![]() My copy of this album came from a highly recommended seller with access to EMI new old stock and sports immaculate, highly glossy vinyl and a basically brand new outer sleeve. Indeed, sharp-eyed viewers of the film "The Graduate" (1967) can see in one scene filmed in Berkeley, CA a concert poster for "Bismillah Khan and his 7 musicians." This particular album was released sometime after 1967 (likely 1975) because the notes mention a concert tour of the USA in 1967. Subbulakshmi and Ravi Shankar to be accorded this distinction. ![]() He was awarded India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 2001, becoming the third classical musician after M. He learned to play the shehnai (somewhat of an oboe-like instrument) at an early age but was able to do something no other shehnai player had done before: elevate the level of playing past that of a folk instrument most closely associated with wedding parties into a full-fledged classical instrument worthy of shining on the concert stage. ![]() Bismillah Khan (21 March 1913 – 21 August 2006) was born in Bihar. ![]()
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