This is literally a casual one that you guys picked, this is not even close to his range! Thank you for finally doing this!

He is an institution in himself. We Indians love him a lot.

05:56 That's young Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Nusrat's nephew) whom you've seen in Coke Studio.

FINALLY!!! Thanks guys! just a note: Farukkh the harmonium player next to Nusrat is his brother, and father of Rahat Fateh ali Khan,, who is the kid at the very end of the screen. Please go for Nusrat's "Sanson ki maala" next!

Getting into Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is like falling down a rabbit hole, once you’re in, there’s no going back. You don’t just listen to his music; you disappear into it.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was our neighbor. What makes him more of a legend was his humility towards everyone.

9:07 Fun fact: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahab is still the  Pakistani singer who has performed MOST to this day, all over the world! Also, Michael Jackson actually asked Nusrat Sahab to perform with him but he had such a jam packed schedule all the time that he didn't have the time but Michael Jackson openly said many times that he was a big fan of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahab (Sahab means sir, we say it out of respect). I don't know about other countries but Pakistanis and Indians do.

The young guy singing on the extreme right is Rahat  Fateh Ali Khan (Nusrat’s nephew now 52 yrs old)who has taken Nusrat’s legacy and musical inheritance forward, and is a Superb Musician in his own right. You have heard Rahat thrice on “Throga” one year ago with Abida Parveen, 7 months ago with Momina M and six months ago with Amjad Sabari . They were all three great performances !

Nusrat has been a constant in my life for past 35 years. I feel blessed to be able to understand the languages he sang in - urdu, punjabi and farsi.

His family had kept the traditional art of Qawwali alive through successive generations for nearly 6 centuries

Finally you listening to the biggest voice South Asia ever produced the greatest of all time NFAK shb love from 🇵🇰 ❤

Two accomplished music professionals reacting to one of history’s most singular vocal forces is exactly the kind of YouTube content I want more of. Incredible performance, and a great conversation.

This style of singing is called qawwali and Nusrat was known as the "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali" or "Supreme Ruler of Qawwali". His vocal range was well over four octaves and he was extremely prolific. The group surrounding him are not background singers. To his left is Farrukh, his younger brother and widely regarded as on par with Nusrat in vocals as well as the primary composer and arranger of the songs sung by the group. Farrukh's son is Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who accompanied the group in Nusrat's later years. The other men are his students and various instrumentalists who had been part of the qawwali tradition in one way or another for generations.

Qawwali is a Sufi tradition where songs are used to express one's love for the divine, and frequently turn on a phrase or sentence (a motif, as you called it) that is then expanded and expounded on in various ways, both technical and emotional. The way qawwali concerts (and most classical concerts in India) are structured lend themselves to a constant call-and-response, also called jugalbandi with respect to instrumentalists. This experimentation creates a constant tension that can take a basic raaga (scale) or taala (time signature) and stretch it out into a 20-minute piece that doesn't feel long at all. That way it showcases both the technical expertise of the artists and also keeps the audience engaged - especially when they know what taalas and raagas are being used.

South Asian classical music (in all the different genres and subdivisions) is very cerebral and emotional at the same time. From a very early age, most of us kids who are 2nd generation Indians, Pakistanis, Bengalis, etc. grew up associating classical music with dance and/or instruments (tabla, mridangam, harmonium - the drone that was being played in the front, veena, sarangi, and so many more). The emotional appreciation for music is intrinsically tied into the cerebral aspect - the appreciation of pitch control, the ability to pick out the complexities of a solo percussion piece, or the technical excellence shown by the total mastery over a certain raaga.

That's why many Indians, NRIs (nonresident Indians), and desi expats (AKA yours truly) have such highly tuned ears as we show you in the comments. Not all of us can sing like Nusrat, Shankar, or Shreya, but we can all appreciate both exactly how perfect and exacting their performances are as well as how moving they are to the soul - and exactly how much it takes to convey both at the same time.

Give him a poetry book he would sing entire book with melody.

Nusrat is a phenomenon, a sheer force of nature, he is a study. If you guys want to know music, he is the gate, enter and get lost, not for the views, but for the development of your musical intellect.

It's the Best Voice of the Best Singer in the Universe. He is the Greatest of the Great Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Saab ❤️🙏🏻❤.
Love from India Punjab 🇮🇳🪯

His voice was just otherworldly, the greatest vocalist of all time, loved and listened by Billions around the world, many of Bollywood songs are inspired by his song. He could perform for hours non stop. Widely recognised as the "Shahanshah-e-Qawwali" ('the King of Kings of Qawwali'), he has been recognised as one of the 50 Great Voices by NPR and 200 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone. Jeff Buckley called him his Elvis, he called himself his biggest fan, and has sung many of Nusrat songs in Urdu. Peter Gabriel regards Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan as a dear friend and possibly the greatest singer he ever collaborated with. He takes you to another world

I am surprised that you are late to hear this, please listen to him more there a lot more then this.

Nusrat was a gift to the world. His voice was liquid gold!

Check out Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s work with Michael Brook — especially Sweet Pain, The Crest, My Heart, My Life and The Long Road. And if you’re a Jeff Buckley fan, Nusrat was a huge influence on him too. Timeless music and incredible guitar work.