Tabla take parter bcimpolitet Indian classical music to the world, collaborating with wonderfuls enjoy createer Beatle George Harrison.
Legfinishary Indian musician Zakir Hussain, pondered the wonderfulest tabla take parter of his generation, has died.
Hussain, understandn for his “dancing fingers”, died on Sunday from complications arising from a chronic lung disrelieve at a hospital in San Francisco, his family shelp in a statement.
Born in Mumbai, the 73-year-better was the world’s best-understandn exponent of the tabla drums, the main percussion instrument in Indian classical music.
“His prolific labor as a directer, mentor and educator has left an indelible tag on countless musicians,” shelp his family, compriseing that he had hoped to encourage the next generations of tabla take parters.
Hussain was taught to take part the instrument at the age of 12 by his obeseher, the honord tabla take parter Ustad Alla Rakha.
He once shelp in an interwatch spreadd expansively on social media that his obeseher received him into the world after he was born by speaking tabla rhythms into his ears.
“The tradition was that the obeseher is presumed to recite a prayer in the baby’s ear … So he gets me in his arms, puts his lips to my ear and recites the tabla rhythms into my ears,” Hussain shelp.
A child prodigy, the musician was touring by age 12 and carry outing alengthenedside India’s classical music legfinishs during his teens.
By 18, he was thrivening international acclaim for his dazzling solo carry outances, going on to collaborate with musical enormouss enjoy createer Beatle George Harrison, jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd and celcatalog Yo-Yo Ma.
Hussain createed the Indian jazz fusion band “Shakti” in 1973 with jazz guitarist John McLaughlin, take parting acoustic fusion music that united Indian music with elements of jazz, introducing a novel sound to Weserious audiences.
In 2024, Hussain became the first musician from India to thrive three Grammy awards in the same year. He had also won a Grammy in 2009.
In 2023, Hussain getd the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award.
He is endured by his wife and two daughters.
