Ali Akbar Khan Discography
This discography lists 30 Ali Akbar Khan recordings I own. The list is chronological by publication date (roughly; some dates are unknown). A few items are repackagings of older recordings. The cover of the 1964 Prestige LP misspells Khansahib's name as "Ali Akbar-Kahn", clearly he was not yet well known then.
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| Cover | Title | Catalog | Year | Format | Tabla | Other musicians | Ragas | |
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Master Musicians of India | Prestige 1078 | 1964 | LP | Kanall Dutta | Ravi Shankar, sitar | Palas Kafi Bilaskhani Todi |
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Master Musician of India | Connoisseur Society CS 462 | 1966 | LP | Mahapurush Misra | Chandranandan Gauri Manjari |
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Morning and Evening Ragas | Connoisseur Society CS 1766 | 1966 | LP | Mahapurush Misra | Goojjari Todi Misra Mand |
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Anth. of Indian Music Vol. One | World Pacific WDS-26200 | 1967 | 3 LPs | Shankar Ghosh | Basant Mookhari | ||
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Ali Akbar Khan | Odeon S-MOAE 168 | 1967 | LP | Shankar Ghosh | Medhavi Bairagi |
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Pre-dawn to Sunrise Ragas | Connoisseur Society CS 1967 | 1967 | LP | Mahapurush Misra | Bairagi Aheer Bhairow |
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The Forty Minute Raga | Connoisseur Society CS 2008 | 1968 | LP | Mahapurush Misra | Marwa | ||
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Ragmala | Connoisseur Society CS 2011 | 1969 | LP | Mahapurush Misra | Jogiya-Kalingda Bhairavi Bhatiyar / Ragmala |
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The 80 Minute Raga | Connoisseur Society CS 2012 | 1969 | LP | Mahapurush Misra | Kanara Prakaar | ||
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Shree Rag | Connoisseur Society CS 2015 | 1969 | LP | Shankar Ghosh | Shree | ||
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Concert for Bangla Desh | Apple STCX 3385 | 1971 | 3 LPs | Alla Rakha | Ravi Shankar, sitar | Bangla Dhun | |
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Bangla Desh | Connoisseur Society CS 2042 | 1972 | LP | Shankar Ghosh | Bhim Palashree Misra Shivaranjani |
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Ali Akbar Khan Nikhil Banerjee Mahapurush Misra |
Connoisseur Society CS 2055 | 1973 | LP | Mahapurush Misra | Nikhil Banerjee, sitar | Manj Khammaj Misra Mand |
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Music for Meditation | Connoisseur Society CS 2063 | 1974 | LP | Bilaskhani Todi | |||
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The Exotic Sitar and Sarod | Capitol T10497 | n.d. | LP | Alla Rakha | Ravi Shankar, sitar | Shree Sindhu Bhairavi |
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Ethereal Duet | Ganesh Records DRLS 4002 | n.d. | LP | Zakir Hussain | L. Subramaniam, violin Ramnad V. Raghavan, mridangam |
Jog | |
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Sarod Vadan | [Unidentified] | n.d. | Cassette | [Unidentified] | Multani Hindol-Hem Madhvi Bhairagi |
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The Jewels of Maihar | AAMP/CS82-3 | 1982 | Cassette | Mahapurush Misra | Darbari Todi Bhupali Todi |
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Rare Artists - Rare Ragas | SNCD 21086 | 1986 | CD | Swapan Chaudhuri | Darbari Todi Mia Ki Sarang Mishra Gara |
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AAMP Signature Series Vol. 1 | AAMP CD9001 | 1990 | CD | Mahapurush Misra | Chandranandan Gauri Manjari Jogiya Kalingra |
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AAMP Signature Series Vol. 3 | AAMP CD9404 | 1994 | CD | Mahapurush Misra Shankar Ghosh |
Marwa Shivaranjani |
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Morning Visions | AAMP CD9406 | 1994 | CD | Mahapurush Misra | Mian-ki Todi Sindhu Bhairavi |
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Legacy | AAMP 7216-2 | 1996 | CD | Swapan Chaudhuri | Asha Bhosle, vocal | [various] | |
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Passing on the Tradition | AAMP CD9608 | 1996 | CD | Swapan Chaudhuri | Marwa Puriya Kalyan |
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Duet | RSMC-D-103 | 1993 | CD | Zakir Hussain | L. Subramaniam, violin Ramnad V. Raghavan, mridangam |
Sindhi Bhairavi | |
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All India Radio Archival Release V. 9 | SICCD 112 | 1997 | CD | Manjh Khamaj Madhumand Sarang |
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From Father to Son | AAMP CD0209 | 2002 | CD | Swapan Chaudhuri | Alam Khan, sarod | Puriya Dhanashri | |
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Swara Samrat | AAMP CD0310 | 2003 | CD | Swapan Chaudhuri | Narayani Gauri Chandra Dhani |
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Master Musician | SaReGaMa CDNF 15010 | 2004 | CD | Zakir Hussain Swapan Chaudhuri Shankar Ghosh Swapan Chaudhuri |
Ahir Bhairav Malayalam Khamaj Chhayanat |
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Evening Ragas / Live in S.F. | AAMP CD1979 | 2019 | CD | Zakir Hussain | Pahadi Jhinjhoti Durgeshwari |
One that got away (thankfully):
During graduate school, I owned the Connoisseur Society LP Flowers of Evil,
with actress Yvette Mimieux reading poems from Baudelaire's Les fleurs du mal while Khansahib played.
I really hated it. A friend hosted a ritual book burning (rationale: the Nazis gave book burning a bad name,
but it would be cathartic to destroy works we hated), so I burned my copy of this Mimieux/AAK collaboration.
I don't regret it.
As I recall, others burned Gibran's The Prophet and Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
