“Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Le Dernier Prophete” – a gift from nusratfatehalikhan.cu.cc

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Le Dernier Prophete

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Le Dernier Prophete

 

Touching Moments :- (1) Nusrat Saab discusses about his walid, and they all listen to his qawwali. (Some catching moments were lost due to camera focusing, Camera slowly focuses on Nusrat saabs while he is listening to his dad. And this changes/ hides the expression that might have caught on if nusrat saab’s was unaware of camera focusing.)
(2) Nusrat saab explaining Khayal, Dhrupad (Dhurpad as he calls) and sargam gayaki to the Brook, And brook goes oh yeah its like do, le, ri…() . Then nusrat saab trying to explain that some sur can be sthayi and some can be improvised (like komal, ati komal) by singing (this is what i interpreted).. 
(3) When Nusrat saab, Rahat’s dad and rahat are doing riyaz. And rahat is making mistake.
(4) I love Dildar Hussain. He accompanies Nusrat saab in almost every concert.

Screenshots:-

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Le Dernier Prophete

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Le Dernier Prophete

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Le Dernier Prophete

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Le Dernier Prophete

Here Comes the video..

 

“Afreen Afreen” – This time for the Singer & the video

“Afreen” is a praise word for an audacious work.. Where in song NFAK praises the beauty of the beloved … .. I repeat the same words for the singer himself..

Check Out this Video… It features a Filmy – High Class NRI Wedding, and song plays in background… and see how perfectly it fits the scenes….. you may yourself say “Afreen Afreen”

 

 

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Ustad Tari Khan ” a few awesome Jugalbandi ” Part 1

Ustad Tari Khan (1953, Lahore) is a famous master tabla player from Pakistan. You can read more about him here.

Ustad Tari Khan

What we present today is some of the awesome Jugalbandisbetween NFAK & Tari Khan during 1992-1994 in USA . If use are classical fan, there is noway you wont enjoy it. If your are not into classical, then it quiet possible that you will become one today after listening to  these Jugalbandi.

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Ustad Tari Khan, Washington

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Nusrat! Live at Meany (University of Washington) 1993, An Unforgettable Concert

Cutting right to chest, if you are a big fan of “Allah Hoo” , then you might be knowing that the most famous version of Allah Hoo was recorded in this concert, I am talking about the 15 minutes versions you might have heard on albums like “Imprint”, “The Emperor” , “Live At Washington University” and any other famous compilation album. This is also the concert that was mentioned in our fan-story in previous post.

Nusrat teaching students at University of Washington 1993

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, was the Celebrity Visiting Artist in the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Program in 1992-93. It was during the end of his visit that there was a sudden demand of a Concert performance, other ensemble members were back in Pakistan, NFAK initially thought of giving a solo performance with Tari Khan on Tabla, however the other member flew in just a few hours before the time. And then they gave us such a great show (after traveling for over 20 hours continuously), hats off to them.

So the performance has all the great tracks “Allah Hoo”, “Man Kunto Maula” (Might be the beat version), “Mast Mast”, “Haq Ali Ali”, “Mera Piya Ghar aaya”…

this video posted below contains the main part of concert, the duo performance with Farrukh and another one with Tari khan will be posted soon..

So gear up for 90 minutes of pure music….

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Birth Day Special Videos — in case you have missed them

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Concert (1993)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQQZ_xZOoNg]

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Profile (1996)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kmsjlvf92w]

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Tribute (1998)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YT5zUIw8nI]

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan- Remembering Nusrat

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TizAzB3UZg]