Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain (1951-2024) was an Indian tabla player and composer, born in Bombay, the son of tabla master Alla Rakha. He worked across Hindustani classical music, jazz and fusion, accompanying leading classical soloists and founding the group Shakti with guitarist John McLaughlin. Hussain played with Shivkumar Sharma, Hariprasad Chaurasia and Amjad Ali Khan, among many classical musicians, and recorded with George Harrison, Charles Lloyd and Béla Fleck.