Zakir Hussain
Also known as Zakir Hussain Allarakha Qureshi, Zakir Allarakha Qureshi, Zakir Hussain Qureshi, Zakir Allaraka Qureshi, Ustad Zakir Hussain
Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor, and composer (1951–2024)
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- 1969
- Works
- 19
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- Di bawah lembayung
- Merenungi dunia naratif Malim Ghozali PK
- Cinta Masitah
- Secret Death and New Life
- Antologi karya sasterawan 2005
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Zakir Hussain Qureshi (9 March 1951 – 15 December 2024) was an Indian tabla player, composer, arranger, percussionist, music producer and film actor. The eldest son of esteemed tabla player Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain was widely regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation and one of its finest percussionists. He produced music across multiple genres and contributed to popularizing…
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- Monkey Man — Tabla Maestro2024
- Bombers — Somu Da2019
- Jazz in Marciac 2018 - Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain, Chris Potter - — Tabla2018
- Zakir Hussain: The SFJazz Sessions — Zakir Hussain2014
- Chaalis Chauraasi — Toby2012
- Remember Shakti - The Way Of Beauty2008
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Ustad Zakir Hussain Qureshi (9 March 1951 – 15 December 2024) was an Indian tabla player, composer, arranger, percussionist, music producer and film actor who was based for much of his career in the San Francisco Bay Area. The eldest son of esteemed tabla player Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain was widely regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation and one of its finest percussionists. He produced music across multiple genres and contributed to popularizing Indian classical music to a global audience.
Often prefixed by the honorific title of 'Ustad', Hussain was awarded the United States National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship, the highest award given to traditional artists and musicians. He was also given the Government of India's Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, Ratna Sadsya, in 2018.
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