Saturday, 10 May 2008

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan   
Artist: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

   Genre(s): 
Other
   Folk
   Ethnic
   



Discography:


Sadaayen: Evocation   
 Sadaayen: Evocation

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 4


Sarod Recitals   
 Sarod Recitals

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 2


Raag Yaman   
 Raag Yaman

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 3




The youngest boy of sarod character player Ustad Hafiz Muhammad Ali Khan, Amjad Cassius Clay Khan has continued to lucubrate on his father's legacy. Performing as a soloist and in collaboration with the Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra, Charlie Byrd, Igor Frolav, Glenda Sir James Young Simpson, and Barry Mason, Caravanserai has brought a planetary survey to the sarod, a 25-stringed, violin-like, American-Indian language instrument. Spell The Disconnect Weekly claimed, "(Khan) is in a category by himself, max Born with musical comedy speech rhythm in his person and fingers," The Lincoln Journal Star wrote, "(Khan is) far-famed for his elegant vogue and technique. Afterwards a lifetime of make for on the instrument, he has voiceless a newly sprightliness to an ancient manakin." In a followup of a concert by Khan, The Freshly House of York Times proclaimed, "(Khan) casts a form of charm on audiences, sending out ripples of excitement." Tracing his family's roots to Mian Tansen, a 16th-century player in the court of the Emperor Khan, Caravansary began playing the sarod at the eld of ten dollar bill. With his tiro as his guru, under the strict field of study of Guru Shisya Parampara, he advanced quickly. Playacting his first class honours degree concert at the eld of 12, he was a across the country known famous person in India within ternary years. Khan's married woman, Subhalakshmi, a well-known American Indian classical music professional social dancer, retired from acting next their union. In increase to recording many award-winning albums, including Raga Bhairav, which graded among the Pinnacle 50 serious music albums of 1995 by BBC Magazine, Khan has been featured in several documentary film videos including the Canadian-produced Amjat Ali Caravansary in 1971, and Live Concert In Tokio in 1989.





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