Raga: Jhinjhoti (Gat in Vilambit Teental)

Raga Jhinjhoti (Gat in Vilambit Teental) is a track from the album Soulful Duet Vol.1: Bliss, released on July 15, 2015, under the Aimrec label. The composition appears as the second track on the CD and spans a duration of 16 minutes and 12 seconds.

The performance features sitarist Hidayat Khan, tabla player Indradeep Ghosh, and tanpura artist Enayet Hossain. The track presents a gat (instrumental composition) set in vilambit teental, a slow-paced 16-beat rhythmic cycle, within the framework of Raga Jhinjhoti. The raga belongs to the Kafi thaat and traditionally evokes a devotional or introspective mood through its use of komal gandhar (flattened third) and shuddha nishad (natural seventh) in ascent and descent.

The album Soulful Duet Vol.1: Bliss focuses on instrumental jugalbandi (duet) performances in the Hindustani classical tradition. The recording captures a live studio interaction between Khan and Ghosh, with Hossain providing sustained tanpura drone support. The track structure follows the conventional alap-jor-jhala progression before the gat, though specific improvisational or compositional details beyond the stated format remain undocumented in available sources.

The release format was a physical CD distributed by Aimrec, a label specializing in Indian classical and fusion music. No additional production credits, alternate versions, or reissues of this track have been verified. The album cover and liner notes, where present, may include further context on the artists’ interpretive approach to Raga Jhinjhoti, but such details are not confirmed in the provided context.