Abdul Sattar Khan, popularly known as Ustad Tari Khan, is a Pakistani tabla player and vocalist.
12 Facts About Tari Khan
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Tari Khan belongs to the tabla playing gharana called the Punjab gharana and is the student of Ustad Miyan Shaukat Hussain.
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At the age of six, Tari was so captivated by the Tabla playing of Ustad Miyan Shaukat Hussain Khan, that for the next eight years, Tari Khan heard Ustad Mian Shaukat Hussain Khan's tabla at various events.
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Ustad Tari Khan became famous as the accompanist of the ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan, as well as Ghulam Ali.
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Tari Khan always provided an exquisite accompaniment: clean, crisp s with astonishingly quick and interesting s to punctuate the verses.
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Since then, Tari Khan has gone on to musical scene as a tabla showman.
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Tari Khan has accompanied various classical artists like Pandit Jasraj, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Roshan Ara Begum, Ustad Bade Fateh Ali Khan, Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan, Ustad Rais Khan, Ustad Sharif Khan Poonchwaley, Ustad Vilayat Khan, and Pandit Ramesh Mishra, to name a few.
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Tari Khan has accompanied renowned singers like Ustad Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh, Talat Aziz, Hariharan, Parvez Mehdi, Shankar Mahadevan, and Hans Raj Hans, to name a few.
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Tari Khan has performed at the oldest ongoing Hindustani classical music festival, Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan, at the 130th and 132nd festivals.
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Ustad Tari Khan played a Teentaal solo, his famous piece "International Keherwa", and had a vocal performance during the 130th Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan.
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Tari Khan is a disciple of Ustad Mehdi Hassan and learned singing from him.
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Tari Khan has a number of followers around the world and has several students across the globe.