Who is Kumar Bose? I looked for CDs with that name on amazon.com and half.com and found nothing. Lots of Miquel Bose, no Kumar Bose.
It's hard to disappoint a pessimist.
By the way, amazon.com really isn't the best place to be looking for Indian classical CDs. You'll find a lot more at khazana.com . .
Shawn
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Kumar is a major player and always with the big names
. In addition to his talent he's known as a nice unassuming person, highly favoured as an accompanist.
From a western drummers perspective he might be considered a pocket player.
Kumar Bose is a fenomenal player. I don't think that there is any one else who has a better control of the bayan, better dynamics and better overal feeling on tabla today as Kumar Bose.
Warren (Mar 16, 2003 09:49 p.m.):
Kumar is a major player and always with the big names
. In addition to his talent he's known as a nice unassuming person, highly favoured as an accompanist.
From a western drummers perspective he might be considered a pocket player.
There is a kumar bose solo tabla cd available at www.senseworldmusic.com. it is recorded live at Saptak Festival, ahmedabahd.
kumar bose is senior disciple of kishen maharaj, and of benares gharana. Came to prominence through his flamboyant acccompaniment of ravi shankar in 1970's.
widely acknowledged as one of the great modern tabla players.
