Zakir Hussain turned 70 on March 9th. In an unparalleled career, which began in earnest aged 7, the man widely acclaimed as the world's greatest tabla player has played with the giants of both Indian ...

Zakir Hussain is one of the world's most in demand percussionists. From his collaborations with jazz greats Charles Lloyd and Herbie Hancock to his explorations with the Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, ...

George Harrison offered some life-changing advice when a young Zakir Hussain told the former Beatle he wanted to become the world’s first great rock drummer from India. In a word — well, two — ...

Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain is returning to Santa Cruz with another world music project that defies borders. The Masters of Percussion program on Friday at 7:30 pm at the Rio Theatre features ...

The pre-eminent classical tabla virtuoso of our time, Zakir Hussain is appreciated both in the field of percussion and in the music world at large as an international phenomenon and one of the world’s ...

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Third Coast Percussion gives the L.A. premiere of Zakir Hussain's last major work, "Murmurs of Time," at the Nimoy, a final ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The San Francisco Jazz Gala will honor drummer Zakir Hussain Wednesday night. Hussain plays the Tabla, a small drum set from Indian and Pakistani classical music. Over his ...

Born in Bombay on 9 March 1951, Zakir Hussain was immersed early in the rigorous discipline of the Punjab gharana. As the son ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music ...