Asif Ali Santoo Khan Qawaal - Gous e Azam shah e jilani

ASIF ALI KHAN was born in 1973, the youngest son of Manzoor Hussain, a well-known singer from a famous Pakistani musical family. He traces his musical ancestry back more than 350 years. His great-grandfather, Mian Maula Baksh, was one of the most famous classical singers of the Indian subcontinent and founded his qawwali (Sufi music) group more than 80 years ago. After partition, his grandfather, Santoo Khan, moved the family to Pakistan in 1947 settling in Lahore. Here the group, known at this time as Santoo Khan Qawwal, became extremely popular both for its wide repertoire of classical, spiritual (Sufi), and popular songs as well as their superb command of the Urdu, Persian, and Punjabi languages. The group was one of the first to record qawwali music, and was regularly heard on All Pakistan Radio. About Santoo Khan If the late, great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was known as ‘the emperor of qawwali’, Asif Ali Khan – who was once hailed by the maestro as one of his best students – has surely emerged as the music’s reigning prince. Since Nusrat’s death in 1997, Asif has participated in tribute concerts and recordings dedicated to the memory of his teacher, but has developed a style and presence all of his own. While remaining faithful to the sublime traditions of the devotional Sufi music known as qawwali, Asif is hugely popular in his homeland of Pakistan and a powerful figure on the international stage. Shahbaz Hussain fayyaz Hussain Qawaal, Sher Ali mehir Ali Qawaal, Asif Ali Santoo Khan Qawaal, Sain Jaffar Hussain Qawaal, Fareed ayaz Abu Muhammad Qawaal, faiz Ali faiz Qawaal, bjs Qawaal,