Roll Call

In the album,Shankar,who was 91 then and too feeble to play concerts,played with tabla player Tanmoy Bose. Every day they would record seven different ragas,amid bursts of laughter,Shankar’s favourite food and rounds of coffee. The first installment of the recording,Living Room Sessions 1,went on to win last year’s Grammy for the Best World Music Album.

The album,which is being considered as the frontrunner in the list features three ragas — Mishra Kafi,Sindhi Bhairavi and Bhairavi — where Shankar’s virtuosity is at his best. While the vilambit (slower) sections are imbued with a finesse and sound cultivated,the faster gats are full of improvisations.