Zakir Hussain

...Edgar Meyer (with whom he's recorded three albums, including a concerto commissioned by the Nashville Symphony) and tabla player Zakir Hussain on "The Melody of Rhythm: Triple Concerto & Music for Trio," which included a live recording and...

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The concert, which included performances by Angelique Kidjo, Roberta Flack, Harry Belafonte, Lang Lang, John Mclaughlin, Zakir Hussein, Emmanuel Jal, Sister Fa, and Aterciopelados, honored the "blue helmets" and their work with...

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Ustad Zakir Hussain (Hindi: ज़ाकिर हुसैन, Urdu: زاکِر حسین), (born 9 March 1951), is an Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and soundtrack composer. Hussain was born in Mumbai, India to the legendary tabla player Ustad Alla...

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...by the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, The Doors and Coldplay. Not many Asian artistes apart from AR Rahman, Pt Ravi Shankar and Ustad Zakir Hussain have performed at this prestigious venue. That way, we are the first ones from mainstream Indian...

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...to be collaborating with a number of the world's leading astronomers and astrophysicists along with his Global Drum Project bandmates, Zakir Hussain, Giovanni Hidalgo and Sikiru Adepoju in creating other worldly music emanating from a...

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...and bass plus one -- and given free rein to pick the third musician -- one name topped both their lists: Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain. ``The banjo and tabla have had an appointment to get together, and I'm glad to be experiencing it...

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...Michel Camilo, Israeli oud three-piece Le Trio Joubran, Paco De Lucia, Shakti (the band led by John McLaughlin which also featured Zakir Hussain), Jorge Reyes, Astor Piazzola, Dimebag Darrell of Pantera and Pink Floyd. The heavy metal influence...

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...been The Melody of Rhythm: Triple Concerto & Music for Trio, an album recorded in collaboration with double bassist Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain, a master of the tabla, an Indian percussion instrument that looks like a small drum. As if that...

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...Melody of Rhythm, an unparalleled collaboration between banjo virtuoso Bla Fleck, composer and double-bass master Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain. Arguably the world's greatest tabla player, followed by a 19-city tour of North American...

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...this year. Does Indian classical music interest him? Yes. He has a lot of respect for Ustad Zakir Hussain, L Shankar and Pt Ravi Shankar. He said he hasn't collaborated with anyone so far (except playing as a guest artiste in one of...

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