Ustad Mohammad Omar: Virtuoso from Afghanistan

Ustad Mohammad Omar

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Afghan rebâb virtuoso Ustad Mohammad Omar, who was born sometime in the early 20th century, came to the United States in 1974 to Seattle’s University of Washington as an artist-in-residence in the ethnomusicology department. On November 18th, 1974, he gave his only U.S. concert, at the university’s Meany Hall. He was accompanied by 24-year-old Zakir Hussain, a budding Indian tabla player. Hussain went on to become a world-renowned tabla virtuoso. Ustad Mohammad Omar returned to Afghanistan after his year in Seattle and died in 1980.

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Track Listing

101	Shakal and naghma in the melodic mode of emen (yeman)	Ustad Mohammad Omar	21:40
102	Shakal and naghma in the melodic mode of bopali (bhupali)	Ustad Mohammad Omar	10:14
103	Tabla solo in the rhythmic cycle of jhaptal (10-beat cycle)	Zakir Hussain	7:55
104	Shakal and naghma based on the melodic mode of pelo (pilu)	Ustad Mohammad Omar	16:01
105	Keliwali in the melodic mode of kastori	Ustad Mohammad Omar	6:56