Zakir Hussain, an internationally renowned tabla ... Hussain also counted Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead among his closest friends and music partners. The two collaborated on albums “Planet ...

His collaborators included John McLaughlin, Béla Fleck, Ravi Shankar, Herbie Hancock, Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Grateful Dead. By Jon Pareles Zakir Hussain, a percussionist and composer who was ...

Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain — who united musicians from ... the drummer from The Grateful Dead. He also played with jazz musician John Handy. In 1973, Hussain formed the Indian jazz ...

Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and ... Drum Project,” a collaboration with Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead. He added three more Grammys in 2024, for Best Global Music ...

SAN DIEGO — Indian percussion marvel Zakir Hussain will long be hailed for his ... with everyone from George Harrison, the Grateful Dead, Kronos Quartet and Béla Fleck to the Mark Morris ...

Zakir Hussain was my brother for over 50 years, my closest collaborator, and my dearest friend. Over the years we have shared places reserved only for those whose lives are totally engulfed by drums.

Grammy-winning musician Zakir Hussain has passed away at the age of 73. Hussain died on Sunday, Dec. 8th from a chronic lung ...