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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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Making Music
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Music Of The Deserts
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Sambandh
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Shoutbox
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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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BlurAllTheLines wrote:
it was so great and wonderful to see him live
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zlato_e wrote:
http://www.indiafestival.nl/index.nl.php?section=programmaconcert&id=8
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rameshhp wrote:
A rare musician with a great musical heart and brain! He brings out the best out of the main musician when he accompanies -- be it a vocalist like Jasraj or instrumentalist like Ravi Shankar, Shivkumar Sharma, or Hariprasad Chaurasia. His tabla solo and duet albums are great as well.
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oou wrote:
A great musician!
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luannn wrote:
http://www.lastfm.es/group/Shakti
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jankii wrote:
WOW
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astro1_rohit wrote:
tag: indian classical
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Smekermann wrote:
i dunno about you guys but the elements: space kinda sucks imo
Videos
Events
- Mar 4 Zakir Hussain & The Masters of Percussion Moore Theatre, Seattle, United States
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Mar
20
Shivkumar Sharma
Rialto Center for the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta, United States
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Mar
28
Zakir Hussain
Berklee Performance Center, Boston MA, United States
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Recent Activity
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STGPresents added Zakir Hussain to the lineup of Zakir Hussain & The Masters of Percussion at Moore Theatre. yesterday evening
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voo-doo-groo-ve, kouscope, malav918 and 1 other person added Zakir Hussain to their libraries. Wednesday morning
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sufi17 tagged Zakir Hussain with ‘world music’. Sunday evening
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El-Coco-Loco tagged Zakir Hussain with ‘world music’. last week
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SilverBirch, binecon, vrall1 and 2 other people added Zakir Hussain to their libraries. last week
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pankajlastfm tagged Zakir Hussain with ‘tabla’. last month
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