Early life and career
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was born on October 13, 1948 in the city of Faisalabad, Pakistan into a Punjabi family. He was the fifth child and first son of Fateh Ali Khan, a musicologist, vocalist, instrumentalist, and Qawwal. Khan's family, which included four older sisters and a younger brother, Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, grew up in central Lyallpur. In 1979, Khan married his first cousin, Naheed (the daughter of Fateh Ali Khan's brother, Salamat Ali Khan); they had one daughter, Nida.[2]
Khan began by learning to play tabla alongside his father before progressing to learn Raag Vidya and Bol Bandish. He then went on to learn to sing within the classical framework of khayal. Khan's training with his father was cut short when his father died in 1964, leaving Khan's paternal uncles, Mubarak Ali Khan and Salamat Ali Khan, to complete his training.
His first performance was at a traditional graveside ceremony for his father, known as chehlum, which took place forty days after his father's death.
In 1971, after the death of Mubarak Ali Khan, Nusrat became the official leader of the family Qawwali party and the party became known as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan & Party.
Khan's first public performance as the leader of the Qawwali party was at a studio recording broadcast as part of an annual music festival organised by Radio Pakistan, known as Jashn-e-Baharan. Khan sang mainly in Urdu and Punjabi and occasionally in Persian, Brajbhasha and Hindi. His first major hit in Pakistan was the song Haq Ali Ali, which was performed in a traditional style and with traditional instrumentation. The song featured restrained use of Nusrat's sargam improvisations.
Early in his career, Khan was signed up by Oriental Star Agencies [OSA] of Birmingham UK to their Star Cassette Label. OSA sponsored regular concert tours by Nusrat to the U.K. from the early '80s onwards, and released much of this live material on cassette, CD, videotape and DVD.
Death
Khan was taken ill with kidney and liver failure on August 11, 1997 in London, England while on the way to Los Angeles in order to receive a kidney transplant. He died of a sudden cardiac arrest at Cromwell Hospital, London, on Saturday, August 16, 1997, aged 48.[5][unreliable source?] His body was returned to Faisalabad, Pakistan and his funeral was attended by the public.
After his death, the song "Solemn Prayer", on which Nusrat provided vocals, was used on the Peter Gabriel song 'Signal to Noise' (on the album Up), and on the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese film Gangs of New York.
Download Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's Qawalli's
| These are the Ones that I like |
| QAWALLI | DOWNLOAD LINK | REMARKS |
| Afreen Afreen | Download | This is the Album version |
| Afreen Afreen | Download | This is the Live Qawalli version |
| Ali Maula Ali Dam Dam | Download | A Beautifully composed Qawalli |
| ALLAH hoo | Download | Teri Hamd o Sanad Alhamdulillah hai , ke tu mere Muhammed(PBUH) ka KHUDA hai |
| Dam Mast Kalandar Ali Ali | Download | One of his very famous compositions, The tune was taken for a film called aur pyar ho gaya |
| Haq Ali Maula | Download | A Brillant performance, this one is from his Live performance in Paris |
| Man Kunto Maula | Download | Kalam E Ameer Khusro Fantastically performed |
| Lal Meri Pat Rakhiyo bala | Download | This is one of his early performances, I remember seeing the video of this performance the surds listening to this one were totally mesmerised by the legend's voice |
| Shah E Mardan E Ali | Download | This one is very similar to Haq Ali Maula , But the lyrics are a lot different |
| Shashwar Karbala Ki | Download | A Qawalli Based on the Poetry by Saim Chisti |
| Tum Ik Ghrohak Dhanda ho | Download | One of his very famously infamous qawalli |
| Ya Hussain Ya Hussain | Download | Yaar ye qawalli kisi bhi shia ki aankh mein paani le aayegi |
| Ye Aarzoo thi ke madine | Download | ALLAH Har Muslaman ki iss Aarzoo be tofael e Rasool puri farmaye |
"Yaar ye qawalli kisi bhi shia ki aankh mein paani le aayegi" ????? I oppose your point of view,.
ReplyDeleteHussain to har momin ki jaan hai, jiske ankhon me nahi ansu hussain ke liye, vo nahi momino me na hi wafadaron me,