V. G. Jog

He performed and recorded with many of the greatest Hindustani musicians of the 20th century (including Bismillah Khan) and toured the world.

He had made successful tours to foreign countries and issued many LP and EP gramophone records of both solo performances and jugalbandi with sangeet maestros.

Trained in the Gwalior, Agra and Bakhale gharanas, Jog evolved his own characteristic style, which was a blend of gayaki and gatkari, noted for purity of melody and tradition, a formidable layakari ability, dignity, crispness and easy musical communication.

He often enlightened audiences according to their taste with lighter themes and folk tunes, flowing with lilting and sparkling grace.

[citation needed] His duets with Ustad Bismillah Khan met with spectacular successes in India and abroad.

Every year on the 31 January a concert is held in Kolkata by Swarsadhana, an organisation founded in his memory by his disciple Pt.Pallab Bandyopadhyay.