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There are great singers, and then there are those few voices that transcend time.His vocal range, talent for improvisation and sheer intensity were unsurpassed. He performed qawali, which means wise or philosophical utterance, as nobody else of his generation did.
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For 25 years, his mystical songs transfixed millions. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's voice was otherworldly.Considered one of the greatest singers ever recorded, he possessed a three-octave vocal range and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours.Extending the 600-year old Qawwali tradition of his family, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is widely credited with introducing Sufi music to international audiences. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Octo– August 16, 1997), a world-renowned Pakistani musician, was primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis (a mystical tradition within Islam).