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	Zakir Hussain (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zakir Hussain (born March 9, 1951), son of tabla maestro Ustad Allarakha, is the most famous classical tabla player in India today.
		Zakir composed, performed and acted as Indian music advisor and Vanaprastham, chosen to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May, 1999.
		Zakir received the distinct honor of co-composing the opening music for the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 1996, and was commissioned to compose music for San Francisco's premiere contemporary ballet company, Lines, and to compose an original work for the San Francisco Jazz Festival, both in 1998.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zakir_Hussain_(musician) (745 words)

	Zakir Hussain - Moment Records
		USTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN on SAROD with Zakir on tabla.
		The Sarod maestro USTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN accompanied by Zakir Hussain on tabla.
		Ustad Sultan Khan on Sarangi and Zakir on tabla.
	www.sonarupa.co.uk /itmidx3.htm (264 words)

	The Ustad of Style -Zakir
		Zakir was reportedly upset over commercialisation of music and that’s what was believed to have prompted him to take such a drastic decision.
		Zakir quickly put speculations to rest when he denied the rumours and reassured the world that he was not calling it quits yet.
		Zakir hussain and Taj Mahal Tea, the premium tea brand from Hindustan Lever Ltd. Perhaps one of the first brand ambassadors ever selected for marketing in India, Zakir started his association with Taj Mahal Tea in 1988.
	server1.msn.co.in /zakir/index.asp (439 words)

	sfbg.com \| A and E
		Hussain is engaging, humble, and more than a bit excited about his current project, the Masters of Percussion tour.
		Hussain sees the change coinciding with the end of Britain's control of India, which in turn shaped the cross-cultural exploration of musicians of that era.
		"Zakir Hussain," Kale says, "will be regarded through history as one of the prophets of Indian music and global fusion." Hussain, who offers compliments in return, pointing to their ability to expose new audiences to Indian classical traditions, is clearly unworried their efforts will eclipse the traditions they come from.
	www.sfbg.com /38/30/art_music_hussain.html (948 words)

	Zakir Hussain: Crossing musical boundaries
		Indian musicians became much more open after Shakti towards the idea of trying things not only within the realms of Indian music but by stepping out of Indian music and into any traditions they felt comfortable with.
		For me, as a young musician of 19 or 20, there was more of a danger of that.
		I felt there needed to be a company that can provide a platform to Indian musicians so they can have control over what their product is like and have it appear simultaneously in all major record stores all over the world.
	www.innerviews.org /inner/hussain.html (2069 words)

	Site Seeing
		Zakir Hussain, tabla player, is possibly the most famous Indian musician, after Ravi Shankar.
		At age 48, Hussain is certainly the most prolific and in-demand tabla player on the scene, and an acknowledged master of rhythm.
		The 34 musicians included ten backup singers, nine violins and an Arab instrument section composed of a zither, a tambourine, an oud, a hand-held drum and a nye (a reed flute).
	www.mvdaily.com /articles/1999/11/sswm.htm (505 words)

	Masters from the Continent of Percussion
		Also featured are Fazal Qureshi, brother to Zakir Hussain, on tabla, and their younger brother Taufiq Qureshi, one of the most sought-after percussionists and rhythm programmers in the world of studio recordings today.
		Hussain is married to Antonia Minnecola, a Kathak dancer whom he sometimes accompanies in performance.
		Hussain's father, Ustad Alla Rakha, was born in 1919 in Phagwal, a small village in Jammu, the eldest of seven brothers.
	www.princetoninfo.com /200205/20501p04.html (1930 words)

	JazzWest: Charles Lloyd and Zakir Hussain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		While Hussain’s musical instincts have drawn him to a number of stylistic approaches, his base in the Indian classical tradition could not be stronger.
		Hussain credits Hart as one of the very first to envision the possibilities of integrating rhythms from other cultures with rock forms.
		Back at the start of Hussain’s explorations in the early '70s, his father worried about the young tabla player’s musical direction and identity, cautioning him to stick with Indian classical music exclusively until his career was secure.
	www.jazzwest.com /archive/articles/lloyd_hussain.html (1838 words)

	Voice Of Dance - Insights - Features
		Ustad Zakir Hussain is one of the world’s most famous and most popular performers on the tabla, the two-headed drum that appears in the standard Indian concert ensemble.
		Maharaj and Hussain have performed together for 37 years (since the drummer was a teenager); their improvisatory skills are legendary in the international dance community and they were downright spellbinding on this occasion.
		Maharaj would propose a rhythm verbally to Hussain; he, in turn, would jam until he found the one that pleased his collaborator; the process of fine tuning was fascinating.
	www.voiceofdance.org /Insights/insights.trans.col.cfm?LinkID=31500000000000142 (665 words)

