Raag Kamod (on Sarangi) by Ustad Nabi Bakhsh KhanSaheb

Raag Kamod ka Khayal (on Sarangi)

Sarangi Player: Ustad Nabi Bakhsh Khansaheb

Tabla : Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khansaheb (most probably)

Courtesy: Raza Kazim's Music Collection

*A Syed Wajid's Presentation

~Born in 1910 in Jhajjar, Ustad Nabi Buksh belonged to the illustrious Panipat Gharana of sarangi players. His father Chaman Ali Khan died when Nabi Buksh was still very young. He learned the art of sarangi playing from his maternal uncle Hussain Buksh (Giyani Khan) and later from the illustrious Badal Khan of Panipat. He became a staff artist of All India Radio Delhi at a very young age. After Partition he joined Radio Pakistan Lahore as a staff artist and served there till his retirement in 1980. Ustad Nabi Buksh was an exceptional accompanist and played with the great singers of his time like Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Barkat Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Salamat Ali/Nazakat ali, Roshan ara Begam, Umeed Ali Khan etc. He also played solo and also has some LP records to his credit. He was awarded the Pride of Performance Award in 1986. Ustad Nabi Buksh Khan died in 1989 in Lahore. His sons Irfan Nabi Bukhsh and Israr Nabi Buksh are carrying forward his musical tradition of sarangi playing. (Credit for Intro goes to Ali Zafar/DrKashyap on http://oriental-traditional-music.blo...)

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