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Bookmark or Share- Legendary tabla virtuoso and Shakti founder Zakir Hussain ...Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain — who united musicians from diverse cultures and by doing so, shaped modern world music — died on Sunday in San Francisco. He was 73.
- Zakir Hussain, Peerless Indian Tabla Player, Dies at 73His father was the tabla master Alla Rakha Qureshi, better known as Alla Rakha or sometimes Allarakha. Zakir’s mother, Bavi Begum, changed his surname to Hussain a few days after he was born, on ...
- Zakir Hussain, legendary tabla virtuoso who defied genres ...Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain — who united musicians from diverse cultures and by doing so, shaped modern world music — died on Sunday in San Francisco. He was 73. In a statement, his family said the cause of death was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. "His prolific work as a teacher, mentor ...
- Tabla Demystified | Get Started With The World’s Most ...Tabla is the name of the instrument, but since it’s usually played as a pair it’s also the name for a set of two drums. The lower-pitched bayan is a copper or clay drum with a 10” head, and the higher-pitched dayan is a wooden drum with a 6” head.
- A Brief History of the Tabla | DigiTabla.comClassical tabla began as an oral tradition by mostly illiterate (and secretive) musicians. They didn’t write things down. What we do know is that, at some point, the tabla (or some earlier version of the tabla) became the main accompaniment instrument for the vocal style known as khyal.
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