You will be so grateful that you'll send your undershirt to Detroit, Michigan parcel post. Tabla players from the Benares Gharana. Some pieces are improvised; some composed. Pandit Sharda Sahai helpfully announces his feats of rhythmic genius.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Improvisation: Vilambit Laya
32:50
(16-beat time cycle.)

2. Rare Compositions of Benares: Madhaya Laya
(16-beat time cycle.)
33:33

Tracks 1-2
Pandit Sharda Sahai: Compositions of Benares
Sharda Sahai - tabla, Ramesh Mishra - sarangi lehara [repeating melodic framework]
Audiorec Classics, 766032 1053-2

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

3. Vilambit & Drut Tintal
28:57
(16-beat.)

4. Dadra Tal
11:35
(6-beat.)

Tracks 3-4
Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay - tabla, unknown - harmonium lehara
Ancestors: Art of the Benaras Gharana: Tabla Solo By Pandit Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay
Rageshree Music Institute, CD RMI 112

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

5. Tabla Solo: Teental
47:19
(16-beat.)

6. Folk Melody of Uttar Pradesh: Tal Dadra
4:31
(6-beat.)

Tracks 5-6 (rec. 1998)
Sharda Sahai - tabla, Ramesh Mishra - sarangi lehara, Padma Sahai-Deen - tanpura
Pandit Sharda Sahai: Live in Miami
Pandit Ram Sahai Foundation, n.n.