Nutrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Nutrat Fateh Ali Khan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (born October 13, 1948 in Faisalabad ( Lyallpur ), Pakistan , † August 16, 1997 in London ) was a Pakistani musician whose name literally means: " The king of the opening to success "; Occasionally he is referred to as Pakistan's Pavarotti , and the music magazine Rolling Stone once wrote that he had “ the best voice in the world ”. His music can be traced back to Qawwali , an ecstatic Sufi chantassign (see also Sufism or Sufi music ).

Life

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan came from a family of musicians whose roots lie in Afghanistan. His father was the classical musician Fateh Ali Khan , from whom he was also introduced to qawwali singing. The Qawwali music, which accompanied the literary and dance arts, spread from their country of origin Afghanistan west over Persia to Turkey, north to Uzbekistan and in the 12th / 13th centuries. Century south to India. In 1971 he was appointed Qawwali master and head of the family. His brother Farooq is also a musician. Recordings of his music have been published since 1973.

At concerts, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was accompanied by an ensemble called The Party , which consisted of nine to ten other musicians. The rhythm section consists of a tabla and dholak drummer and three other musicians who clap the rhythm with their hands; another five musicians accompany with different instruments, two of them are usually harmonium players. His concerts were often excessively long, not infrequently they lasted over three hours. An example of verse:

I am not a voice / I am the singing fire / What you hear is the crackling inside you (based on a verse by the Persian poet and mystic Jalal ad-Din Rumi , written in the 13th century).

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has worked with various Western artists, including rock musician Eddie Vedder ( Pearl Jam ) and film actor Tim Robbins (for the soundtrack to Dead Man Walking ), Michael Brook , Massive Attack ( Mustt Mustt , 1991) and Peter Gabriel ( for the soundtracks to The Last Temptation of Christ , Long Walk Home , Natural Born Killers and Gangs of New York ) and thus expanded the popularity of Qawwali music in North America and Europe . In 1990 he went on a world tour for the first time with concerts in North America, various European countries and Australia.

After the death of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, his nephew Rahat Fateh Ali Khan took over his role as a singer.

Discography

  • 1985: Love Songs
  • 1985: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan en concert à Paris , Vol. 1 + 2 (November 6, 1985)
  • 1988: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan en concert à Paris , Vol. 3–5 (March 20 and 21, 1988)
  • 1988: Devotional Songs
  • 1989: Shahen - Shah (Label: Real World )
  • 1989: Yeh Jo Halka Halka (Label: Jaro )
  • 1990: Mustt Mustt (with Michael Brook , Label: Real World )
  • 1990: Supreme Collection
  • 1991: Shahbaaz
  • 1994: The Last Prophet ( Le dernier prophète )
  • 1995: Night Song (with Michael Brook , Label: Real World )
  • 1996: Prophet Speaks
  • 1997: Megastar
  • 1997: Star Rise - Remixes (with Talvin Singh , Joi and Nitin Sawhney )
  • 1998: Rapture
  • 2000: Dust To Gold
  • 2000: Ecstasy
  • 2000: Magic Touch
  • 2000: Swan Song
  • 2000: Traditional Qawwali , Vol. 1
  • 2001: Body & Soul
  • 2001: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
  • 2001: The Final Studio Recordings
  • 2019: Live at WOMAD 1985

Awards

literature

  • Rashid Ahmed Din: Shahen-Shah-E-Qawwali - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and the tradition of Qawwali. In: Jean Trouillet, Werner Pieper (Ed.): WeltBeat. Pieper's Medienexperiemente, Löhrbach 1989, ISBN 3-925817-32-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://rollingstone.com/artists/nusratfatehalikhan/albums/album/125165/review/6212848/dead_man_walking ( Memento from October 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Guinness Book of Records
personal data
SURNAME Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hearing, Parvaiz (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Faisalabad ( Lyallpur ), Pakistan
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1997
Place of death London