Jam Session at my place

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 21 Jul 2009, 13:23

coolkarni wrote:I would prefer to see one of our programs where rbharath attends as matter of certainty and guarantee.

And not on terms of "I Will Try", " will come for a few minutes" etc etc

its always better to have an "if" clause and to reply in a not-so-confirmatory fashion.

vainika · Post by **vainika** » 23 Jul 2009, 16:24

coolkarni wrote:Next alternative, I have fixed Venaktpvs place at Virugambakkam.So it is on.Let us wait for a day or so to finalise.

Coolji et al., I think we may have to go with an alternative to my place this time around. Sorry about that.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 23 Jul 2009, 17:19

But... But...

That's the other side of Saligramam!

But, much more importantly, could we make it a date when vainika is free?

.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 23 Jul 2009, 19:21

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 23 Jul 2009, 21:31

coolkarni wrote:
Is rajesh still at kutralam , under the waterfalls?

Cool
I did not go to Kutralam at all, will let you know about my availability by Fri/Sat.

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 23 Jul 2009, 21:51

Is rajesh still at kutralam , under the waterfalls?

If he had been, you people could've had the other kind of jam session -- the one you used to explain what jam sessions are.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 23 Jul 2009, 22:02

coolkarni wrote:Is rajesh still at kutralam , under the waterfalls?

I wonder why, but this talks of kuTRAlam reminds me of an ancient film song that goes 'mayilApUr vakkIlAttu mATTupeNAvEn, vaigAsi Ani mAdam kuTRAlam pOvEn'...

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 23 Jul 2009, 22:19

Those were the days when we were not globe trotting Indians; summer meant ' seasonukku kuTRAlam pOvadu'- to escape 'agni nakshatram.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 23 Jul 2009, 22:23

Punarvasu wrote:Those were the days when we were not globe trotting Indians; summer meant ' seasonukku kuTRAlam pOvadu'- to escape 'agni nakshatram.

Yes - you are right! Do you remember the movie by any chance?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 24 Jul 2009, 04:19

Ravi,
Punarvasu cannot boast of seeing the film the first time around. She is too young for that!
Yes, and vAramtOrum sabaikkup pOy kachEri kETpEn, vairrat tOdu paTTup puDavai vagai vagaiyAi pODuvEn (?)
inda mAmiyArai mAmanArai veccEnO pArEn--mayilApUr vakIL Attu mATTup peNNAvEn. Scary

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 24 Jul 2009, 04:32

The movie is 'Miss Malini' a low budget movie produced by SS Vasan ~1946 (most of you barring arasi and myself were not born yet). The other song is
'kutthaalaththula iDi iDiccha coimbatore viLakkaNayum
thenkaasile thEL kotTTina thiruppathile neRi kaTTumaam...'

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 24 Jul 2009, 05:35

arasi-

To be frank, I do not evn remeber hearing the song;cine songs were a strict no -no in our house.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 24 Jul 2009, 07:15

Punarvasu,
What did I say? You weren't around. Otherwise you would have heard those popular songs from at least from some of your friends!

CML,
tenkAsiyile tEL koTTinA tiruppatiyile neRi kaTTumAm!
Sundari Bai comes from a village to see her friend Pushpavalli (Miss Malini) in cennai paTTaNam. Soon after her urban friend sings praises of her glorious urban life in a rAga mAlikai (kottamangalam Subbu's super lyrics), there is a power cut and the village damsel sings, mocking her friend: elekkaTTari (electric) viLAkkai nambi ilayap pODalAmO (okay, set the table!), taNNiK kuzhAi nambit talaiyil eNNai vaikkalAmO?
GBL and a few others may recall this remarkable Gemini film of Vasan. I don't remember most of it--I was too young

but those songs stayed with us. Gemini Ganesan's debut performance too. Another first was cartoonist Thanu's very short cartoon strip which was the opener for the film. Vasan the pioneer.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 24 Jul 2009, 07:18

