Naseeruddin Saami

Naseeruddin Saami (born 1945) is a classical singer from Pakistan.

[1] He began learning singing in 1950s from another renowned classical vocalist, Qawwal and musician of his time Munshi Raziuddin.

[3][4] Ustad Saami is the last living vocal practitioner of an ancient 49-note microtonal Surti (or shruti) scale.

[5][6] With the help of Saami's students Ali Sethi and Zeb Bangash, Saami's recorded music was brought to the world internationally by Grammy-winning US producer, Ian Brennan (music producer),[7] through three albums recorded at Saami's home in Pakistan and released by Glitterbeat Records starting in 2019.

"[12] He is featured in the 90-minute documentary movie Closer to God by Swiss director Annette Berger, which has been shown at numerous festivals including Le Guess Who and Oster.