His grandfather Wazir Ali Khan was the first to demonstrate Indian classical music on shehnai at Buckingham Palace.
[2][1][3] He taught how to play the instrument, shehnai, at Sangeet Research Academy, Calcutta beginning in 1974.
He holds the distinction of composing the signature tune for Indian Television with Pandit Ravi Shankar in 1973.
His concert tours included countries like the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Russia, Tunisia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines over a span of twenty years.
[1] Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan died on 16 March 2016 due to kidney-related problems in Kolkata at age 77.