The transformation from Juan Rolando to Korla Pandit captured perfectly in this very rare shot 

An incredible picture; the earliest known as Juan (“Don Juan”) Rolando, signed to Korla’s sister

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Korla & Beryl with friends, hobnobbing in Hollywood (1957)

 

 

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Woodland Hills, September 21 1979

 

 

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During a performance in 1949 or 1950

 

 

KORLA SHOWING ONE OF HIS AFGHAN HOUNDS

Showing one of his Afghan hounds

 

 

KORLA SEATTLE

Explaining  the Universal Language Of Music

 

 

KORLA KGO TV SAN FRANCISCO CA 1953

KGO Television San Francisco 1953

 

 

KORLA AND TEEN FANS ACTING SILLY

Having fun with his sons and friends

 

 

KORLA & BABY SON SHARI 1948 EARLY TURBAN PIN 4 LEAF CLOVER

A moving picture with his son Shari 1948

 

 


A typical Korla Pandit class seminar (1957)

 

 

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A Korla Master Class certificate

 

 

 


Korla Pandit (holding his life mask) with Verne Langdon in 1968

 

 


Kiddin' on the keys!

 

 


Obliging his younger fans

 

 


At work in the studio

 

 

Korla concert

And at work in concert

 

 

 


Descanso Gardens concert

 

 

 


Always in the midst of a crowd!

 

 

 


Birthday boy! (1978)

 

 

Korla erg jong

Slightly blurred but one of the earliest pictures of Korla

 

 

 


Pandit piping it up yet again!

 

 

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Another day, another show, Seattle Concert Theatre, 1977

 

 

Korla studio maybe 20

A lovely early 50’s studio portrait

 

 

On the front cover of Keyboard World magazine, May 1980

 

 

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Korla KTTV channel II

 

 

Korla studio oud

A beautiful and intimate picture towards the end of his life

 

 

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The Pandit family on the cover of TV-radio life

 

 

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The Pandit Regency at Calistoga

 

 

Korla young piano shot

A promo picture from the early 50’s

 

 

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Charming his fans - as always

 

 

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Playing the keys at home

 

 

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A gathering of fans in 1968

 

 

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With his beloved T-bird at San Bernardino

 

 

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Adrift in 1970

 

 

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On board in the late 1950's

 

 

Promo circa 1970

Another promo picture, this time from the early 70’s

 

 

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"Taking care of business" in his office

 

 

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One of the family's favourite photos: Korla, Paramahansa Yogananda and Beryl

 

 

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Trimming the tree at home

 

 

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This picture was used on the front of the Universal Language of Music booklet

 

 

KORLA CIRCA 1953 - THE SHOT THEY DIDN'T USE!

Another beautiful shot from the same session in 1953

 

 

BERYL JUNE DE BEESON WHITE AMOS REDD ROLANDO PANDIT CIRCA 1945

A gorgeous studio portrait of Beryl June De Beeson Pandit circa 1945

 

 

YOUNG BERYL PERFORMS WILLIAM TELL1

A much earlier candit shot of Beryl June De Beeson Pandit

 

 

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Those magnetic eyes….

 

 

WHO KNOWS1

Korla with what appears to be a selection of good citizens

 

 

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Two little Indians

 

 

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Seattle TV pilot 1988

 

 

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One of Freek Kinkelaar's favourite photos of Korla

 

 

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A rare picture without the trademark turban

 

 

KP in chair colour

A lovely dedicated colour shot

 

 

KP with female fan

With female fan

 

 

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And the last photo of the set - Korla doing what he loved most -

PLAYING THE ORGAN!

 

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