Happy 75th Birthday Pancham
Pancham, Today is that day of the year when most of us stop for a while and close our eyes and remember you. Your contribution to music has been stupendous. People like us got introduced to Jazz after you effortlessly mixed it with Hindi film music. Jazz pieces get created at the spur of the moment. Just the way you did with your music. Start with a germ of an idea and nurture like a child it till it becomes something significant. The use of Sax, Bass guitar, Trumpet, Brass, Horns, Cymbals, Trombone and yet keeping the melody intact. Music mixing was something that you did so effortlessly. The way you used Rabindra Sangeet (Rangilo Rangilo) on flute as a start to Kuchh Na Kaho from 1942-A Love Story and then as the violins join in the melody suddenly we enter Waltz! Next we almost get a Jugalbandi of the Violins in the background with the vocals. The violins briefly go into symphony before returning back in to familiar Hindi film music area. It’s amazing! Such experi