Chatur Lal

Chatur Lal (1925 – October 1965) was a renowned Indian tabla player. Lal toured with Ravi Shankar, Aashish Khan, Baba Allauddin Khan, Nikhil Banerjee and Ali Akbar Khan in the 1950s and early 1960s and helped popularize the tabla in Western countries and made the nuances of this Indian drum. Chatur Lal was born 1925 in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Lal died October 1965. His legacy is maintained by the Pandit Chatur Lal Memorial Society and his elder son Charanjit Chaturlal, his daughter-in-law Meeta Lal, his granddaughter Shruti Lal, and his grandson Pranshu Lal.

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• Pandit chatur lal 10 half beats rhythm cycle
• Pranshu chatur lal tabla piece
• Select discography
• References

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India's Master Musician Ravi Shankar, additionally with N. C. Mullick, tamboura. World Pacific Records/Gramophone Company of India/EMI EALP 1283 (1964, first release)