Zakir Hussain (musician)tabla

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Zakir Hussain Qureshi

Birth name Zakir Hussain Qureshi

Also known as Zakir Hussain

Born 9 March 1951 (age 66)

Origin Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Genres Hindustani classical music, jazz fusion, world music

Occupation(s) Tabla Maestro

Instruments Tabla

Years active 1963present

Labels HMV

Associated acts Remember Shakti

Website www.zakirhussain.com

, Urdu: ; born 9 March 1951) is an Indian tabla player in

Zakir Hussain (Hindi:
Hindustani classical music, musical producer, film actor and composer.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1988, and the Padma Bhushan in 2002, by the Government of
India.[1] He was also awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990, given by the Sangeet
Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. In 1999, he was awarded the
United States National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship, the highest award
given to traditional artists and musicians.

Contents
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1Early life and education

 2Career

3Personal life

4Discography

5Filmography

6Soundtracks

7Awards and accolades

8Interview

9References

10External links

Early life and education[edit]

Hussain was born to the legendary tabla player Alla Rakha.[2] He attended St. Michael's High School
in Mahim, and graduated from St. Xavier's, Mumbai.[3]
Hussain was a child prodigy. His father taught him Pakhawaj from the age of 3 years.[4] He was
touring by the age of eleven. He went to the United States in 1969 to do his PhD at the University of
Washington, receiving a doctorate in music.[citation needed] After that he began his international career,
including more than 150 concert dates a year.[3][5]

Career[edit]
The first Planet Drum album, released in 1991 on the Rykodisc label, went on to earn the
1992 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, the first Grammy ever awarded in this category.[6]
[7]
The Global Drum Project album and tour brought Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju,
and Giovanni Hidalgo together again in a reunion sparked by the 15th anniversary of the ground-
breaking album Planet Drum. The album Global Drum Project won the Grammy Award for Best
Contemporary World Music Album at the 51st Grammy Awards Ceremony held on 8 February 2009.)
[8]

He composed, performed and acted as Indian music advisor for the Malayalam film Vanaprastham,
a 1999 Cannes Film Festival entry which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the AFI Los
Angeles International Film Festival (AFI Fest) in 1999, and won awards at 2000 Istanbul
International Film Festival (Turkey), 2000 Mumbai International Film Festival (India), and
2000 National Film Awards (India). He has composed soundtracks for several movies, most
notably In Custody and The Mystic Masseur by Ismail Merchant, and has played tabla on the
soundtracks of Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now, Bernardo Bertolucci's Little Buddha, and other
films.
He starred in several films specifically showcasing his musical performance both solo and with
different bands, including the 1998 documentary "Zakir and His Friends",[9] and the documentary
"The Speaking Hand: Zakir Hussain and the Art of the Indian Drum" (2003 Sumantra Ghosal).
[10]
Hussain co-starred as Inder Lal in the Merchant Ivory Film Heat and Dust in 1983, for which he
was an associate music director.)[11]
Hussain is a founding member of Bill Laswell's 'World Music Supergroup' Tabla Beat Science.[12]
In 2016, Zakir Hussain was amongst many legendary Jazz, World and Fusion musicians invited
by President Obama to the International Jazz Day 2016 All-Star Global Concert at the White House.
[13]

Personal life[edit]
Zakir Hussain married Antonia Minnecola, a Kathak dancer and teacher, who is also his manager.
[14]
They have two daughters, Anisa Qureshi and Isabella Qureshi. Anisa graduated from UCLA and is
trying her hand in video production and film making. Isabella is studying dance in Manhattan. [15]
He was named an Old Dominion Fellow by the Humanities Council at Princeton University, where he
resided for the 20052006 semester as full professor in the music department. [16] He was also a
visiting professor at Stanford University.[17] He now resides in San Francisco.

