris are a very cultured bunch of folks. After all, Lahore was the cultural capital of Punjab for like 800 years. This piece is actually quite natural in this Hindustani arrangement, since Dave Brubeck's Take 5 is in 5/8 time signature, which is a common beat in Hindustani music and tabla playing.

The guitarist is really good! He's a very technical guitarist, and plays in a Spanish style. Ironically, Spanish music is also like Indian music, since Gypsies/Roma (who originated from NW India [probably Punjab area]) influenced Spanish music with their Phrygian modes. So this Desi guy is playing Desi-inspired music. This is sort of like a Nigerian guy playing blues music (which was inspired by African rumba beats).

The tabla's tone is very much the backbone of this piece, and although the ustaad was a bad ass, the producers may have been better off subduing his volume just a bit. Just my Rs.2. That being said, I must watch this video again. That tabla player is a total bad ass - actually he's much better than that...he's a Horrifying Ass.

By: annoymous

annoymous — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:19:39 +0000

Amazing. This is how music should sound like.

By: dasichist

dasichist — Thu, 19 May 2011 22:46:07 +0000

The album is out on amazon as of 5/17