I recently had the chance to see Z. Hussain and Tabla Beat Science at the Montreal Jazz Festival. I tried to see who the maker of his tablas was but the label was unfortunately obscured (at least partially). It was a small yellow label on the side of the drum which said something like "Sadanna" or Gadanna" in red letters. Does anyone know of this tabla maker ? Or if he can be contacted for purchase ? Any info. would be greatly appreciated. . V.
(I think my last post didn't connect). .
Monk,
Thanks for the info, I'm sure you're right, it was Sadadan. The web site you mentionned seems to be down, or at least I can't seem to connect. Are you sure about the address ?
Do you have any other leads for Sadadan tablas ?
Thxs. V.
That is the right adress, i guess it is down at this time. I'm afraid I have no other leads on Sadadan tabla., you might call the Ali Akbar Khan School of music store and see if they have them.Other than that I dont know.
I always thought it was Sadanan or Sadanand, not Sadadan. . but I think we're all talking about the same person here.
In any case, Prafulla (tabla-player.com) is the only person I'm aware of that is selling these tablas by mail order. I have one tabla and it's amazing!
By the way, are you FROM Montreal, or were you just visiting for the Jazz Festival? I'm in Montreal, and I try to know all the tabla players in town. .so that's why I ask
I had a friend who actually got a pair while he was in India . To bad it's not a big company and Sadanand is getting old .
By the way there is a new Tala Matrix live double album and I like it better than the original.
It has Sultan Khan on Sarangi which adds a good dimension
Warren
http://www.angelfire.com/music3/tabla
