Unidentified basi instrumental (I)

Date recorded: 1951
Contributor(s): Performer: Mollah, Jasimuddin; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: instrumental

Culture: Bengali

Instruments: basi

Setting: The Players Theater

Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T3264

Track Number: 8

Archive ID: T3264R08

Note: Unidentified instrumental played on the basi (a Bengali bamboo flute)

Belongs to: London 1951

About the session: A brief recording session with Jasimuddin, renowned Bengali folk poet ("palli kavi"), composer, and progressive activist for socialism and Bengali nationalism. The date and location of this recording are unknown—1951 and England are assumed.

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