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About Zakir Hussain
Hometown
Mumbai, India
Born
1951
Genre
Worldwide
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain revolutionized the tradition of Indian percussion. The son of Ustad Allah Rakha, Hussain recorded scores of albums as a collaborator, beginning with 1969's Sitar Recital with Indraneel Bhattacharya, and continuing in the '70s as a co-founding member of Shakti with John McLaughlin and L. Shankar. He spent most of the '80s recording as a billed collaborator, issued Making Music -- his widely celebrated Western group debut with Jan Garbarek and McLaughlin -- and in 1988 became the youngest percussionist awarded the title "Padma Shri." He worked on Mickey Hart's Grammy-winning Planet Drum in 1992 and followed with the breakthrough Indian jazz fusion outing The Elements: Space. Hussain's highlights since then include touring and recording with Yo Miles!, contributing to McLaughlin's Industrial Zen (2006), and recording The Melody of Rhythm: Triple Concerto & Music for Trio (2009) and As We Speak in 2023 with Béla Fleck.
Zakir Hussain has also released music as a member of Planet Drum, Shakti, Tabla Beat Science Diga Rhythm Band.
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