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, wi…
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