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•• Remembering Legendary Tabla Maestro Pandit Shripad Jail on his 42nd Birth Anniversary (19thMay 1977) •• Pandit Shripad (19 May 1977 – 17 September 2016) was Tabla player from Delhi, Farukhabad and Punjab gharana. Apart from being Tabla Player he was a vocalist, fine Composer musicologist and a great Teacher.

*Early life and background* : Born in a musical family  in Mumbai. Pt. Shripad Jail received his initial Tabla training at a very tender age of 4 by his father Sangeetratna Guruvarya Late Shri Ganesh Jail. Later he started his taleem of Delhi and Farukhabad Gharana from Guru Pt. Arvind Mulgaokar ji and completed his Tabla Alankar. His keen interest in learning Tabla of different gharanas shifted him to his maternal uncle Shri.Ashok Godbole of Punjab Gharana and followed by Pt. Yogesh Samsi of Punjab Gharana. He also completed Visharadh in Hindustani Classical Vocal under his father and was a commerce graduate from the Ruparel College in Mumbai He was gold medalist on state level and runner up at national level Tabla competition. He was honoured by giving 5 years scholarship from Dadar -Matunga Cultural Centre and own many prizes all over India. At the age of 22 he was a 'A' grade artist(1st attempt) for ALL INDIA RADIO. He was honored "Pandit" title at the age of 28 by Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj ji. He was versatile artist and accompanied renowned vocalist Pt. Jasraj, Begam Parveen Sultana, Pt. Prabhakar Karekar, Shri.Upendra Bhat, Pt. Ratan Mohan Sharma to name few in Hindustani Classical Music., in light Music he accompanied renowned artist Shri Suresh Wadkar, Anuradha Paudwal, Shankar Mahadevan, Ravindra Sathe Uttara Kelkar and many more. He has also performed with well known instrument player of Santoor, Sarod, samvadini (Harmonium) and Flute as well as accompanied with a promising artist Kathak Dancer Prachi Shah in India and abroad.
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*Contribution in teaching Music* He worked at Pt. Jasraj School of Music in USA, Academy of Indian Music in New jersey, School of Music in New England(2005-2007) (2010-2011) The Fine Arts Music School Chembur(1996-2014), Balvikas Sangh Chembur(2013-2015). He was the *H.O.D of Vijaya Sangeet Vidyalaya(2000-2016).* Being a performer he was also great at teaching. His students Sanjay Hariharan, Vedant Lele, Sanchit Mhatre and Sukrut Chowkidar to name a few are young promising performers  of this generation in Classical as well as Light music. On his 42nd Birth Anniversary, Upaj pays a rich tribute to the legend and are very grateful for his contributions to the Indian Classical Music in such a short period of time. 🙇🙏💐

Article by: Mr.Abhishek Parab