Zakir Hussain

The show began sans Rakesh but he would join after the first song and remain for the remainder of the set. From the start until the end Edgar Meyer was absolutely driving the bus. His skilled fingers danced on the strings as the rest of the band followed along layering the melodies.

It has been a week since Zakir Hussain brought the Masters of Percussion to Colorado, and although the review is already in the bag, there are still a few things left unsaid.

Amidst a fresh snowfall, the rhythmic fires of world renowned Zakir Hussain and The Masters of Percussion burned brightly on Tuesday night at Boulder’s Neo-Gothic styled Macky Auditorium. Celebrating thirty years of the revolving door of players that has defined The Masters of Percussion Tour

On March 1st, 2017, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) hosted a quite unusual function in Mumbai: they were honoring the lifetime achievement of a truly great figure in Indian music, Vanraj Bhatia.

Zakir Hussain Live In Concert In the USA

It is fitting since his father; legendary tabla virtuoso Allah Rakha popularized the instrument worldwide and pioneered North Indian traditional music to England and the Americas.

With that, the cyclical motion of this very persuasive Eastern percussive ensemble under the direction of tabla maestro Zakir Hussain (Qureshi’s elder brother) was underway.