Musafir
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- Years Active: 2000s
Biography
The music, dance and spiritual arts of the nomadic gypsies of the Thar desert of Rajasthan in northwest India are brought to the concert stage by Jaipur-born tabla player Hameed Khan and his group, Musafir. Their concerts are multi-media celebrations that include puppets, whirling dancers, snake charmers, pyrotechnicians, Manghanian poets and mind-boggling fakirs who balance on carpets of nails and broken glass. India Weekly described one show as "a brilliant mix of traditional Rajasthani crowd pleasing acts".
The son of a professional musician, Khan began his musical career shortly after moving to France in 1984. Broadening his musical scope, Khan collaborated with a diverse variety of musicians including Najat Aatabou, Vishwa Mohanbhatt, Lakshmi Shankar, Chico Bouchikhi, Thierry Robin and Lo' Jo Triban and Trio Erik Marchand, a group that encompassed French, Breton, Arabian and Rajathani influences.
Inspired to explore his own musical tradition, Khan formed Musafir (translated as "The Wanderers") in 1991. In addition to his work with Musafir, Khan continues to serve as artistic director of Jaipur Brass Band.
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