At that time, Alla Rakha had said this was the knowledge he got from his teachers and wanted to pass it on to his son.

His collaborators included Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, Herbie Hancock, Béla Fleck and Van Morrison.

Ustad Zakir Hussain, Tabla player, percussionist, composer and former actor is no more. He breathed his last in a hospital in ...

Born into a family steeped in musical tradition, Zakir’s introduction to the tabla was less a choice and more an inheritance ...

Chatra: Well-known tabla player Ashok Sinha of Hazaribag, a disciple of Ustad Allah Rakha and Zakir Hussain, mourns the loss of his legendary guru.

We say tabla starts with 'A' for Alla Rakha and ends at 'Z' for Zakir Hussain: Rakesh Chaurasia Hussain, a celebrated musician who gave tabla a global identity and prestige, died in a San ...

The legendary tabla virtuoso, Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away on Monday in San Francisco at the age of 73. According to a ...

Zakir Hussain, who has died aged 73, was a master tabla player whose virtuosity carried his fame beyond his Indian homeland; ...

Born in 1951 to former tabla legend Ustad Alla Rakha Qureshi, Hussain started playing Tabla at the young age of 7 and in his career spanning 60 years, he has collaborated with many renowned ...

Here they are during a 2010 Tiny Desk concert. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) BARTON: His father, Alla Rakha, was considered one of the ...

The son of legendary tabla artist Alla Rakha, Hussain was born in 1951 in Mumbai and was taught how to play the instrument by his father at the age of 7. A child prodigy, he was touring by age 12 ...

At that time, Alla Rakha had said this was the knowledge he ... He was a treasure trove of skill') Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain on stage with his legendary father Allah Rakha in an old photo.