GHARANA'S AND FAMOUS REPRESENTATIVES

Below are just a few names of representatives of the different Gharanas (traditional tabla styles)   Delhi Gharana  PAST MASTERS:Ustad Nathu Khan, Ustad Gameh Khan, Ustad Inam Ali Khan, Ustad Latif Ahmed CURRENT MASTERS: Ustad Faiyaz Khan   Ajrada Gharana FAMOUS REPRESENTATIVE LATE Ustad Habibudin Khan   Lucknow Gharana  PAST MASTERS:Ustad Abid Hussain, Ustad Wajid Hussain ,Ustad Afaq Hussain CURRENT MASTERS: Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri Ustad Ilmyas Khan   Farukhabad Gharana FAMOUS PAST MASTERS: Ustad Haji Vilayat KhanUstad Masit Khan ,                                      Ustad Amadjan Thirakhwa (also Delhi, Ajrada and Lucknow), Ustad Karramatullah Khan, Pandit Gnan Prakash Ghosh, Pandit Chaturlal CURRENT MASTERS: Pandit Suresh Talwalkar, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, Ustad Sabir Khan, Shri Shiv Shankar Ray   Punjab Gharana PAST MASTERS:Ustad Fakir Baksh, Ustad Kadir Baksh,Ustad Allah Rakha, Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan CURRENT MASTERS: Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Abdul Sattar "Tari" Khan   Benares Gharana PAST MASTERS:  Pandit Ram Sahai, Pandit Kanthe Maharaj, Pandit Anokhelalji, Pandit Shamta Prasad CURRENT MASTERS: Pandit Kishan Maharaj, Pandit Sharda Sahai, Pandit Kumar Bose