Paying tribute to one of the world’s great vocalists, Brooklyn Qawwali Party formed to honor the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, reworking his thunderous songs for an eclectic, eleven-piece orchestra comprised of groundbreaking jazz musicians. Funky, smart, and loving, BQP captures the joyful spirit of this Pakistani folk music in a unique instrumental blend of jazz and Qawwali. With five horns, guitar, bass, harmonium, and three percussionists, this band's buoyant rhythm will be sure to get you on your feet and clapping.
New York Times wrote... "Some of the smartest and most deeply enjoyable working bands in New York these days are essentially repertory groups, taking the music of a single composer or a single far-afield idiom and feeding it back through a new sensibility. Liking BROOKLYN QAWWALI PARTY doesn't depend on if you know what Qawwali is. (It's ancient Sufi devotional music from the Indian subcontinent; each piece is long and heavily rhythmic, working up to climax after climax.) Nor does it depend on how you feel about Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, its most revered practitioner. This is an 11-piece band with brass, reeds, harmoniums, drums and percussion that piles texture into Mr. Khan's melodies, ultimately transforming them; it's joyous music, and this band adds all the extra fun and funk it knows." ~ New York Times - Sunday Arts Section - by Ben Ratliff
Your music sounds to me like a mixture of music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with the sound of Fela Kuti, which is truly a brilliant combination! I look forward to hearing more from you guys in the future, perhaps even playing together?
Thank you for the friendship...Really nice work...always been touched by hearing the sound and rhythms of Nusrat and many other masters...you included BQP. Music's the Best... Greetings from the Belgian Coast.
Hello from Colombia, what a nice surprise this request, I have always been interested in the music from India and Pakistan, I am a singer and percussionist, I learned to play tabla drum form a guru in Indonesia, and for me Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is a big influence, one of my favorite singers, it´s good to find such an interest in sufi culture, the versions are great, thanks for the request and keep in contact, maybe someday I could join you all with my handclaps and my voice, that´s one of my deepest wishes, to be part of one qawwali party.
thank a lot for the request, i'm very happy to discover your project, it s a real nice work , i hope see you one time, and maybe in paris play with you...Its a real fantastik fusion project ,
Dear BQP! I cracked up hearing your stuff! Nusrat is King, that is for sure, and you are keeping the flame alive with passion, talent, and humor, in BROOKLYN! I love it! Carry on! Love, ashley
