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When Babu Kishan met Quincy Jones!

10/17/2018

 
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Babu Kishan is the first young person from India to associate with all the American and British Musicians. He was best friends with George Harrison and all too, he met the Rolling Stones when he was only 9 years old in the UK and he remained good friend with many through the decades.

Babu Kishan was only in his early 20's 1984/1985 and he was well entrenched in Western Music, he had a very good friend named Al Aronowitz in New York, USA. Al Aronowitz was the creator and God father of Rock Journalism, he was later called the Black Listed Journalist. Al was a good friend of the Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan and he knew everyone in the music scene. Aronowitz was the USA PR person for the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and he introduced Bob Dylan to the Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

Somehow, the unlikely 2 met and the much older Al Aronowitz came to love Babu like a son, even introduced Babu to his own children. Over the decades he introduced Babu Kishan to many people and one of those was Quincy Jones. 

​Babu Kishan has always been a 'Master Collector', he has a huge record album, stamp, coin, instrument, book, manuscripts, videos of the world, pictures and a 'sun glass collection' he collected camera's both movie and still camera's and he left at his Calcutta Dhakuria home. It better still all be there because it is still his home and he never authorized anybody to touch his 'life work' of collecting or his extensive collections.

Babu was born to collect and preserve music, categorize the music of India, he has worked for the biggest record companies in Bombay doing just that categorizing the Folk Music of India as he is an expert and Babu was born to preserve his Baul lineage. He has a Masters Degree in Indian Music from Calcutta University.

Krishnendu KD aka Babu preserved all of his Baul tradition decades ago and it is safely archived, this has already been done yet there are still new Bauls who are tricking people to donate money to 
preserve Baul. These 'nakal' fake Bauls are not to be trusted, they are cheating people, they are not from Baul they are not even from Birbhum.

Babu's extensive record collection were personally signed by many of the Greatest Rock Musicians on the planet.

In 1984 Al Aronowitz took Babu Kishan to Tower Records where Babu had chosen Albums by Micheal Jackson, Bob Dylan, Elvis, Ray Charles, Disco Hits, Quincy Jones, just as he was going to pay for them Quincy Jones appeared and Al Aronowitz introduced Babu to Quincy Jones. Al was going on and on telling Quincy about Babu Kishan and his music career in India. Quincy thanked, Babu for coming to Tower Records and said, all the records were a gift from Quincy. Very thankful and please at meeting Quincy Jones to Babu's delight all the albums were free. Babu said, "Quincy was such a down to earth person and great soul."

The Recording of "We are the World" Babu Kishan was there in the background watching the recording.

The second time Babu Kishan met Quincy Jones again was with Al Aronowitz at the Recording of "We are the World" in New York 1985, it was a honour to be there and watch the whole production. I was lucky to sit and watch Quincy Jones at work with all the Greats of America. They were all so busy but I was there! Babu said, I am so lucky and I went on to release these 'Greats of American music' in India when I worked for CBS India (now Sony Music) From 1986- 1994 I personally met many of them during this time period.

We are the World Recording attendee's:

  Lionel Richie
 •  Stevie Wonder
 •  Paul Simon
 •  Kenny Rogers
 •  James Ingram
 •  Tina Turner
 •  Billy Joel
 •  Michael Jackson
 •  Diana Ross
 •  Dionne Warwick
 •  Willie Nelson
 •  Al Jarreau
 •  Bruce Springsteen
 •  Kenny Loggins
 •  Steve Perry
 •  Daryl Hall
 •  Huey Lewis
 •  Cyndi Lauper
 •  Kim Carnes
 •  Bob Dylan
 •  Ray Charles
Chorus (alphabetically)
 •  Dan Aykroyd
 •  Harry Belafonte
 •  Lindsey Buckingham
 •  Mario Cipollina
 •  Johnny Colla
 •  Sheila E.
 •  Bob Geldof
 •  Bill Gibson
 •  Chris Hayes
 •  Sean Hopper
 •  Jackie Jackson
 •  La Toya Jackson
 •  Marlon Jackson
 •  Randy Jackson
 •  Tito Jackson
 •  Waylon Jennings
 •  Bette Midler
 •  John Oates
 •  Jeffrey Osborne
 •  The Pointer Sisters
 •  Smokey Robinson


Special thanks always to my Good Friend Al Aronowitz it was through him that I reconnected The Band & Bob Dylan & Albert B Grossman to my father for the first time since 1967 where I arranged a 40 city tour of America with Bob Dylan.

All the contacts after 1967 came through me and my friendship with Al Aronowitz. He was an unlikely friend but such a great friend for decades along with Allen Ginsberg.

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     It was difficult back then, which today is so easy to do.

    Babu Kishan is one of the very few pioneers of  Indian Music who went outside of India. He is a leader in the recording and producing, of Indian music in India. He had a hand in all the Major Music Companies in Bombay India and was there from the beginning.

    He is the first to create fusion music and World Music in India playing with Bob Dylan 40 concerts around the USA, jamming The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Beach Boys and many more.

     His Bollywood Music Guru was RD Burman whom he was an assistant to for 14 years.
     
    He speaks and has recorded in an unlimited amount of Indian Languages, and is a Sanskritist (oral and classical) at the highest Levels.
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    He is the first to record the Hanuman Chalisa and to help create many of India's top Music Companies in Mumbai. He categorized all of India's Folk music for the Record Companies in Mumbai. He is a Folk Music Expert.

    Today anybody can have a picture with a famous person but to actually have friendships and have worked in Indian Cinema at the beginning of the stories is way different. He was one of the original people who actually created Bollywood & the name Bollywood in Bombay.


    ​Babu Kishan is a behind the scenes of Indian Cinema and Indian a Music Legend.
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    Babu Kishan has been a:  
    Cultural Representative of India for 40 years,
    traveling worldwide as a representative of 'India'. 
    With the

    Sangeet Natak Akademi
    ​"Indian National Academy of Music Dance and Drama"
     
    &
    ICCR "Indian Council of Cultural Relations"
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    New Book on Babu Kishan's life coming soon!

    Master of Indian Music
    Pandit
    Indian Music
    Indian Folk
    Indian Cinema
    Bollywood
    Music Director
    Music Composer
    Music Producer
    ​Fusion


    Multi-Instrumental playing 15 or more instruments.

    Released over 1000 albums

     Produced over 60 albums

    '150 Musical Scores for Indian Cinema'

    Master of 

    Indian Classical,
    Baul, Bhajan, Kirtan, chant Master
    Baul Kirtan
    East West
    ​Fusion 

    An Award winning Music Composer and Film maker.

    As an 11 year old he was awarded, 
    "The youngest  Music and Film Director  in Bengal" in 1978 in the 1980's he was highly awarded as a Music Composer in Bengal. He went on to receive a 2007 award for his contribution to Bollywood, A lifetime Achievement
    Award from Bollywood Buddy.

    ​Babu then known as Krishnendu Das composed all of his famous fathers music and those albums were the most successful of Purna Das Bauls career.

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