Steeped in the traditions of Jaipur gharana, Vijaya Jadhav Gatlewar's music is modeled on the classical Alladiya Khan gayaki and has all of its intrinsic appeal. Gifted with a powerful slicing voice, her forte lies in her gyrating taans, ascending and descending in spiral curves rather than straight lines, and coming with the force of a whiplash. Behlava, spiral tans in slow motion is a Jaipur gharana characteristic that the artiste has made her specialty. And all these features clearly come across in ragas Alhaiya Bilawal and Jaitashree, sung by the artiste for this recording. |