Age, Biography and Wiki

Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan was born on 18 February, 1927 in Jaora, Madhya Pradesh, India, is an Indian musical artist. Discover Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

Popular As N/A
Occupation Sitarist, Composer, Innovator, Author
Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 18 February, 1927
Birthday 18 February
Birthplace Jaora, Madhya Pradesh, India
Date of death 2017
Died Place Mumbai, India
Nationality India

We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 18 February. He is a member of famous artist with the age 90 years old group.

Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Height, Weight & Measurements

At 90 years old, Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan height not available right now. We will update Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.

Physical Status
Height Not Available
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
Hair Color Not Available

Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

Family
Parents Not Available
Wife Not Available
Sibling Not Available
Children Not Available

Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan worth at the age of 90 years old? Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. He is from India. We have estimated Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
House Not Available
Cars Not Available
Source of Income artist

Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Social Network

Instagram
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook
Wikipedia
Imdb

Timeline

1927

Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (18 February 1927 – 4 January 2017) was an Indian sitar player.

Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan was born in 1927 in Jaora (35 km away from Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh) as the son of Jaffer Khan, a versatile vocalist, sitarist and beenkar.

1940

He belonged to the Beenkar Gharana of Indore and was an All India Radio artiste since the early 1940s.

1946

Music Director Khwaja Khurshid Anwar introduced him to the Hindi film industry in 1946 at the age of 17 when he played sitar in the songs of film Parwana.

1955

The Indian santoor player Shivkumar Sharma remembers of Khan's performance of the raga Chhayanat: "It was probably in 1955–56, I was relaxing in my terrace in Jammu. In the stillness of the night I heard the notes of Raga Chhayanat on the sitar emanate from my neighbor's radio. I immediately noticed that the tone of the sitar was completely different and the style of playing radically unique. I rushed to switch on my radio.... I was totally engrossed and was very curious to know who this maestro was."

Khan has been credited with bringing Carnatic ragas Kirwani, Kanakangi, Latangi, Karaharapriya, Manavati, Ganamurti, and others into the sitar repertoire, rendering them through a Hindustani sensibility and in the Jafferkhani style.

He was the first Hindustani musician to collaborate with Carnatic music in a performance with renowned Veena player Emani Sankara Sastry.

Khan was also involved with Indian cinema.

1958

A few years before the Beatles met Ravi Shankar, in 1958, Khan collaborated with jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck.

Brubeck who was in Bombay through the U.S. State Department sponsored Jazz Ambassadors Program was impressed by the improvisation in Indian music and said that the experience accompanying Halim Jaffer Khan led him to play in a different way.

Brubeck says of that meeting, "We understood each other."

1963

Khan also performed with the noted English classical guitarist Julian Bream in 1963.

Khan is known for his own style Jafferkhani Baaj.

He describes it as, "a synthesis of precision in technique, systematic thought" with a vigorous playing style.

Cultural anthropologist and reader at the University of Mumbai, Dr. Kamala Ganesh states: "His music making is full of eclectic yet deeply informed choices. He is a thinking musician but puts across his complex views with a simplicity and feeling which demarcate the articulate performer from the articulate theoretician.... In him, one gets an unmistakable sense... a syncretic tradition".

1970

Khan received the national awards Padma Shri (1970) and Padma Bhushan (2006) and was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1987.

1971

He also composed and played for films like Mughal-e-Azam, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1971), Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959), Kohinoor (1960) and collaborated with noted music directors such as Vasant Desai, C. Ramachandra, Madan Mohan and Naushad who has said, "he not only enriched film music, but his participation lent prestige to my songs."

1976

In 1976, Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan created the Halim Academy of Sitar in Mumbai, India.

2017

Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan died on 4 January 2017, at his home in Mumbai, India, from cardiac arrest, aged 89.

Narrated by violinist Yehudi Menuhin, Deben Bhattacharya's film Raga features a young virtuosic Halim Jaffer Khan playing raga Sindh Bhairavi.