The LeGenD_ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Type: Music - Classical
Description: Its All About The Great Legend oF Pakistan
The Qawali Master..
The Person Who Reached The Heights of Art of Qawalis
The Person Whom Today Great Artists Say As His Teacher/Master...
The World's Great Artist, Shehnshah of Qawali & Brand Ambadissor of Great Music
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan holds the world record for the largest recorded output by a Qawwali artist—a total of 125 albums.
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Early life and career
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was born in Lyallpur, now Faisalabad, Pakistan on October 13, 1948 to Ustad Fateh Ali Khan [2], a distinguished musicologist, vocalist, instrumentalist, and Qawwali performer. Nusrat had one brother, Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, also a qawwali performer. Nusrat family were originally from Afghanistan.
Initially, his father did not want him to follow him into the family business. He had his heart set on Nusrat choosing a more respectable career path and becoming a doctor, because he felt Qawwals had low social status. However, Nusrat showed such an aptitude for, and interest in, Qawwali that his father finally relented and started to train him in the art of Qawwali. He was also taught to sing within the classical framework of Khayal. This training was still incomplete when Ustad Fateh Ali Khan died in 1964, while Nusrat was still in school, and the training was continued by Nusrat's paternal uncle, Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan, who was now the leader of the family qawwali group. Ten days after his father's death, Nusrat had a dream where his father came to him and told him to sing, touching his throat. Nusrat woke up singing, and was moved by the dream to decide that he would make Qawwali his career.
His first public performance was at a graveside ceremony for his father, forty days later. After the death of Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan, Nusrat became the group's leader in 1965, and the group was called Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan & Party. ("Party" is the term used in Qawwali for the supporting members of the group.) Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan was Mubarak Ali Khan's son, and considerably older than Nusrat, but the leadership of the party still went to Nusrat and not Mujahid.
Nusrat's first public performance as leader of the family Qawwali group was in March 1965, at a studio recording broadcast as part of an annual music festival called Jashn-e-Baharan organized by Radio Pakistan. It took Nusrat several years more to perfect his craft and emerge from the shadow of the groups that were regarded as the leading contemporary Qawwals. But once he did, there was no looking back. He firmly established himself as the leading qawwal of the 20th century. His incredible voice and his complete mastery of the genre made him a superstar in the Indian subcontinent and the Islamic world. He sang mostly in Urdu and his native Punjabi, but also in Persian, Brajbhasha and Hindi. His qawwali output is almost evenly divided between Urdu and Punjabi, with a smattering of songs in the other languages. Nusrat was also one of the first South Asian singers to perform before large Western audiences.
In Pakistan, his first major hit was the song "Haq Ali Ali". This was performed in a traditional style and with traditional instrumentation, and featured only sparse use of Nusrat's innovative sargam improvisations. Nevertheless the song became a major hit, as many listeners were attracted to the timbre and other qualities of Nusrat's voice.
(read less)The LeGenD_ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Type: Music - Classical
Description: Its All About The Great Legend oF Pakistan
The Qawali Master..
The Person Who Reached The Heights of Art of Qawalis
The Person Whom Today Great Artists Say As His Teacher/Master...
The World's Great Artist, Shehnshah of Qawali & Brand Ambadissor of Great Music
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan holds the world record for the largest recorded output by a Qawwali artist—a total of 125...
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