PUKAR - VINYL (Calling you) 1992
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Catalogue Number, JAAN 1101 VINYL
Vinyl Track Listing
1. Jheel Mai Chand 5:21
2. Mousum Suhana 3:15
3. Dil Mai 4:58
4. Jhoomo Gao 5:43
5. Pukar 4:44
6. Dil Jala Ne 8:18
7. Improvisation (Semi-Classical) 8’03
8. Baabul 5:23
9. Pukar (Without Tabla) 4:21
Description
Produced by Najma and music arranged by Bass player/Arranger, John Deemer, Pukar is seen as a natural progression from the previous albums. This album explores styles of improvisation raga, geet and other musical themes associated with Indian culture with light jazz influences and other western instrumentation & arrangements. For example, the Indian wedding theme, where one has the joy and happiness of traditional Heena (Mehndi) ceremonies, ‘Jhoomo Gao’, and then the sorrow of the Bidai (where the bride departs her home for the new one of her husband), ‘Baabul’, so the moods and lyrics are quite different. Another change from tradition was to use the normal intro Alaap at the end of the Ghazal instead of the beginning as on the track ‘Jheel mai Chand’. This album also explores new instrumentation coming from Persia, Oud (Persian stringed instrument), Indian Shehnai (Indian Horn instrument) and African marimba sounds, together with Indian vocals still based on the Ghazal, adds another new dimension.
Reviews
"Pukar, Najma's follow-up to her world music breakthrough Atish, is every bit as enchanting and splendid as its predecessor, displaying her ability to make Indian music accessible for Western audiences without diluting its essence."
All Music Guide
“Recommended are Pukar and Qareeb if you like to be transported by the rapturous and seductive tones of a gal who really ought to know better. What untold damage could be visited upon the hearts and minds of us gullible and Western fools? I don't suppose she does it on purpose, but be warned: dollars depart from wallets as she Plants her soul on the Pages of your bank account.”
Ian Anderson
Her music has the passion of a raging fire. In Pukar, Najma’s is at her best. The melody in almost all the songs is essentially classical and her voice, now more mellifluous that ever before, brings to each song a romantic tone.
Jai Kumar, DJ Magazine
Limited Edition Compact Disc
£15.50 GBP
FIVE RIVERS * Purchase VINYL here. * Watch out for 'Record Store Day' -- Five Rivers 'Gramophone Twelve Inch" Record', will be featured in the August 29th 2020 batch. (also Sept 26th 2020 & Oct 24th 2020)* Purchase CD here - https://najmaakhtar.bandcamp.com/album/five-rivers-cd –
Limited Edition 12" Vinyl
Najma Akhtar - Vinyl
£27 GBP
ATISH - VINYL (Fire) 1989
£40 GBP
QAREEB - CD (Closeness) 1987 – QAREEB - VINYL (Closeness) 1987
£50 GBP
RISHTE - CD (Bond/Relationship) 2009
£15.50 GBP
FARIYAAD - CD (Plea to the creator) 2009 – FARIYAAD - CD (Plea to the creator) 2009
£15.50 GBP
GHAZALS BY NAJMA - CD 1986
£15.50 GBP
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£50 GBP
FORBIDDEN KISS - CD 1996
£15.50 GBP
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£30 GBP
Najma Akhtar's Japan Tour Poster 1989
£300 GBP
CENTRE D'ACTION CULTURELLE DE SAINT-BRIEUC - French concert
£120 GBP
FUJI BANK - Japan's leading bank - Poster for Najma Akhtar's concert in Japan.
£300 GBP
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£15.50 GBP
Vivid Poster (Album release Poster)
£30 GBP
Vivid Post cards
£2 GBP
Najma Akhtar supports Nina Simone at the Dominium Theatre London
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£15.50 GBP
Ghazals by Najma - Cassette
£15.50 GBP
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£70 GBP
“Limited Edition Cassette" - QAREEB (Closeness) 1987
£15 GBP
'Pukar' Poster (album release poster)
£30 GBP
Theatre De La Ville - Performance Poster - Paris, France
£50 GBP
Qareeb Poster (album release poster)
£50 GBP
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz club concert Poster
£80 GBP
Cropped Promo Card Portrait B/W Photo (D) of Najma Akhtar
£30 GBP
Cropped Promo Card Portrait B/W Photo (C) of Najma Akhtar
£40 GBP
Cropped Promo Card Portrait B/W Photo (E) of Najma Akhtar
£40 GBP
Promo Card B/W Photo (A)
£40 GBP
Promo Card B/W Photo (B)
£40 GBP
'Ghazals By Najma' (album release poster)
£40 GBP
Najma Akhtar London, UK
Renowned vocalist takes us down The Ganges, Niger, Thames, Shannon, Mississippi with ‘Five Rivers’. Exploring synergies
between the ancient poetic art form of the Indian Ghazal and Western song traditions.
CollaboratIons with world-class artists, diverse as Jah Wobble, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, Andy Summers, Basement Jaxx, Jethro Tull, Philip Glass, Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart) and more.
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