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Sattar Tari Khantaught Shaukat Hussain. That lineage was lost, but Punjab Gharana survived thanks to Ustad Alla Rakha, one of the most famous and celebrated tabla players of all time, a disciple of Kader Bux. The most famous tabla player in the world today is Zakir Hussain, the son and disciple of Ustad Alla Rakha. His technical wizardry and great sense of music have taken him where few can even imagine of. Zakir also took talim from Ahmedjan Thirakwa, and in that right, is a member of the Farrukhabad Gharana. Other important Punjab players are Yogesh Samsi (Alla Rakha), Ashok Godbole (Alla Rakha), Shyam Kane (Zakir Hussain), Anuradha Pal (Zakir Hussain), and Ray Speigel (Alla Rakha and Nikhil Ghosh). Aditya Kalyanpur, 20, is shaping up on the lines of Zakir, and Prafulla Athalye, 24, is a free thinker and although grounded in the Punjab tradition, adapts a lot of Lucknow and Farrukhabad repertoire in his playing. Originally a pakhawaj-playing gharana that has not abandoned its roots, the Punjab school was founded in the nineteenth century by Lala Bhavanidas. The complicated pakhwaj bols and the clear influence of the Punjabi language set this gharana apart. Syllables are elided, as shown in the transformation of 'Dhă te dhă ge nă' into 'Dhătdhă genă' and of 'Dhă' dhin dhin dhă into 'Dhă te dhădă. There is a greater range of tempos - besides ad and barabar, the gharana plays in kuad (fractions and multiples of two-and-a-half), and viad (fractions and multiples of three-and-a-half). This necessitates a rigorous time keeping by the player. Pakhwaj tăls such as dhamar, shultăl, and pancham sawari are popular with the players of this gharana. Certain authorities believe Kader Baksh the first to be the founder of the gharana, and still others believe Saddu Hussain Baksh to have founded this school. Ustad Alla Rakha was a disciple of Kader Baksh the second.
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