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Brooklyn Qawwali Party

Brooklyn Qawwali Party

About Me

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

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/27/2006
Band Website: bqpmusic.com
Band Members: Tony Barba (tenor sax), Jesse Neuman (trumpet), Loren Stillman (alto sax), Rob Jost (french horn), Ryan Keberle (trombone), Mike Gamble (guitar), Kris Davis (harmonium), Michael Bellar (harmonium), Noah Jarrett (bass),Brook Martinez (drum and perc), Shawn Trail (percussion), Conor Elmes (drums and perc)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Listen to BQP’s WFMU radio broadcast from 9/13...

Click here to link to WFMU's archive of our Sept 13th performance on Transpacific Sound Paradise. Then click on your listening format under the "Hear this show now" options. Finally, fast-forwar...
Posted by Brooklyn Qawwali Party on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:49:00 PST

Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group to Collaborate with BQP

BQP has been contacted by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's nephews/disciples to collaborate! Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group, from Pakistan, began recording for Peter Gabriel's label "Real World Records" in 199...
Posted by Brooklyn Qawwali Party on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:01:00 PST

Brooklyn Museum to use BQP on film

Brooklyn Museum has asked BQP to use our recording of Mustt Mustt in an upcoming video project, directed by videographer Matt Wolf. Visit the following website for more details: http://www.brooklyn...
Posted by Brooklyn Qawwali Party on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:58:00 PST

BQP picked as one of WNYC’s BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES of 2007

BQP was featured on John Shaefer's Soundcheck, WNYC's daily talk show about music, back in February 2007. Recently, WNYC declared BQP one of the best live performances of 2007. This program runs ...
Posted by Brooklyn Qawwali Party on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:57:00 PST

bqp CD !!! bqp CD !!! bqp CD !!! bqp CD !!! bqp CD !!! bqp CD !!!

The Brooklyn Qawwali Party's full length cd "BQP" is available now!1) www.cdbaby.com/brooklynqawwali2) come to our BROOKLYN CD RELEASE, this FRIDAY march 23 at the Tea Lounge (www.tealoungeny.com)---9...
Posted by Brooklyn Qawwali Party on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:32:00 PST

Dum Mustt Qualandar V-I-D-E-O live!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB2NpUhUeVIFilmaker Shridar Bhave is making a documentary about BQP (look out...at your most ecstatic whirling moment you may find a camera in your face!). Check out a ...
Posted by Brooklyn Qawwali Party on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:41:00 PST

BQP on Midwest radio this MONDAY

Brooklyn Qawwali Party on the Sangam show Monday, 08 January, 2007.8:30-10:30 pm Easternhttp://www.kfai.org/smil/kfailive.ram This show presents an extended qawwali set featuring a very wide variety ...
Posted by Brooklyn Qawwali Party on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:11:00 PST

http://www.globesonic.com/events/nusrattribute.html

Check out the link for Globesonic's promo video "Tribute to Nusrat." Come to Makor for the show!
Posted by Brooklyn Qawwali Party on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:37:00 PST

QAWWALI ON THE RADIO (call in and sing our praises!!!)

Brooklyn Qawwali Party---LIVE on WFMU!!!Saturday, November 11th, 6pm - 9pm tune in: (1) at 91.1 FM, (2) www.WFMU.org, or (3) iTunes-->radio-->public-->WFMUTranspacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg...
Posted by Brooklyn Qawwali Party on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:58:00 PST

Boston Qawwali Party?

from a fan:...a prominent Pakistani professor, Dr. Adil Najam at Tufts University, blogged aboutyou guys a few months ago. The post can be found here:http://pakistaniat.com/2006/07/22/jazz-meets-nusra...
Posted by Brooklyn Qawwali Party on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:53:00 PST