Rais Khan
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- Works
- 1
Top works
- Jazbī kī shāʻirī kā tanqīdī mut̤ālaʻah
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1953-03-23
1970s1980s2008 universal fire victimcontemporary r&bdiscofunk
Discography
- Rags to Rufus1974
- Rufusized1974
- Rufus featuring Chaka Khan1975
- Ask Rufus1977
- Street Player1978
- Chaka1978
- Masterjam1979
- Naughty1980
- What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me1981
- Camouflage1981
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- 1,522
- Total plays
- 4,051
Tags
hindustaniinstrumentalIndianvocalAsian
Ustad Rais Khan (25 November 1939 – 6 May 2017) was an Indian-born Pakistani sitar player. Born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, British India, Rais Khan was the torchbearer of the Mewat or Mewati Gharana (lineage), which is connected to Indore and the "beenkar baj gayaki ang" (singing style combined with rudra vina approaches) carried out by Rais Khan's father Mohammed Khan, a rudra vina (been) player and a sitarist. Despite his extensive meend work and the gandhar pancham sitar style he uses <a hre
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Pakistan
- Place of birth
- Indore
- Place of death
- Karachi
- Spouse
- Bilqees Khanum
- Child
- Cezanne Khan
- Award
- Sitara-i-Imtiaz
- Instrument
- sitar
- Image
- Ustad Rais Khan.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1939-11-25
- date of death
- 2017-05-06
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- point in time
- 2005-00-00
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