Talat Aziz
Talat Aziz, a disciple of Mehdi Hassan, sang Zindagi Jab Bhi Teri Bazm Mein in Umrao Jaan (1981) and Phir Chhidi Raat (Bazaar, 1982), and through the 1980s released ghazal albums — Jagjit Singh produced his first — that kept the Hyderabadi style of the form alive in India.
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Life
He was born in Hyderabad in 1956 to a family of music lovers, trained under Kirana ustads and then Mehdi Hassan, and debuted with the album Jagjit Singh Presents Talat Aziz in 1979; Khayyam used him in Umrao Jaan and Bazaar, and he has sung, acted and taught since. He is married to the designer Bina Aziz.
The voice
A light, clean, Hassan-school tenor with careful Urdu and classical phrasing, gentler than his teacher.
Composers
- Khayyam
- Jagjit Singh
- His own settings
Sang for
- Farooq Shaikh
- Naseeruddin Shah
Sang with
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Ghazals and non-film recordings 8
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