	TyBurhoe.com
		Zakir Hussain is today appreciated both in the field of percussion and in the music world at large as an international phenomenon.
		Michael Lewis is a senior disciple of the legendary Ustad Zakir Hussain.
		Ravi is a wonderful musician multi instrumentalist who's talents range from overtone singing, flutes and guitar, to percussion and drum set with his featured talent focused on the beautiful West African Kora.
	www.tyburhoe.com /artists.html (4117 words)

	'Zakir and His Friends': Rhythm Makers Taking World's Pulse
		Hussain, who is baby-boomer age, now lives in California, and his stage performances in the film establish that his reputation as a player of tabla, the paired drums of northern India, is well deserved.
		Zakir wrote back saying that Rakha would not be able to accept the engagement but that his son was available.
		Zakir didn't mention in the letter that he was only 13.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/film/122398zakir-film-review.html (527 words)

	Abstract Logix - Interview - Ustad Zakir Hussain
		A master percussionist of near-superhuman capabilities, Zakir Hussain has over the course of his illustrious career distinguished himself as one of the world's greatest tabla players.
		Zakir Hussain: The whole idea of doing Shakti happened in California in 1973 when John came over there to meet me. I was living in the Bay Area at the time and we met in my little cottage that I was staying in.
		He's one of the greatest musicians in India and I know that all the great tabla players would give their right thumb to be able to play with him, so I resigned from the job at the University of Washington and went down to the Bay Area and took up that assignment.
	www.abstractlogix.com /interview_view.php?idno=14 (6638 words)

	asian american jazz festival
		Zakir came to the United States in 1970, embarking on an international career which includes no fewer than 150 concert dates a year.
		Zakir is the recipient of the 1999 National Heritage Fellowship, the United States' most prestigious honor for a master in the traditional arts.
		Zakir continues also to tour with the musicians from Shakti —; John McLaughlin, Shankar and T.H. Vinayakram — in different collaborations and ensembles as well as lead various percussion ensembles of his own design.
	www.firstvoice.org /jazz_cof.html (1842 words)

	Zakir Interview
		Ustad Zakir Hussain is widely regarded as having inherited the throne of this fantastically demanding discipline from his father, Ustad Alla Rakha.
		Hussain flew from India to his home near San Francisco on Saturday evening, and then from San Francisco to Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon for a sold-out concert at UCLA's Royce Hall with Ali Akbar Khan on Sunday evening.
		Well, [Zakir's voice takes on a hushed tone] it is believed that Shiva's damaru [a hour-glass shaped drum] was the origin of rhythm sounds, and whatever sound Shiva made on the damaru, he passed them onto his son, the elephant god, god Ganeshka.
	www.azuremilesrecords.com /zakirinterview.html (5675 words)

	Music Preview: Intricate melodies of Indian classical music to fill Byham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hussain is the son of Ustad Alla Rakha, who introduced Indian classical tabla drumming to the West in performances with Ravi Shankar in the '60s.
		Saluja describes Hussain as "the best tabla player in the world, and possibly the best ever." He also says that it is probably easier for an international audience to adapt to Hussain's rhythms than to the melody part of Indian music "Rhythm is very universal," says Saluja.
		Hussain received the honorary title "Padma Shri" by the Indian government in 1988 and was awarded the Indo-American Award for his outstanding contributions to the relationship between the United States and India in 1990.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05099/485334.stm (1339 words)

	Zakir Hussain
		For he is Ustad Zakir Hussain, one of the most famous percussionists of the modern era.
		The foremost disciple of his father, Ustad Alla Rakha, Hussain was a child prodigy who began his professional career at the age of 12.
		Hussain has composed music for many films, including Saaz and Ismail Merchant's In Custody, and was the Indian music director for Bernardo Bertolucci's Little Buddha.
	www.punjabilok.com /music/pun_gharana/zakir1.htm (786 words)

	Alonzo King's LINES Ballet - Composers & Musicians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A child prodigy, Zakir displayed an uncanny ability to learn the intricacies of his father's art, and was touring by the age of twelve.
		Zakir continues to expand the boundaries of his musical universe, working with Jazz legends like John McLaughlin (in Shakti), Joe Henderson and Jon Handy.
		Sedler was one of the musicians who worked with Pharoah Sanders on the score for LINES’ "Three Stops on the Way Home" which premiered in April 1997 at the Center for the Arts.
	www.linesballet.org /artists/composers.html (1184 words)

	Shankar & Gingger with Zakir Hussain on Fri, 3/ 21 Sanders Theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Shivkumar Sharma and Zakir Hussain - One of India's most popular = musicians, Shivkumar Sharma is the foremost master of the santur, a = hammered dulcimer known for its lush, delicate sound.
		Zakir Hussain is recognized as the leading tabla player of his = generation and has been the favorite accompanist to Shivkumar Sharma, as = well as to Ali Akbar Khan, Ravi Shankar, Birju Maharaj and others.
		In = 2002, Hussain collaborated with hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris and = PureMovement in Philadelphia.
	mailman.mit.edu /pipermail/sangam-general/2003-April/000837.html (984 words)

