Qawwali ....Nasrut Fateh Ali Khan

Thanks all for the terrific responses...

Erider/Jazzcourier: is this the album set that you are referring to? Looks to be quite pricey!!

http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Concerts-Complete-Vol-1-5/dp/B000056B7S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239652372&sr=1-1

Erider: I'll take a look at the documentary and get back to you on this thread. Yes, there is something magical about Qawwali and esp. Nusrat in these "early" (well for most of us) years!

Erider: Wow....that's quite powerful music from Banerjee. I'm not an aficionado of Indian classical, but did have the good fortune to attend the Dravidian music festival in Chennai a while back with some friends. I have just enough knowledge to be astounded by his virtuousity...and more importantly the soul behind the music.

Do you know of a recording of Banerjee on the market?

Also, in a very different and less spiritual vein (well perhaps not), there is VM Bhatt (interviewed in the Banerjee film) and Ry Cooder's "Meeting by the River" which I love as a depiction of two virtuoso's meeting and communicating musically with each other. I love that recording!

Posting the Banerjee vid here for subsequent readers of this thread who may be interested.

http://www.stevenbaigel.com/banerjeedoc/video/Nikhil.sample.12C.mov

Yep. The Ocora Label is it. You may want to contact Maharani or Rahul and I in Houston for a better price. Glad you enjoyed Nikhil Banerjee. Several CDs of his are available on the Chhanda Dhara label and on Raga Records. Again, I suggest contacting the above for the lowest prices. It is difficult to choose a few, I can only tell you which I like but you may not. Let me know if you would still like to know.

Here are some more performers you may enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZWyhhE1sxw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH8BgubvXWM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddmrZODI208

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXkAXolK_WI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgdaLWBvXA0

Yes-those are THE recordings.Looks as if they have gone out of print for the moment.Those prices are unrealistic.They will turn up for you at a reasonable price eventually.Enjoy!