Jai Baba is an expression used by followers of Meher Baba

Meher Baba

Meher Baba , , born Merwan Sheriar Irani, was an Indian mystic and spiritual master who declared publicly in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age....

 and means "Praise Baba." It is used as a greeting

Greeting

Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other...

, as a salutation

Salutation (greeting)

A salutation is a greeting used in a letter or other written communication, such as an email. Salutations can be formal or informal. The most common form of salutation in a letter is Dear followed by the recipient's given name or title...

, or as an outward expression of appreciation of Meher Baba's life and qualities. The expression is considered to have its roots in the expression Avatar Meher Baba Ki Jai, first dictated by Meher Baba on his alphabet board in 1954.

Jai Baba Music CD

Jai Baba is also the name of a 2001 limited edition compilation CD-set dedicated to Meher Baba by Who

The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...

 song writer Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...

. The two-CD set contains all the music from Townshend's three Meher Baba tribute albums made in the early 1970s, Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday (1970 album)

Happy Birthday is a collaboration album by Pete Townshend and friends including Ronnie Lane, pressed and released in 1970 by Universal Spiritual League. The album was originally released in February 1970 as the first in a series of tribute albums dedicated to Pete Townshend's spiritual mentor...

, I Am

I am (Pete Townshend album)

I Am is a collaboration concept album by Pete Townshend and friends pressed in 1972. The album includes the original version of "Baba O'Riley" played by Townshend alone without lyrics, which, at 9:48, is almost twice as long as the augmented version which opens Who's Next. I Am was produced as a...

, and With Love

With Love (1976 album)

With Love is a 1976 album by Pete Townshend and friends dedicated to Townshend's spiritual mentor Meher Baba. Appearances and backup artists include Billy Nicholls, Steve Humphries, Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood, Bruce Rowland, Lol Benbow, Paul Wyld, Peter Hope-Evans , Sydney Foxx, among others...

. In addition it includes a version of O Parvardigar

O Parvardigar

O Parvardigar is the common name of a prayer composed by Meher Baba, sometimes called the Master's Prayer or the Universal Prayer. It is also a song on an album by Pete Townshend....

recorded live in India at Meher Baba's third Amartithi

Amartithi

Amartithi is the day which commemorates Meher Baba's death on January 31, 1969.The word "Amartithi" appears to have been coined by Meher Baba and means "deathless day"...

 in 1972. Guests on the recordings include Ronnie Lane

Ronnie Lane

Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands; the Small Faces where he was nicknamed "Plonk", – and, after losing the band's frontman, Faces, with two new...

, Billy Nicholls

Billy Nicholls

Billy Nicholls is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and musical director, who first gained fame in the 1960s while still a teenager with his Pet Sounds influenced album, Would You Believe, originally released on Immediate Records.Nicholls' compositions have been covered by many...

 and Peter Hope-Evans

Medicine Head

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 (of Medicine Head

Medicine Head

Medicine Head were a British blues rock band, active in the 1970s. Their biggest single success was in 1973, with "One and One is One", a Number 3 hit in the UK Singles Chart.-Main personnel:The group worked as a duo for most of its career, consisting of...

).

Track listing

Disk 1

1. Poem
2. Evolution (Ronnie Lane
   Ronnie Lane
   Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands; the Small Faces where he was nicknamed "Plonk", – and, after losing the band's frontman, Faces, with two new...
   
   )
3. Day of Silence
4. Allan Cohen Speaks
5. Mary Jane
6. Allan Cohen Speaks
7. The Seeker
   The Seeker (song)
   "The Seeker" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1971 compilation album Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy.-Background and writing:...
   
   
8. Begin the Beguine
   Begin the Beguine
   "Begin the Beguine" is a song written by Cole Porter . Porter composed the song at the piano in the bar of the Ritz Hotel in Paris. In October 1935, it was introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee produced at the Imperial Theatre in New York City.-Music:The beguine music and dance...
   
    (by Cole Porter
   Cole Porter
   Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
   
   , sung by Pete Townshend)
9. With a Smile Up His Nose They Entered
10. The Love Man
11. Meditation (poem written and performed Mike Da Costa)
12. O'Parvardigar
    O Parvardigar
    O Parvardigar is the common name of a prayer composed by Meher Baba, sometimes called the Master's Prayer or the Universal Prayer. It is also a song on an album by Pete Townshend....
    
     (recorded live in India)

Disk 2

1. Forever's No Time at All (Billy Nicholls
   Billy Nicholls
   Billy Nicholls is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and musical director, who first gained fame in the 1960s while still a teenager with his Pet Sounds influenced album, Would You Believe, originally released on Immediate Records.Nicholls' compositions have been covered by many...
   
   , Katie Mclnnerney, Caleb Quaye
   Caleb Quaye
   Caleb Quaye , is an English Afro-European rock guitarist and studio musician best known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with Elton John, Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, Paul McCartney and Hall & Oates...
   
   )
2. How to Transcend Duality and Influence People
3. Affirmation
4. Baba O'Riley
   Baba O'Riley
   "Baba O'Riley" is a song written by Pete Townshend for the English rock band The Who. Roger Daltrey sings most of the song, with Pete Townshend singing the middle eight: "Don't cry/don't raise your eye/it's only teenaged wasteland"...
   
   
5. This Song Is Green
6. Everywhere I Look This Morning (Jim Meyers)
7. Dragon
8. O'Parvardigar
   O Parvardigar
   O Parvardigar is the common name of a prayer composed by Meher Baba, sometimes called the Master's Prayer or the Universal Prayer. It is also a song on an album by Pete Townshend....
   
   (studio version)
9. Hail Avatar Meher Baba
10. Give It Up 
11. Without Your Love
12. His Hands
13. Just for a Moment
14. Baba Blues
15. Meher
16. Contact
17. Gotta Know Ya
18. Sleeping Dog
19. All God's Mornings
20. Lantern Cabin (piano)

External links

• Jai Baba at Eel Pie
• Meher Baba Tribute Albums by Pete Townshend