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Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
Artist Biography For Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan August 15 1928 - January 4 2017 Was An Indian Sitar Player.
Khan Received The National Awards Padma Shri 1970 And Padma Bhushan 2006 And Was Awarded The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1987 . Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Is Regarded As One Of The 'Sitar Trinity' Of India Along With Ravi Shankar And Vilayat Khan And Is The Youngest Of Them. He Was Born In 1928 In Jawra Madhya Pradesh As The Son Of Jaffer Khan A Versatile Vocalist Sitarist And Beenkar. He Hails From The Beenkar Gharana Of Indore. He Has Been A Distinguished All India Radio Artiste Since The Early 1940s. A Few Years Before The Beatles Met Ravi Shankar In 1958 Khan Collaborated With Jazz Pianist And Composer Dave Brubeck. Brubeck Who Was In Bombay Through The US State Department Sponsored Jazz Ambassadors Program Was Impressed By The Improvisation In Indian Music And Said That The Experience Accompanying Halim Jaffer Khan Led Him To Play In A Different Way. Brubeck Says Of That Meeting "We Understood Each Other." Khan Also Performed With The Noted English Classical Guitarist Julian Bream In 1963. Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Is Perhaps Best Known For His Innovation Jafferkhani Baaj. He Describes It As "a Synthesis Of Precision In Technique Systematic Thought" With A Vigorous Playing Style. Cultural Anthropologist And Reader At The University Of Mumbai Dr. Kamala Ganesh States "His Music Making Is Full Of Eclectic Yet Deeply Informed Choices. He Is A Thinking Musician But Puts Across His Complex Views With A Simplicity And Feeling Which Demarcate The Articulate Performer From The Articulate Theoretician.... In Him One Gets An Unmistakable Sense... A Syncretic Tradition". The Indian Santoor Player Shivkumar Sharma Remembers Of Khan's Performance Of The Raga Chaayanat "It Was Probably In 1955-56 I Was Relaxing In My Terrace In Jammu. In The Stillness Of The Night I Heard The Notes Of Raga Chaayanat On The Sitar Emanate From My Neighbor's Radio. I Immediately Noticed That The Tone Of The Sitar Was Completely Different And The Style Of Playing Radically Unique. I Rushed To Switch On My Radio.... I Was Totally Engrossed And Was Very Curious To Know Who This Maestro Was." Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Has Been Credited With Bringing Carnatic Ragas Kirwani Kanakangi Latangi Kirwani Karaharapriya Manavati Ganamurti And Others Into The Sitar Repertoire Rendering Them Through A Hindustani Sensibility And In The Jafferkhani Style. He Was The First Hindustani Musician To Collaborate With Carnatic Music In A Performance With Renowned Veena Player Emani Sankara Sastry. His Early Experimentation With Polytonality In Indian Classical Instrumentation Which Is Largely Solo Performance Was Achieved In His Sitar Quintet. Khan Has Had A Valuable Involvement With Indian Cinema. Music Director Khwaja Khurshid Anwar Introduced Him To The Hindi Film Industry In 1946 At The Age Of 17 When He Played Sitar In The Songs Of Film Parwana 1947 Film . He Has Also Composed And Played For Epic Films Like Mughal-E-Azam Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje 1971 Goonj Uthi Shehnai 1959 Kohinoor 1960 And Has Collaborated With Noted Music Directors Such As Vasant Desai C. Ramachandra Madan Mohan And Naushad Who Has Said "he Not Only Enriched Film Music But His Participation Lent Prestige To My Songs." In 1976 Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Created The Halim Academy Of Sitar In Mumbai India. Notable Disciples Include Sitarists Zunain Khan Who Is Also The Son Of Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Dr. Prasad Joglekar And Gargi Shindé Director Of Jazz Programs At Chamber Music America. Awards
Tagore Ratna Sangeet Natak Akademi In 2012
Padma Bhushan Govt. Of India In 2006
Lifetime Achievement Award Legends Of India In 2005
Hafiz Ali Khan Award Haafiz Ali Khan Memorial Trust In 1992
Shikhar Samman Govt. Of Madhya Pradesh In 1991
Gaurav Puraskar Govt. Of Maharashatra In 1990
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1987
Padmashree Govt. Of India In 1970
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Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan - Fantasy | Lyrics
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Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan - Anticipation | Lyrics
Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan - Raga Marwa | Lyrics
Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan - Zilla Kafi Alap | Lyrics
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