	Zakir Hussain - Wah Ustad!People - Indiatimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The adulatory expression has come to signify Zakir Hussain rather than the brand he was advertising for.
		Zakir Hussain, born in 1951, was the natural heir to the music of his father, Allah Rakha of the Punjab gharana .
		The original Ustad - as Zakir describes the maestro born in 1919 - had secured a star status for tabla players who were generally seen as lowly accompanists.
	people.indiatimes.com /articleshow/700310.cms (288 words)

	Remember Shakti: Four people as one
		The current spate of activity began in 1997, after Hussain was invited by the Arts Council of England to reunite the band for a British mini-tour.
		As musicians, we are playing notes, music and rhythms and we hope to play the right melody in the correct way, but this is only part of the process.
		Hussain, who’s also worked with George Harrison, Van Morrison and Earth, Wind and Fire, is attempting to teach the world at large about Indian sounds too.
	www.innerviews.org /inner/shakti.html (3979 words)

	ZAKIR AND HIS FRIENDS previously at Film Forum in New York City December 23 - January 5
		The protagonist is Zakir Hussain, an Indian musician.
		His father is a great tabla player, and Zakir has become a very talented tabla player himself, traveling worldwide with his music.
		This is emphasized by close-ups of the musicians' faces when playing, instead of focusing on their hands and instruments.
	www.filmforum.org /archivedfilms/zakir.html (455 words)

	'I Love The Musician, I Love The Man'- Femina - Indiatimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Antonia Minnecola Hussain is yet besotted by her husband of 25 years.
		And that, she confesses, is one of the secrets of a cross-cultural marriage that is soon going to celebrate 25 years of togetherness.
		For Zakir, Sitara Devi was Abbajiâs contemporary whom he knew since he was a little boy and soon Tony had found her guru.
	www.feminaindia.com /articleshow/44150937.cms (920 words)

	BBC - Southampton - Going Out -ShivKumar Sharma and Zakir Hussain
		Art Asia and The Nuffield Theatre are bringing together two Indian Classical maestros - ShivKumar Sharma on Santoor and Zakir Hussain on Tabla as part of the UK National Tour.
		Zakir's last performance in Southampton sold out when he played alongside John McLaughlin, jazz guitarist back in September 1997 at The Turner Sims Concert Hall.
		Zakir has built a reputation as one of the most formidable tabla players in Indian Classical music.
	www.bbc.co.uk /southampton/going_out/shivkumar_sharma.shtml (330 words)

	rediff.com: The Rediff Interview/ Ustad Zakir Hussain
		On February 3, Zakir brings together in Mumbai a fabulous clutch of star performers from all over India and the world to pay a daylong musical tribute to his famous father Alla Rakha on the first anniversary of his death.
		Many young musicians have successfully done this simply by opening themselves up to the media, by reaching out to their listeners.
		Musicians, however good they may be, can no more afford to be ascetics.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jan/09inter.htm (1080 words)

	Zakir Hussain News
		While admirers attribute musician Zakir Hussain's success to genius, the self-deprecating virtuoso says he's just been lucky, and maybe a tad lazy.
		Virtuoso percussionist Zakir Hussain has gathered an impressive group of Indian classical musicians to perform at a concert in Mumbai (Bombay) on Friday 7th January in aid of the victims of December 26th's...
		In India, drummer Zakir Hussain is as big as, take your pick: a) the Beatles; b) Elvis; c) Tupac; d) all of the above and more.
	www.topix.net /who/zakir-hussain (389 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Look (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On February 11, sitar legend Pandit Ravi Shankar and tabla virtuoso Ustad Zakir Hussain, two of the greatest names in Indian classical music, were to have wrought collective magic at Mumbai’s Shanmukhananda Hall.
		What happened, though, was an unseemly incident in which Hussain, upset with the volume of his microphone — he felt it was too low — took it off its stand and continued playing without audio support.
		Yet the conversation between the instrumentalist and the sangatkar, the dextrous machismo of a tehai or the playful banter of a sawaal-jawaab, happens to be the most entertaining part of a concert for the majority of the audience.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1060219/asp/look/story_5846131.asp (1148 words)

	Congahead: Movies
		In addition to rendering the traditional music of India, Zakir Hussain orchestrates film scores and works in the eclectic musical surroundings of Micky Hart's Planet Drum.
		Zakir's father, the great Ala Racca, was the first musician to bring Western recognition to tabla when he worked with Ravi Shankar in the 1960's.
		Zakir was drawn to the LP Granite Blocks, instruments he says are perfect for playing with traditional finger technique.
	www.congahead.com /Movies/zakir.htm (113 words)

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