I think the proper meaning of Jam is the mouth watering avial or the koottu prepared on the tiruvadirai day as gravy to the tasty kali . gobilalitha. so many singers joining together to exhibit their wares, in various swarams or apaswarams gobilalitha

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 24 Jul 2009, 08:47

GBL,
Do you remember Miss Malini?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 24 Jul 2009, 09:16

I found this track on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaV4cpKMIYc

sagars · Post by **sagars** » 24 Jul 2009, 17:16

Coolji I will be in Chennai this Sunday and monday to attend a maariage. Where is the meeting place. In case it is in the afternoon I can attend and return to marriage hall in time for a delicious even tiffin and janvasam.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 24 Jul 2009, 17:32

Ravi,
That was something! You made me fill in the blanks for all the words I had forgotten in the 'glory' song of mod cons in a city. Did you hear the hndOLam bit where she sings: UTTi koDaikkAnal ellAm uTkArnda iDAndanilE kUTTi varum vITTukkuLLE kuLumai tarum cooling system? Air conditioning was yet to come! That one line 'jala jalavena kuLu kuLuvena mazhai pozhiyum shower bath!' in amruta varshini. That verse about 'pAlADai paSu veNNai pazham ellAm eDuttu, pADam paNNik kai paDAmal DuBBAvil aDaittu engaL paSi tIrkka pala dESam anuppi vaikkum tinnu....inda dESam viLaiyA viTTAlum kavalai engaLUkkillai can be rewritten as 'engaL nATTup paNDamellAm Engum muDAi ilAdu kiDAikkum'...inda dESam viLaiyAviTTAlum kavalai engaLUkkillai' for those of us who live away from India.
Wish we had the song sung by Sundari Bai too, squashing the pride of this 'modern' metropolitan!
Nostalgia takes over. Sorry, Mods. This is not the thread for me to carry on.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 24 Jul 2009, 19:09

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 24 Jul 2009, 19:11

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 24 Jul 2009, 19:20

Cool, please send me the address.

I'm unlikely to make it by 9.30am, but might manage to pop in before lunch, if only to listen

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 24 Jul 2009, 21:04

Many thanks Shankar
Do post the links if you can track more Tracks from Miss Malini!

Sorry arasi
Let us not Jam cool's Jam session with our golden memories

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 25 Jul 2009, 00:26

Since I was the one who brought in Miss Malini into this thread, let me be the one leading her out - MODS can you please move all the 'Miss Malini' related posts to http://rasikas.org/forums/post130129.html#p130129?

THANK YOU!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 25 Jul 2009, 06:57

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 25 Jul 2009, 12:03

I remember seeing this movie, Miss Malini, on DD long while ago..

Randor guy had written about it on The Hindu's CinemaPlus sometime last month.

rajumds · Post by **rajumds** » 25 Jul 2009, 13:32

I have to miss this one. I will be on my way to Sabarimala on Sunday. I will meet you with a 1 tb drive later :p

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 26 Jul 2009, 12:31

Cool , venkatpv and all others all
Million apologies for not making to JAM. I am sure you all had a great time. Very very sorry for not participating.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 27 Jul 2009, 15:55

We had some beautiful music, and I'm glad that I did not let Saligramam, or the hour, stand between me and the experience

Arvind's mridangam was great. I rather messed up on my contribution to the thani, but I hope I managed to give some reasonable support during the songs.

Many thanks to Cool and to our hosts

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Jul 2009, 17:38

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 27 Jul 2009, 18:03

Looking forward to the snaps.

Aravind (I'm guilty of usually leaving an 'a' out) played like a professional; you would not guess that it was not his full-time occupation. However good the teacher and the lessons, one needs experience to play like that. It was great to watch him listening to a thillana line and intuiting the calculations in the lines to come. You would also never have guessed that he spent the previous night travelling. It was brilliant.

Ahiri's performance was full of sweetness and sensitivity. Dikshitha has a stronger voice, but also sang very beautifully. Venkat too contributed some good numbers.

