Nusrat

nomad

nusrat has one song with Eddie vedder in the move Dead Man Walking. other songs of the movie are equally good

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Capt'n surmised it more than well .... but the topic came up in this thread discussing Dalrymple's latest book. The opening shot in "City of Djinns", which has pigeons flying amidst a back drop of Jamma Masjid and Old Delhi, is accompanied by track(either 3 or 8 ?) from Night Song. Always thought that this composition really captured the essence of Delhi but didn't know if the music was just a BBC creation (due apologies to Khan/Brook) or other - until then.

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capt_mahajan

Thanks, Peak.

Confession time: When I watched City of Djinns on TV, I could recognise Nusrat's voice, but just couldn't find the CD anywhere.

So I emailed Dalrymple from his website and he replied with more details. Thats the first time I heard of Michael Brook, which was another revelation.

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Amyth

Nusrat! What a mesmerizing voice!! My personal favorite of his is "Afreen"- a gazal written by Javed Akhtar, beautifully picturised in a desert with a stunning model in lead, I can't recollect her name now... Come to think of it, I like all of his music

And amongst the latest in Sufi genre, "Bullah Ki jana main kaun" by Rabbi is worth an ear. Some say it's semi-Sufi, but that’s inconsequential, the fact remains that the lyrics are thought provoking and exudes the "Who am I/In pursuit of myself” philosophy, very comforting to mind and soul, which is also the quintessential sense of the word: Sufism- Dear to Heart!

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shashank.aggarwal

Oh Ma'm !! Welcome back...I was about to file a missing person's report

How can I forget her... Lisa Ray..she acted in few movies as well...

I guess he classifies it as Sufi Rock...

have you heard Kailash Kher..now since Nusrat is not longer with us...Kailash is someone who is closest to my heart !!

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nomad

you for got to mention Rahat Fateh ali...

he is a gem.

sung few songs for hindi movies also.

shashank.aggarwal

No doubt about it...but he needs to prove a lot yet..!! he has the right lineage..lets see how much can he sustain...

but till date he seems to be very promising..

Amyth

Shashank, Thanks for the warm welcome, you always teach me new terms- Sufi Rock!! Now this is new to me I would love to hear Bhangra- Jazz too, keep me posted !!
Nomad, Rahat Fateh Ali khan is good but don't you think he emulates Nusrat somewhere?!! Maybe it's more to do with lineage than the genre of music

nomad

that "for got" was forgot

coz he was part of nusrat fateh ali khan and party for far too long. i dont think there is anything worng in singing in your Guru's style.

yeah, he has got long way to go. but i think he is lot better than kailash kher.

nomad

and if we are talking about sufi music. how come no one talked about Abida Parveen. queen of Sufi music

shashank.aggarwal

Kher never had Nusrat fateh Ali Khan as a guru OR as a blood relative..

Nor he got work because of his name...he came up from very modest backgroud and used to sing jingles for ad films for a very long time...

In this latest album "jhoomo re" the track 'babam bam bam' is a hindu devotional song. he has given it totally new dimension, I was not aware that particular song is not original to that album, however is part of Folk music scene.

Amyth

Absolutely...who else can set a better precedent than Ustad Alla Rakha and Zakir Hussain

Wish I had half the analytical prowess of my math’s Guru.

nyraghu

Yes, indeed. I have two of his albums, which I like. One is called `Jaana jogi de naal,' and the language of the songs sounds like Punjabi --- it could be Sindhi, or something else, I wouldn't know; any education on this would be most welcome. The other one is called `Man kunto maula,' its title track being the familiar qawwali written by Amir Khusro. I am not enticed by all his albums with English titles --- perhaps an irrational prejudice --- so I never bought or heard any of them. My first exposure to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's singing was his background score for the Coke ad during the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

My initial liking for qawwalis arose out of familiarity and nostalgia. I grew up listening to qawwalis. This was in a place called Mehdipatnam in Hyderabad during the early 70s. Next to the block (what we used to call a "colony" in those parts) where we used to stay, there was a large, predominantly Muslim, settlement called Muradnagar. Every once in a while, the Muradnagar crowds used to erect a stage *on* the road between Mehdipatnam and Muradnagar, and hold a qawwali recital, which I could watch and listen to from my home. The adults around me used to complain about disruption of peace and traffic, but I used to think it was fun. Apart from these concerts, the Muradnagarites used to publicly play, in those days long-play gramaphone, recordings of qawwalis. Over the years, I learnt to recognise the tunes, and some words, of a few qawwalis.

Later on, as I grew up and read a little bit about Sufism, and listened to some `thumris' in Hindustani music, I was attracted by the depiction of "divine love" in both these traditions, and learnt to appreciate qawwalis some more. However, my appreciation of qawwalis, like my appreciation of music in general, is not particularly deep or educated. More often than not, I am carried away by the sound of the music, and the mood that it evokes in me at a given time.

I haven't heard enough of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to venture out on this. Apart from his qawwalis, I also like the Sabri Brothers from Pakistan. I have listened to two of their albums, one in praise of Khwajah Garib Nawaz (Khwajah Moinuddin Chisti, whose dargah is in Ajmer); the other album contains their rendition of the popular qawwali `Bhar do joli meri ya mohammad.'

I also like the qawwalis of Jafar Husain Khan Badauni and Party. There is a nice Music Today album of theirs containing popular traditional qawwalis such as `Man kunto maula' and `Chhap tilak sab chini re,' which I like quite a bit. I wonder where these singers hail from --- anybody?

Raghu.

nomad

nice post raghu,

you have got some taste for sufi music!!!!

and as the name suggests, jafar husain khan badayuni is from badayuN, in uttar pradesh