Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain — who united musicians from diverse cultures and by doing so, shaped modern world music — died on Sunday in San Francisco. He was 73. In a statement ...

Zakir Hussain, a prolific Indian musician known for playing the tabla, died on Sunday in San Francisco, his management company confirmed. He was 73. Tabla, a percussion instrument, is one of the ...

By Jon Pareles Zakir Hussain, a percussionist and composer who was both a master of North Indian classical music and a linchpin of far-reaching world-music fusions, died on Sunday in San Francisco.

Zakir Hussain, an internationally renowned tabla player and composer who helped integrate Indian classical sound into Western music, has died at age 73. Hussain died Sunday afternoon in San ...

The tabla master Zakir Hussain died yesterday. He shaped modern world music with the Indian hand drum that has a unique sound that dating back centuries. Hussain's talents bridged cultures and ...

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 ...

“It was a conspiracy,” the virtuosic Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain joked, when asked by the BBC to explain his genesis as a percussionist. “I was not at all a part of it.” It began ...