Ragamala

Ragamala is a collaborative track recorded by violinist N. Rajam, shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan, sarod player Amjad Ali Khan, and santoor exponent Shivkumar Sharma. The composition appears as the fourth track on the album Late Night Ragas, released on CD by RPG in 1999.

The track spans 16 minutes and 34 seconds and exemplifies a jugalbandi-style performance, blending North Indian classical instruments in a raga-based framework. The album Late Night Ragas curates evening and late-night ragas, though specific raga details for Ragamala remain undocumented in available sources. The recording captures improvisational interplay among the four artists, each contributing distinct instrumental textures within the classical tradition.

N. Rajam performs on the violin, Ustad Bismillah Khan on the shehnai, Amjad Ali Khan on the sarod, and Shivkumar Sharma on the santoor. The album carries no credited composer for individual tracks, suggesting collective or traditional arrangements. RPG produced the release as part of its classical music catalog, targeting audiences of Hindustani instrumental music.

No additional session musicians, lyricists, or producers are listed for Ragamala in the original release notes. The track’s reception and commercial performance remain unrecorded in public archives, though the album aligns with the late 1990s revival of classical fusion collaborations in India. Further details on recording locations, engineers, or alternate versions are not accessible from the provided context.