Jayanta Hazarika (জয়ন্ত হাজৰিকা) (20 September 1943 – 15 October 1977) is Popularly known as Rana-da, Jayanta Hazarika was the youngest brother of Bhupen Hazarika. He started his musical career accompanying his brother and later made his name as singer and composer on his own right. Jayanta was the first Assamese composer to fuse western musical forms such as rock and roll, jazz and Western Classical with traditional Assamese melodies and created a new sound. He was a pioneer in introducing several western instruments in his compositions. youtube/watch?v=D_ewdImwMyU
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 14:08:42 +0000
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