I'll love to work with Rahman: Jaisalmer's 'Mozart' http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/4F8DE45399566C8F6525756C002C086B?OpenDocument
Zafri Mudasser Nofil Jaisalmer, Mar 1 (PTI) Call him the Mozart of Jaisalmer or even this desert city's Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and his music has all the elements that will certainly not let you down. Be it belting famous folk songs like 'Nimbooda', 'Mast qalandar', 'Phadharo mhare des' and 'Holiya mein ure re gulal' or composing a symphony, Gazi Khan Barna is quite as ease. Khan and his troupe use diverse instruments like 'algoza' (an indigenous flute), 'khartaal' (a percussion instrument made of wood) and 'morchang' (mouth organ) besides harmonium, sarangi and dholak to create pulsating music in the inhospitable desert terrain. Khan has to credit 100 performances aboard. And now he wants to have some collaborative associations with the country's top musicians including Oscar-winning A R Rahman. "I will love to work with A R Rahman," he says. But the charismatic singer has one regret not much is known in India about the Manganiars, the singing community from western Rajasthan to which he belong. "Though I have performed at several platforms, our form of music is not as popular in other parts of the country as it should have been," Khan told PTI here. In Rajasthan, Manganiyars are invited to perform in social and family gatherings and festivals. PTI -- regards, Vithur
