A three-year-old Jasraj, with just the seven notes as his inheritance from his departed father, stepped out into the cold world of harsh realities. Today, those seven notes make up his rainbow... his bridge to a mystical realm of sound... that lies beyond the applause, the awards, the titles, the trophies, the honours...putting him in touch with the music of the infinite.
Born in a family that has given to Indian classical music four generations of outstanding musicians, the Mewati maestro Pandit Jasraj is endowed with a rich, soulful and sonorous voice which traverses effortlessly over all three and a half octaves, Panditji’s vocalising is characterised by a harmonius blend of classic and opulent elements, projecting traditional music as an intense spiritual expression, at once chaste and densely coloured. This gives his music a very sublime emotional quality, touching the soul of the listener. He has been guided in this by his spiritual guru, late MAHARANA JAIWANT SINGHJI of ANAND, another doyen of the Mewati gharana.
Perfect diction, clarity in sur and
extreme tunefulness, command in all aspects of laya, choice of composition and
interplay of the notes with the words to evoke the desired mood and feeling are
other highlights of PANDIT JASRAJ’s music. This sensitivity together with the
pure classical approach has given his singing a lyrical quality, which is the
quintessence of the Mewati style of singing.
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