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-[narrat] young am kh has jusreturned from hisirst lo tour india. thisime alam father, matron ali akbar khan originally emigrated from india to the u.s. in the 1960s to teach north indian classical music and to increase its audience. ♪ s baba khansah, has lid ha his lifin califnia. he conties to teh at the i. s bzz saxopnist johhandy is a good friendf khansab. their sical panership marke that a mter of t saro had colborated

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gan with the lendary 1h ceury musian mian nsen, taen was o of the nen wels of peror akr's cour the fort aemperor bar's fatehp sikri played a key part in tansen's career. the fort aemperor bar's fatehp♪sikri it is said that he could control rain and fire through his artistry. legend has it that tansen died singing the fire-evoking raag deepak. ♪♪ from the time of tansen, knowledge of this north indian music was carefully guarded, taught and passed down solely through blood relations. ♪♪

years of sacrice and srching d alam'srandfath, acharybaba allddin khan, tois true ru, mohammad wazir khan, a direct descendant of tansen. allauddin khan taught the music to alam's father, ali akbar khan, in the family's maihar home. ♪♪ khansahib now teaches alam at the faly home in san anselmocaliforn. (singi) ♪♪

♪♪ ♪ so i ask y permissneryiffia ani nfirsif you tnk it i am ablto play. -[alambut onlyou can ll me th. lam chucing) -[rrator] his twties, alakbar kh came cou musiciato the harajah jodhpur the marajah bo enjoyed and,

bestowing on him the title ustad, or master musician. ince dal singhecallsed and, ustas tenuren the cot. -ust came toodhpur when my dest broer ince dal singhecallsed and, uss the marajah ofodhpur. -ust came toodhpur r connoieurs andpeople as when my dest broer o were rlly intested good musi good cssicalusic, o were rlly intested ey lookearound f a perso gwho cod reallye, a m in hisourt. o weand think usdted ey looal in thosdays,rso gwho cod reallye, beg young t being maestro, my broer fell r him gwho cod reallye, d that'sow ustadas beginted to ce to jodur.o, ♪

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threthe glasaway, and he ss, lease ntinue pying." threthe glasaway, and he s♪, ♪♪ acharya ba allaudd khan, -[during his 1-year li span, he learned to play over 200 instruments. he spent entire days in deep practice. maestro ali akbar khan's musical training began as small cld. for 20 years, khansahib studied and practiced for up to 18 hours a day. ali akbar khan had a mausoleum built

for his fathernd motr next to the family home in maihar. it is considered a holy place. ♪♪ sri hendra senor hemenabu, it is considered a holy place. is o of the eatest instrume makers india. sri hendra senor hemenabu, has madinstrumes for the khanamily fomany yea. place. alam'sarode wa madey hemen bu. hen babu rembers meeng al's grandther in 45. harya ba allaudd khan was coideredo be morehan just musicia had reaed the se state thron was coideredo be musichat sain or sage acquire through meditation. in india, they call this devotion sadana.

hemen babu says that acharya baba allauddin khan modified the measurements of the sarode, stdardizin its she and si and enwing thenstrumen with rher, morbeautil soc capab♪ties. -[am] the pectatio i ha for mysf are prably higr people s, "do yoknowhow fams th i can mt. and hogreat hes?" they havso much ve for this "wre countg on yourand th a d we hopthat youill ep ts music ive

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narratoralam's mher, senity, ansupport r alam. she lps to ge alam the streth he nes narratoralam's mher, senity,tolay the sic.lam. -the ceverne has whichib i meiso learn methingge and ain to kp going,o do your be, to be lented, that's he, is ansahib d to bri it out ofndia. his fath wanted him too that. out ofndia. told hi "go sprd it fro as f as you n spreadt." -[narror] in 15, ofaster viinist lord yehi nuhin,st maeso ali akr khan s inviteto perform in europe and in the united states. khansahib performed at the museum of modern art in new york city. later, he became the first indian classical musician to perform on alistair cooke's omnibus television show. khansahib also recorded the western world's first lp

of indian classical music. -so, that was an entirely different type of a challenge, especially back in 1955 when traveling was difficult even people would ask him, and n"where is india? do you have tigers everywhere and lions?" like africa, you know? i mean, they didn't know any difference. so, that was khansahib's huge challenge along with other musicians that came at that time. -[narrat] alam'smother,, is theirector of ma recallshe earlyays the ali b the colge. mus. came fi years after thcollege gan. is theirector of ma recallshe earlyays the my day,eople le home. some wh thblessis of d made tir way a awoulcamp in e hills.

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪♪ -my father was 60 when he had me, so all the other parents of my friends didn't have parents that old and the age difference between my father and my mother, yeah, that was totally different. it was never strange to me because i knew how much they loved each other. my friends would always go skiing and camping,

and doing sports with their father and things like that and i didn't have that relationship with my father. ♪♪ what we did have with my father, the music, just who he was and such powerful energy. and when he went away it made me tremendously sad. i remember every time we'd go to the airport, every time i'day bye to him r d be cryg, and i time wealys tell self,rport, "i'm n gonnary thitime." d be cryg, and i time s that hwas gonnbe ill.st feae and enever hwas ill, i felo and vice versa when i felt sick he seemed to be upset and sick, too. we had this connection like that, i think. when my father first got sick it was extremely hard to deal with because it was unown. ♪♪

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♪♪ -[naator] al has rurned to ind for aoncert tr. ♪♪ on ts trip, am will give ae at t preigious der lane mus. the ung musian is anous to the indn publicion he wantso make s fatherroud. ♪ he wantso make s father♪♪ud. ♪♪