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D K Jayaraman
12+ albums
DK Jayaraman
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D. K. Jayaraman hailed from Kanchipuram. From his teen years to his forties he gave concerts with his sister and guru, Smt. D.K. Pattamal. After his family moved to Madras in the 1940's, young Jayaraman furthered his musical skills by learning from several well known masters like Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Madurai Mani Iyer, Muthiah Bhagavatar, Rajaratnam Pillai, Papanasam Sivan, Koteeswara Iyer and others. D.K.Jayaraman was able to establish his individuality as a musician when he started giving solo concerts. He demonstrated singular creativity when rendering songs. By constant practice and singing, he acquired a pliable voice which he used to its fullest range. Rather shy by nature, he was a down-to-earth, simple man, not given to fanfare. In fact, he used to feel bashful if a large number of his admirers were around him. He was most comfortable in small gathering. Always accomodative, he was thoughtful of his accompanying artistes. He planned his concert well and it is said, he would rehearse his pallavi very thoroughly. DKJ had a large stock of Muthuswami Dikshitar's, Shyama Sastri's plus Tyagaraja's kritis. Like Kanchipuram Naina Pillai, DKJ used to sing uncommon kritis in rare ragas. A few examples come to mind: Parvati ninnu - Kalgada (Syama Sastri) Natimata marachitivo- Devakriya (Tyagaraja), Shanka-chakra-gadha panim -Purnachandrika (Muthuswami Dikshitar) Samayamide- Budhamanohari (Muthiah Bhagavatar) Accolades and honours came to him one afte
