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Ustad Zakir Hussain (born 9 March 1951) is an Indian tabla player, composer, percussionist, music producer and film actor. He is the eldest son of tabla player Alla Rakha . [ 1 ] He is widely considered as one of the greatest tabla players of all time.
He has been featured as a performing artiste on the 2009 Grammy Award-winning album Global Drum Project, Remember Shakti, Masters of Percussion and Summit. He collaborates with various classical artists for fusion concerts. [2]
Hussain was a child prodigy, and was touring by the age of twelve. He went to the United States in 1970, embarking on an international career which includes more than 160 concert dates a year. He has composed and recorded many albums and soundtracks, and has received widespread recognition as a composer for his many ensembles and collaborations.
Save Our Children is an album by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders.It was recorded in West Orange, New Jersey, and was released in 1998 by Verve Records.On the album, which was produced by Bill Laswell, Sanders is joined by keyboardists Jeff Bova, William Henderson, and Bernie Worrell, harmonium player Tony Cedras, bassist Alex Blake, and percussionists Trilok Gurtu and Zakir Hussain.
Ustad Alla Rakha Qureshi (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000), mononymously known as Alla Rakha, was an Indian tabla player who specialised in Hindustani classical music.He was a frequent accompanist of sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar and was largely responsible for introducing tabla to the Western audience.
Diga is an album by the Diga Rhythm Band, a percussion-based music ensemble led by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and by Zakir Hussain. It was released by Round Records as a vinyl LP in 1976. It was remixed and released on CD by Rykodisc Records in 1988. [1] [2] [3]
Global Drum Project is an album by Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, and Giovanni Hidalgo.It was released by Shout!Factory on October 2, 2007. [1] [2]The album combines music played on a variety of drums and other instruments, human voices singing and chanting, and electronic samples and digitally created sounds.
Remember Shakti is a quintet which combines elements of traditional Indian music with elements of jazz.The band consists of English guitarist John McLaughlin, and Zakir Hussain (), U. Srinivas (deceased) (), Shankar Mahadevan (), and V. Selvaganesh (kanjira, ghatam, mridangam), who are of Indian descent.