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25 Apr 2025
In Focus: Zakir Hussain
Two hours of exploratory Indian classical sounds from legendary tabla player and percussionist Zakir Hussain, selected by Arushi Jain.
"When Zakir Hussain died last December, the world lost not only an immensely talented tabla player and percussionist, arguably the greatest of his generation, but also an extraordinary philosopher of sound.
Via his band Shanti, as well as his many collaborations with artists like George Harrison, The Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, Ravi Shankar, Herbie Hancock, Shivkumar Sharma Béla Fleck, Charles Lloyd, and Yo-Yo Ma, Hussain merged North and South Indian music as well as jazz, Western classical, and tabla to extraordinary effect. His music was effervescent, curious and dynamic." - Arushi
Collection: Music Of India
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Tracklist
- Zakir HussainYou And Me
- Shakti With John McLaughlinGet Down And Sruti [1977]
- Interlude [1](Interview On His Father)
- Shivkumar Sharma, Zakir HussainKaunsi Kanhra
- Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Alla RakhaTabla Recital With Commentary & Demonstration Teental (Punjabi Peshkar - Qaida - Khand Jati & Gats)
- Interlude [2](On Becoming A Student When He Was Born)
- Alla Rakha & Zakir HussainMatta Taal [2005]
- Interlude [3](On The Difference Between Indian And Western Music)
- Zakir Hussain & The Rhythm ExperienceNines Over Easy
- Zakir HussainJanasammohini Drut Gat (Live)
- Interlude [4](On Going To America)
- George Brooks With Krishna Bhatt & Zakir HussainTaj Express [1996]
- Zakir Hussain & The Rhythm ExperienceBalinese Fantasy [1991]
- John McLaughlin And The 4th Dimension, Zakir HussainMother Tongues
- Interlude [5](Learning Different Types Of Music)
- Zakir HussainMaking Music
- David GrismanNew Deli Duo
- Hariprasad Chaurasia Feat. Zakir HussainRaga Majh Khamaj [2004]
- Interlude [6](On Winning Padma Shri)
- Zakir Hussain, N. RajamThumri Khamaj [2003]
- Zakir HussainThe Zen Of Space
- Pat Martino, Peter Block, Ustad Habib Khan, Ilya Rayzman, Zakir HussainGarland For A Poet
- Interlude [7](On Death)
- Ustad Zakir HussainRaga
- Interlude [8](On Working With Mickey Hart On Movies)
- Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Rakesh ChaurasiaBeast In The Garden
- Emam & Friends (Feat Zakir Hussain)Malkino [2003]
- Interlude [9](On Accompanying)
- L. Subramaniam, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Zakir Hussain, Ali Akbar KhanRaga Chandranandan (Ustad Ali Akbar Khan Featuring Pandit Mahapurush Misra) [2001]
- Shakti; Shankar Mahadevan; John McLaughlin; Zakir Hussain; Ganesh Rajagopalan; Selvaganesh VinayakramBending The Rules [2023]
- Interlude [10](On Music As Home)