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 27 Jul 2009, 18:16

Glad to hear that the JAM went off well. Look forward to the pictures.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 27 Jul 2009, 20:05

Great to hear your experiences...I heard Ahiri at the jam-session in December that Ramki (aka vainika) organized! She sang Nandagopal's paTdIp vaNam, IIRC!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Jul 2009, 20:23

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 27 Jul 2009, 20:28

I am glad it went off well. I always find these jam sessions (the couple I have attended) put me in my place - happy listening to others, keeping my mouth in the state perhaps it ought to be

Arun

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 27 Jul 2009, 20:28

coolkarni!
Arvind could simply take it himself from the plates rather than beg Nick to purvey

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Jul 2009, 20:31

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 27 Jul 2009, 20:46

Thanks a lot cool sir and nick for your kind / encouraging words. Felt really humbled to get such comments from knowledgeable rasikas.. . And as coolji said , eagerly looking forward to play a rasikas' concert .

Nick , you were wonderful all through the thani i would say , even if you dont agree to my statement . Its just the eduppu of your korvai slipped a bit in the third round and this happens to everyone

And you dont need to feel guilty at all for i write my name as Arvind only

Ahiri and Dikshita sang wonderfully and it was an absolute pleasure accompanying them with prasanna chipping in with a couple of songs..

Thanks to venkatpv and his mom for playing wonderful hosts and i just relished the karasevai...

Arvind.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 27 Jul 2009, 21:31

semmu86 wrote:Thanks a lot cool sir and nick for your kind / encouraging words. Felt really humbled to get such comments from knowledgeable rasikas.. . And as coolji said , eagerly looking forward to play a rasikas' concert .

Ahiri and Dikshita sang wonderfully and it was an absolute pleasure accompanying them with prasanna chipping in with a couple of songs..

Thanks to venkatpv and his mom for playing wonderful hosts and i just relished the karasevai...

Arvind.

One usually hears that when you sing Ahiri , you dont get food , what a myth you all had karasevai. Dikshita(arasi ,do you recollect her she was the girl sitting behind you in Pantula rama concert last concert season ) . Nice to hear semmu86 playing. I need to download the clips later .Thanks

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 27 Jul 2009, 22:02

Thanks for the pic and the video, cool (and the kind words, Arvind

).

I did dig out my VCR, but even though I have doubts that the batteries will hold a charge after two years of disuse, worst thing is that the power adapter has gone missing --- or we could have used it plugged in. I'm searching. In the hope of another session soon!

swaroopmv · Post by **swaroopmv** » 27 Jul 2009, 22:38

Aiyo. Looks like I missed a very interesting session!

I'll be there at the next one, definitely...

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 27 Jul 2009, 22:50

Makes me miss Chennai all the more...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 Jul 2009, 01:43

Vijay
How can you miss Chennai
You can only be Mr Chennai
Sunithi can become Miss Chennai

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 28 Jul 2009, 13:52

Heh Heh!

Ahiri · Post by **Ahiri** » 30 Jul 2009, 22:44

i look like one saakshaath labakdas
eyeing those biscuits and kara sevai

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 30 Jul 2009, 22:50

Ahiri, Arvind: Nicely executed kriyas there. Drutham for "pass on biscuits and kara sevai."

Ahiri · Post by **Ahiri** » 30 Jul 2009, 22:55

"kara" sevai

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 30 Jul 2009, 23:41

Ahiri wrote:i look like one saakshaath labakdas
eyeing those biscuits and kara sevai

My wife has gone to bed, so I can't get translation --- but we thought it looked like I was completely monopolising the snacks!

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 31 Jul 2009, 06:32

Ahiri wrote:i look like one saakshaath labakdas
eyeing those biscuits and kara sevai

.. an important lesson for me , dont put thAlam stretching your hand like that , especially whenevr some delicacies are in the front.. looks like am forcing nick to pass that on to me ....

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 31 Jul 2009, 06:36

what is labakdas?

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 31 Jul 2009, 12:21

Actually, looking back at the picture, if we forget that music was happening, they could both be saying to me, "Come on, man! Pass those biscuits!"