Thursday, August 22, 2013
USTAD ABDUS-SATTAR 'TARI' KHAN (born 1953) is a Pakistani master tabla player
and Vocalist.
Ustad Tari Khan was born in Lahore, Pakistan. He
hails from a traditional Rababi family (musicians employed in the
Sikh temples of Punjab). His father was a classical vocalist. At fourteen, he
formally became a student of Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan. Three years later he
performed at the death anniversary of tabla master Mian Qadir Baksh. That solo
performance earned him a revered place amongst the tabla greats.
He became famous as the accompanist of the ghazal singer Ghulam
Ali. Tari always provided an exquisite accompaniment: clean, crisp thekas with
astonishingly quick and interesting laggis to punctuate the verses. Because of
that international exposure, musicians in India got to hear of him at a time
when little cultural news escaped from Pakistan. Since then, Tari has gone on
to musical scene as a tabla showman.
Ustad Tari Khan has accompanied various classical artistes like Pt
Jasraj, etc. He has also accompanied renowned ghazal singers like Mehdi Hasan,
Ghulam Ali, Hariharan, and Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
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