BADAL ROY
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Badal Roy (Bengali: বাদল রায়; born Amarendra Roy Chowdhury; (16 October 1939 – 18 January 2022) was an Indian tabla player, percussionist, and recording artist known for his work in jazz, world music, and experimental music.
Roy was born Amarendra Roy Chowdhury on October 16, 1939 into a Hindu family in a predominantly Muslim eastern Bengal region in Comilla, British India (which later became East Pakistan, then Bangladesh). His mother, Sova Rani Roy Chowdhury, was a homemaker, while his father, Satyenda Nath Roy Chowdhury was a government official in Eastern Pakistan. The name Badal (meaning "rain," "cloud," or "thunder" in the Bengali language), was given to him by his grandfather after he began crying in the rain as a toddler. He spoke the Bengali, English, Hindi, and Urdu languages.
He was introduced to music, in particular the percussion instrument Tabla, by his uncle. An early inspiration for Roy was American popular
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