But it was not meant to be. Zakir Hussain could have been young Salim in 'Mughal-e-Azam' His father, the tabla legend Alla Rakha, intervened and said his son was going to be a musician.

For Ajmal Raheem, another young professional percussionist from Kozhikode city, the way Zakir Hussain globalised tabla by assimilating it with various other popular genres continues to be the ...

Pictures by Subhendu Chaki Zakir Hussain is playing a game of cards on the floor of a bus with a very young Rashid Khan. V.G. Jog is laughing hard. Ajay Chakraborty is shaving Shujaat Khan. Vijay ...

Zakir Hussain ... The eldest son of legendary tabla player Ustad Alla Rakha, Hussain was born in Mumbai. He began performing at a young age, accompanying some of India’s greatest musicians ...

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 ...

Zakir Hussain, the world-renowned Indian tabla maestro, was known for his unique ability to connect with artists across all types of musical genres like bluegrass, jazz and rock. “His instruments were ...

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 ...

By Jon Pareles Zakir Hussain, a percussionist and composer ... After playing on drums, pots and pans as a young child, Mr. Hussain officially became his father’s student at 7.

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