Purbayan Chatterjee launched his album "Stringstruck" for a privileged few who got to hear a sneak preview of it in Concert at The Tollygunge Club this evening. The entire album will be played at his "Unnati Conert" tomorrow by the banks of the River Hooghly at Princep Ghat. Todays performance of 4 tracks had the rather upper-stiff-lip sorts also enthralled who broke out into controlled clap & cheer after a bit of prodding from the man of the evening, Purbayan.
Accompanying him was the fabulous duo of Bickram Ghosh on tabla & Taufiq Qureshi on percussion. Bumpy on Bass also chipped in, but I particulary liked the contributions made by the keyboard player, Atul Raninga and Rakesh Chaurasia on the flute. Ruprekha Banerjee lent vocals on the first track to open the concert.
With each passing performance I see of Purbayan's, I am convinced he is going to leave a mark on music with a significant contribution to the entertainment business. Unfortunately I have two weddings to fit into one evening tomorrow; else I'd be on the banks of the Hooghly.
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