Zakir Hussain
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- North Indian tabla
- Los Angeles, California
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George Harrison. The Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart. Guitarist John McLaughlin. Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer. Apocalypse Now. These are all reasons you’ve probably heard tabla player Zakir Hussain but may not realize it. Raised in Mumbai and playing professionally since the age of 12, Hussain is a virtuoso on an instrument that requires years and years to master. There may be no word on who he’ll be performing with, but his quick hands and the many tones of his tabla alone could create quite the masterpiece.
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One of the world’s most famous percussionists, acclaimed for his mastery of classical Indian music and for his innovative compositions and collaborations beyond the tradition –- a virtuoso of the highest order whose genius reveals the astonishing rhythmic complexities and melodic dimensions of which the two-drummed tabla is capable.
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