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- 2
Top works
- Learning Tabla with Alla Rakha
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Film & TV
Paghwal, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Ustad Alla Rakha Qureshi (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000), popularly known as Alla Rakha, was an Indian tabla player who specialized in Hindustani classical music. He was a frequent accompanist of sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar and was largely responsible for introducing Tabla to the western audience. Ustad Allarakha Khan Qureshi (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000) was born in Ghagwal Village…
Known for
- Shiraz 70 — Self1970
- Ustad Alla Rakha — Self1970
- Monterey Pop — Self - Performer, with Ravi Shankar (uncredited)1968
- Ravi Shankar Plays a Raga — Tabla Player1964
- Discorama — Self1959
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- India
- Active from
- 1919-04-29
- Active to
- 2000-02-03
Discography
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- 3,007
- Total plays
- 10,385
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Tabla legend and the father of current tabla star Zakir Hussain. He is most famous in the West for his collaborations with Ravi Shankar. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alla+Rakha">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alla
- Family name
- Qureshi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Jammu division
- Place of death
- Mumbai
- Occupation
- percussionist
- Religion
- Islam
- Instrument
- tabla
- Record label
- Apple Records
- Image
- Dia5286 Alla Rakha.jpg
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- Commons category
- Alla Rakha
- date of birth
- 1919-04-29
- date of death
- 2000-02-03
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- अल्लारखा
- birth name
- Allarakha Khan Qureshi
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