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My most memorable performance with my father Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, God rest his soul. I have performed quite a bit with him around the world. My first performance with him was at the Hong Kong festival, in the 80’s. They took me as a Ghazal singer. Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan would accompany him. On the Tabla, we were accompanied by Mumtaz Ali, who resides in Chicago. He was the student of Miah Shaukat Hussain Khan. It was a great tour, and my Father was exceptional there. After which, my Father took me to India. We almost toured the whole of India. Delhi, Mumbai, Madras, Calcutta, Hyderabad, and many other places. We toured many big festivals. My most memorable performance of my Father there, was his performance at the Shanker Lal festival (Delhi). I still remember his Raag Marwa. There was this huge crowd, the place was packed. Banay Khan Sahab was on the Sarangi and Ghulam Abbas Khan was on the Tabla, who was a student of Ustad Alla Rakha Khan. So, Ustad Salamat Ali Khan performed a Taan called a Sata, which elders usually discourage because you can damage your lungs with it. And he performed it causing high voltage bulbs above the stage to crack. Just imagine the frequency of the Taan. I was accompanying him on the harmonium. I was shook and was trying to take cover. The Sarangi player picked up his Sarangi and took cover under it to avoid bulbs falling on his head. Sarangi and took cover under it to avoid bulbs falling on his head. But Father was in his own world with his eyes closed, not paying any attention to what’s going on. It was a miracle no glass fell... After that he performed a very memorable Taan at Shah Jinnah, there is a huge shrine there. We used to get called there for ten days at a time by Sarkar Mohammed Gause who was the Gaddi Nasheen (”Successor/student of a Pir/ Sufi Saint”) of Pir Karorya, near Jhang (Punjab). His son Faisal who has also served as a minister (political) is now the Gaddi Nasheen there. So, my Father performed a Taan in Raag Gaud Malhar, and it caused a wooden beam in the roof to split in half. People thought the roof was going to fall. He was truly great, some even said he was their generation’s Tansen (Legendary singer from the 1500s). I’m not just saying this because he was my Father. It was the respect given to him by the world. He was a deep ocean. There were many other performances, these were some memorable ones where I was present. There are many stories I heard from people, but these were events I witnessed myself. People like to hear from eyewitnesses. But to get to such a state of singing, he used to practice, often 20 hours at a time. Nowadays peop
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Friends and family having fun for 14th August Pakistan Independence day 2022. JUST FOR FUN! #PakistanIndependenceday #14august2022 #pakistanimusic
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Dear friends, ladies and gentlemen. As-salamu alaykum (”Peace be with you”). I am Ustad Latafat Ali Khan. I am of the Shamchaurasi Gharana (“musical lineage/tradition”). Which originated from East of Punjab, India (before partition). That is really the birthplace of our musical tradition. Which originated from East of Punjab, India (before partition). I am the second son of Late Ustad Salamat Ali Khan. With Allah’s grace I am also in the field of music and am a representative of our Gharana. Thanks to Allah our Gharana has existed for more than 500 years. Our forefathers, Miah Chand Khan and Miah Suraj Khan were singers in the Court of Mughal Emperor Akbar, and that is where our Gharana began. Before this, our forefathers were humble farmers of the Rajput caste and our transition into music was truly the result of an elder’s prayer. Allah was merciful and our forefathers became singers, serving the Emperor’s court. So that’s the origins of our Gharana. Shamchaurasi Gharana of East Punjab, as I stated earlier. And now a Gharana known all over the world. Our Gharana has produced some big singers of fame. But Ustad Salamat Ali Khan (Father) and Ustad Nazakat Ali Khan (Uncle) were most influential. They took our Gharana’s name to all corners of the world. We have also had greats like Miah Maan Khan, Miah Bachhatar Khan, Shamus Khan, Tabriz Khan, then there’s Miah Miran Bakhsh Khan, Miah Karim Bakhsh Khan. Miah Karim Bakhsh‘s mausoleum is in Shamchaurasi (the village) and he was a singer in the state of Jammu , under the then King of Jammu and Kashmir. He was a marvellous singer. Dhrupad (musical tradition) is the foundation of our Gharana which is arguably the oldest of vocal traditions in Classical music. Nowadays Dhrupad is quite rare. Learning and understanding it is a skill in itself. As time passed our elders made their name in the Khyal (”imagination”) genre of singing. Here they experimented with many shades of Dhrupad and made a name for themselves. Many of our Gharana’s singers now excel in Khyal. Now we have our fourteenth generation of singers and musicians, with my younger brother Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan making quite a name for himself around the globe, on the Classical music scene. My other younger brother Ustad Sakawat Ali Khan resides in San Francisco, California. He is very much active in the Classical music scene there. I reside here in London. Wherever we are, we are representing our Gharana. But it’s the result of our forefathers’ prayers and blessings that this tradition is still aliv
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