Zakir Hussain

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Zakir Hussain is a renowned Indian tabla virtuoso and composer, celebrated worldwide for his mastery of Indian classical percussion and his influential cross-cultural collaborations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
human
music educator
percussionist
tabla player
awardReceived Grammy Award
Kalidas Samman NERFINISHED
National Heritage Fellowship NERFINISHED
Padma Bhushan
Padma Shri
SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award NERFINISHED
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship India
ethnicGroup Indian
familyName Hussain NERFINISHED
father Alla Rakha NERFINISHED
gender male
genre Hindustani classical music
Indian classical music
fusion music
world music
givenName Zakir NERFINISHED
instrument tabla
languageSpoken English
Hindi
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
movement world fusion
name Zakir Hussain NERFINISHED
notableAchievement co-founded world fusion group Shakti with John McLaughlin
pioneered cross-cultural collaborations in Indian classical percussion
popularized tabla on the global stage
notableWork Diga (album) NERFINISHED
Heat and Dust (film score) NERFINISHED
In Custody (film score) NERFINISHED
Making Music (album) NERFINISHED
Planet Drum (album) NERFINISHED
Remember Shakti (band) NERFINISHED
Shakti (band) NERFINISHED
Tabla Beat Science (group) NERFINISHED
The Mystic Masseur (film score) NERFINISHED
The Rhythm Devils (collaboration) NERFINISHED
Zakir Hussain (ECM solo album) NERFINISHED
occupation composer
film score composer
music producer
tabla player
teacher
residence Mumbai NERFINISHED
San Francisco Bay Area NERFINISHED

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Mickey Hart collaboratedWith Zakir Hussain
Béla Fleck collaboratedWith Zakir Hussain