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Ustad Zakir Hussain (born 9 March 1951), son of tabla player Ustad Allah Rakha, is the most famous classical tabla player in India (and, probably, in the world) today. He is appreciated both in the field of percussion and in the music world at large. He has won many awards and much recognition for his contributions.
Zakir Hussain has worked with many leading Western and Indian artists, and has produced many works of East-West fusion, perhaps most notably with George Harrison. In the 1970s he recorded with an American psychedelic band called Shanti, with John McLaughlin in Shakti, with Shankar in the Diga Rhythm Band, with Mickey Hart on his Rolling Thunder album, and on the soundtrack for the movie Apocalypse Now. Shakti reunited in 1998 under the name Remember Shakti. Zakir Hussain has also continued to perform on many of Mickey Hart’s albums, including Planet Drum, and on numerous recordings by John McLaughlin.
In 1992, Zakir Hussain founded Monument Records to produce live concert performances by masters of the classical music of India. The label presents Zakir’s own world percussion ensemble, The Rhythm Experience, both North and South Indian classical recordings, Best of Shakti, and a Masters of Percussion series.
He has recorded and performed with artists as diverse as George Harrison, Ali Akbar Khan, Shivkumar Sharma, Vasant Rai, Imrat Khan, Ravi Shankar, Joe Henderson, Van Morrison, Jack Bruce, Tito Puente, Pharoah Sanders, David Grisman, Billy Cobham, Jan Garbarek, Earth, Wind and Fire, Kronos Quartet, the Hong Kong Symphony and the New Orleans Symphony.
Zakir Hussain has worked with many leading Western and Indian artists, and has produced many works of East-West fusion, perhaps most notably with George Harrison. In the 1970s he recorded with an American psychedelic band called Shanti, with John McLaughlin in Shakti, with Shankar in the Diga Rhythm Band, with Mickey Hart on his Rolling Thunder album, and on the soundtrack for the movie Apocalypse Now. Shakti reunited in 1998 under the name Remember Shakti. Zakir Hussain has also continued to perform on many of Mickey Hart’s albums, including Planet Drum, and on numerous recordings by John McLaughlin.
In 1992, Zakir Hussain founded Monument Records to produce live concert performances by masters of the classical music of India. The label presents Zakir’s own world percussion ensemble, The Rhythm Experience, both North and South Indian classical recordings, Best of Shakti, and a Masters of Percussion series.
He has recorded and performed with artists as diverse as George Harrison, Ali Akbar Khan, Shivkumar Sharma, Vasant Rai, Imrat Khan, Ravi Shankar, Joe Henderson, Van Morrison, Jack Bruce, Tito Puente, Pharoah Sanders, David Grisman, Billy Cobham, Jan Garbarek, Earth, Wind and Fire, Kronos Quartet, the Hong Kong Symphony and the New Orleans Symphony.
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Kassandra_ wrote:
@eqsmetal If one uses a word as much as you do, one should think he knows how to write it. It's "fuckin, fucking or fuck" :) I lived 9 years in India & yes I met tabla masters playing as good as Zakir. But do you think the guys you're listening to don't need money ? Play music and concerts for fun and for free :) ?? Like Breakin Benjamin, 3 Doors Down, Daughtry, Seether..... "Kill him and I'll pay the guy money who's killing him" :) Then start earning some money. Probably nobody is killing Zakir for free. Why don't you do it yourself ? Or aren't they not yet letting you out on your own from the psychic ward you're in ? ;-)
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Shamatha wrote:
eqsmetal, can you explain your remark please ?
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aktifistanbul wrote:
Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion Konseri, Aya İrini Müzesi, Avea Sıra Dışı Müzik Konserleri, 2 Kasım 2011, Çarşamba . Detaylı Blgi İçin...aktifistanbul.com
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WellDressedMan wrote:
March 17 - Zakir Hussain & Niladri Kumar @ George Weston Recital Hall at the Toronto Centre for the Arts
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Kor21 wrote:
just wow
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eqsmetal wrote:
fuck this fucken' tabla master....................we can easily find guys like zakir in india ........:P:P this bastards only need money .they adore money not music..........:):) kill him ......i'll pay the guy who 'll kill zakit tabla gandu master ...........:):) maa ka yaar.,pehn jka rakhwala zakir baba ..............:):) hail metal fuck bollywood ............greetin'z from india
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nfzanna wrote:
nice
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pressF1 wrote:
Zakir Hussain has a most bodacious nose.
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mdrosa wrote:
amazing see him playing. wish one day he came to play in Brazil
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DirtyPockets wrote:
amaaaazing percussionist! If he collaborated with Jaki Liebezeit, I think my soul would explode instantaneously
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skinnydrifter wrote:
:)
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ohh1972 wrote:
Very nice
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aotiv wrote:
Role model in his music and lifestyle. He's such an incredible performer!!!
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1g0g wrote:
Zakir Hussain - спасибо!
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onerom_lacroix wrote:
Great musician. :)
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ZurDruid wrote:
TEENTAL ~!!!!!!! FAST TEMPO !!!!!!
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phillip360 wrote:
♫ nourish, glue and inflate the soon to be estrus and electrified 'pataphysics group ♫
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trueinstein wrote:
from Tabla Beat Science
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sdf1013 wrote:
One of the leaders of the legendary "Diga Rhytm Band"
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nevrasezer wrote:
Zakir Hussain's concert with group Taksim Trio as part of Istanbul Jazz festival was utterly magnificient, it felt as if the Byzantine Church of Aya Irını had been waiting for that magical night of music for centuries, the night when all doors of heaven had opened up via music.
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Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion
The American Theatre, Hampton, VA, Virginia Beach, United States
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Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Boston MA, United States
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- Mar 21 Zakir Hussain’s Masters of Percussion Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles CA, United States
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