Selected Performance

"Mustt Mustt" (Lost in His Work) performed Nasrat Fateh Ali Khan (vocals), with Robert Ahwai (guitar), Michael Brook (guitar, bass), Bildar Hussain (tabla), Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan (harmonium, vocals), and James Pinker (djembe).

Nasrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (Real World Records CD 2-91630) released in 1990. [Scribner CD K526 1990].

"Mustt Mustt" (or "Mast Mast") is a modernized version of the famous qawwali manqabat, "Shabaz Qalandar." Shabaz Qalandar was a Sufi mystic who, according to legend, miraculously survived several attempts on his life. The word "mast" means "intoxicated" and in this song tied to the Sufi idea of being "intoxicated with the breath of God" ("dam, dam, mast Qalandar").

Sources of Indian Music: Qawwali