Obit: Tabla Virtuoso Zakir Hussain (1951-2024)

Subject: RE: Obit: Tabla Virtuoso Zakir Hussain (1951-2024)
From: robomatic
Date: 16 Dec 24 - 01:10 PM

gillymor: BRILLIANT!

Subject: RE: Obit: Tabla Virtuoso Zakir Hussain (1951-2024)
From: gillymor
Date: 16 Dec 24 - 11:15 AM

Shakti-NPR Tiny Desk Concert

Subject: RE: Obit: Tabla Virtuoso Zakir Hussain (1951-2024)
From: gillymor
Date: 16 Dec 24 - 11:07 AM

I remember him from the first Shakti LP. Mind blowing.

Subject: Obit: Zakir Hussain - 1951-2024 Tabla Virtuoso
From: robomatic
Date: 15 Dec 24 - 09:18 PM

I was introduced to Zakir Hussain through his collaboration with Mickey Hart, percussionist for the Grateful Dead. I remember putting my freshly purchased CD of PLANET DRUM into a studio player where we met for dance practice, and seconds later we were bouncing ourselves all around the studio.

Here's the NPR article

and here's the Wikipedia article