Raga Kedara - Teental

Jugalbandi – Shehnai & Violin is a 1963 studio album featuring a duet between shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan and violinist V. G. Jog. The recording captures a live-to-tape jugalbandi (duet) session in the Hindustani classical tradition. The label Odeon released the album on a 12\" vinyl format under its Indian classical music series.

The album opens with Raga Kedara set to Teental, a 16-beat rhythmic cycle. This track occupies side A1 of the vinyl. The performance showcases Khan’s shehnai improvisations in the alaap-jor-jhala structure, followed by Jog’s violin responses in the gat and taan sections. The accompaniment includes tabla and tanpura, though the recording credits do not specify the supporting artists.

The collaboration marked a documented intersection of Khan’s Benaras gharana shehnai style with Jog’s violin technique rooted in the Gwalior and Agra gharanas. The album cover and liner notes emphasize the contrast between the shehnai’s reed timbre and the violin’s bowed strings. No reissues or digital remasters of this specific recording are confirmed in publicly available sources. The original pressing remains a collector’s item among vinyl enthusiasts of Indian classical music.

The release date of 1963 aligns with a period when Odeon actively recorded North Indian classical musicians in Bombay studios. Further details about the recording location, session duration, or additional tracks on side B are not provided in the available context.