Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Swan Song

Artist:

Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali

UPC:

724384785727

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Description:

SWAN SONG is Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan`s final public performance.
Personnel: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (vocals); Salman Ashraf (guitar); Rashid Hussein (saxophone); Farukh Fateh Ali Khan, Irshad Hussein (harmonium, background vocals); Imran Hussein (keyboards); Tanveer Hussein (bass); Nadeem Ashraf (drums); Dildar Hussein (tabla, background vocals); Asad Ali, Ilyas Hussein, Khalid Mehmood, Nafis Ahmed, Ghulam Farid (background vocals).
Recorded live in Pakistan.
Digitally remastered by Syed Shehzad Hassan (Underground Studios) and Andrew Walter (Abbey Road Studios, London).
Personnel: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (vocals); Nafis Ahmed, Asad Ali Khan (background vocals).
Audio Remasterer: Andrew Walter .
Recording information: 05/04/1997.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Walter Torres; Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
The late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan`s family has been an integral part of the qawwali music tradition for over 100 years, each generation passing on its insights, skills, and mystical teachings to the next. The qawwal is a hypnotic style of music that uses ancient Sufi poetry to worship Muhammad and to express other concepts, usually of romantic love.
Tabla drums infuse SWAN SONG with a trance-like pulse, while harmoniums drone away in the background, and a chorus echoes Nusrat`s voice. Nusrat has been described as having a "voice from heaven," and hearing is believing. On this, his final performance, a live concert performed for over 6000 people, Nusrat performs a mix of mostly traditional and folk classics including "Piya Ghar Aya," "Akhian Udeek Diyan," and "Loey Loey."

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Hoo
2. Ali da Malang
3. Loey Loey
4. Afreen Afreen

DISC 2:

1. Ik Pal Chein Na Awey
2. Akhian Udeek Diyan
3. Kinna Sohna
4. Piya Ghar Aya
5. Mustt Nazron
6. Mustt Mustt

Album Information

Release Date:

08/10/1999

Type:

Performer

Genre:

International

Subgenre:

Qawwali

Label:

Narada

Producer:

Faisal Rafi

Catalog Number:

72438478572

Original Release Year:

1999

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Live

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

93 : 11

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