By the demise of Ustad Sultan Khan at the age of 71, the world of music has lost one of its most talented modern minds and one of the few remaining outstanding Sarangi players of Hindustani music tradition. Sultan Khan who mastered the art of Sarangi from his father Gulab Khan and later openly acknowledged the great influences on him by three stalwarts of Hindustani music representing three different streams, Ustad Faiyaz Khan of Agra Gharana, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan of Patiala Gharana and Ustad Amir Khan of Indore Gharana. However, as his music undoubtedly explains, Ustad Sultan Khan was mainly journeying through the meditative passages of music that Ustad Amir Khan had walked through.
Here are four amazing tracks from Ustad Sultan Khan and I humbly request you to find time to listen to them as a tribute the late Maestro
- London 2006: Ustad Sultan Khan and son Sabir Khan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yJDPayazZo
- Rag Desh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tc7xUEiisE
- Nat Bhairav Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLJwQ7J-ZWE&feature=relmfu
- Ustad Sultan Khan sings a Rajastani folk song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6WIoHEuOj4&feature=relmfu
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