An Evening with Ustad Asad Amanat Ali Khan: A Tribute

kaal, a National Academy of Classical Music or something would be a good start to train the next generation...

Kul, state support might have recently decreased in percentage terms, but just about a month ago, talking to some supposedly `cool dudes` of the new generation, it became clear that the sense of veneration among the masses toward real music has not diminished one bit. How it is all going work out financially in the future for the uphoalders of these magnificent traditions and heritage is a bit of an unknown...(that`s always been the case, though).

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except for the bandish `pyaar nahin hain sur se jisko,`

not that i can recall...
the audience was mostly mirpuris and punjabi villagers so i think keeping that in mind he sang more populist pieces...

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Asif, that’s very true what you say. Artists are not appreciated in our country, and it is very unfortunate. Hindustani classically trained musicians are either dead or have left Pakistan, due to lack of patronage. Our music, with such rich and glorious history, is sadly taking it’s last breaths. In India however, a lot of state and private support is keeping the North Indian classical tradition alive.

i listened to his malkauns bandish ``pyar nahin jain sur se inko, wo moorakh insaan nahi..`` in the youtube..very cool indeed. naqsh, did he sing any khayal or tarana-type classical pieces also in the mehfil?

isn`t he also related to ustad hamid ali khan?

we only appreciate people when they are dead! it is a human thing...

when he was alive most people in pakistan would have called him a `kanjar` and a `miraasi`.
that is the state of our narrowmindedness. now he is dead the president and everyone else jumps on the bandwagon...

even sadder is the case of the great ustaad mehdi hassan sahib who, though not dead, is apparently gravely ill and yet the govt wont even do anything to help him with his medical costs etc. if he was european he`d have been a multi millionaire by now and a national icon.

What?! That is a shocker.

I too had learnt a little more about Ustad Ali Bux Khan`s family after (embarrassed to say)mitwa. What little I had known had made me a fan and a real well wisher of these great musicians.

May Khan Sahib rest in peace.

Thanks for the links urstruly. they`re great.

yes the punjabi ghazal i mentioned in my article whose name i`d forgotten was `zara zara`.


thanks for the info kulharee.

sadly classical musicians of his kind are dying out in pakistan...

``#3 by Urstruly on April 17, 2007 9:01am PT

The Best of Asad Amanat Ali Khan on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=asad+amanat``

thanx for link...

With all due respect, Aasif, Asad Amanat Ali Khan, doubtlessly a great vocalist, did not achieve the title “Ustad”. It is a very sacred Title reserved only for the great maestros and conferred upon them by other great Ustads and Pundits. Indeed, Asad Khan was on his way of getting it one day, but sadly he left us prematurely.

The Best of Asad Amanat Ali Khan on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=asad+amanat

though i have never heard ustad amanat asad ali khan sahab, i have heard his younger brother shafqat amanat ali khan`s album he made with fuzon. i have also heard shafqat sing a sonng called `mitwa` in Karan johar`s film and i must confess his rendering of that song was very heartfelt.

if shafqat was that good, i can only imagine how brilliant would have asad sahab been. i will look out for his compositions and add them to my collection.

may his soul rest in peace.

rgds,

devkant.

May Allah bless his soul. He was truly talented artist and well appreciated at that but for some reason he did not sing as much as his cousin did.