Discography[edit]

Ustad Zakir Hussain performing at Konark, Odisha

Evening Ragas (1970) Vasant Rai

Shanti (1971)

Rolling Thunder (1972) Mickey Hart

Shakti (1975) Shakti with John McLaughlin

Karuna Supreme (MPS, 1976) - John Handy with Ali Akbar Khan

Hard Work - John Handy (ABC/Impulse, 1976)

A Handful of Beauty (1976) Shakti with John McLaughlin

 Diga (1976) Diga Rhythm Band

Natural Elements (1977) Shakti with John McLaughlin

Morning Ragas (1979) with Vasant Rai

Who's to Know (1980) L. Shankar

Song for Everyone (1985) L. Shankar

Making Music (1987) with Jan Garbarek, John

McLaughlin and Hariprasad Chaurasia

Tabla Duet (1988) Zakir Hussain & Alla Rakha

Venu (1989) Hariprasad Chaurasia & Zakir Hussain

At the Edge (1990) Mickey Hart

Maestro's Choice Series One (1991) Alla Rakha

Planet Drum (1991) Mickey Hart

When Words Disappear (1991) David Trasoff & Zakir Hussain

Flights of Improvisation (1992)

Sangeet Sartaj (1992)

The One and Only (1992)

Zakir Hussain and the Rhythm Experience (1992)

Music of the Deserts (1993)

Rag Madhuvanti / Rag Misra Tilang (1993) Shivkumar Sharma

Concert for Peace (1993) Ravi Shankar

Jog And Rageshri (1994)

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan & Zakir Hussain (1994) Amjad Ali Khan &
Zakir Hussain

Golden Krithis Colours (1994) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan

Raga Aberi (1995) Shankar

 Maestro's Choice Series Two (1995) Sultan Khan & Zakir
Hussain

World Network Series, Vol. 1: India- Raga Purya Kalyan (1995)

Zakir Hussain & Shivkumar Sharma

The Elements Space (1996)

Mickey Hart's Mystery Box (1996) Mickey Hart

Kirwani (1997)

Magical Moments of Rhythm (1997)

And the Rhythm Experience (1998)

Essence of Rhythm (1998)

Night Spinner (1998) George Brooks (Moment Records)

Supralingua (1998) Mickey Hart

Fire Dance (1998) collaboration with Pat Martino

Save Our Children (1999) - Pharoah Sanders

Remember Shakti (1999) Remember Shakti

Spirit into Sound (1999) Mickey Hart

The Believer (2000) Remember Shakti

Tala Matrix (2000) Tabla Beat Science

Golden Strings of the Sarode (2001) Aashish Khan & Zakir

Hussain

Saturday Night in Bombay (2001) Remember Shakti (Universal

Records)

Selects (2002)

Summit (2002) George Brooks (Earth Brothers Music BMI)

The Best of Mickey Hart: Over the Edge and Back (2002) Mickey
Hart
 Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove (2002) Tabla Beat Science

Ustad Mohammad Omar: Virtuoso from Afghanistan (2002)- Zakir

Hussain

Energy (2003)

Live at Miles Davis Hall (8 July 2004) Remember Shakti

Live at 38th Montreux Jazz Festival (18 July 2004) Remember

Shakti

Punjabi Dhamar (2004)

Raag Chandrakauns (2004)

Sangam (2006) Jazz collaboration with bandleader Charles Lloyd.

Soukha (2006) V. Selvaganesh (with John McLaughlin, Zakir

Hussain, Vikku, Shrinivas) Naive

Global Drum Project (2007) Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Imran

Hussain, Chandan Sharma Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo
Shout Factory

The Melody of Rhythm (2009) Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar

Meyer

Mysterium Tremendum (2012) Mickey Hart Band

Filmography[edit]
Heat and Dust (1983) Merchant Ivory Film

Miss Beatty's Children (1992)

Saaz (1998)

Zakir and His Friends (1998)

The Speaking Hand: Zakir Hussain and the Art of the Indian
Drum (2003) Sumantra Ghosal

Talamanam Sound Clash Further Adventures in Hype (2003

DVD) Tabla Beat Science

The Way of Beauty (2006 DVD) Remember Shakti

 The Rhythm Devils Concert Experience (2008 DVD) The
Rhythm Devils

Soundtracks[edit]
Apocalypse Now (1979)

In Custody (1993)

Little Buddha (1993)

Saaz (1998)

Vanaprastham (1999)

The Mystic Masseur (2001)

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)

One Dollar Curry (2003)

Awards and accolades[edit]

Awarded the titles of Padma Shri in 1988, and Padma Bhushan in
2002,[18][19] becoming the youngest percussionist to be awarded these
titles, given to civilians of merit by the Indian government.

Awarded the Indo-American Award in 1990 in recognition for his

outstanding cultural contribution to relations between the United
States and India.

Presented with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990 by the

President of India, making him one of the youngest musicians to
receive this recognition given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi,
India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.[20]

In 1992 Planet Drum, an album co-created and produced by

Hussain and Mickey Hart, was awarded the first-ever Grammy
for Best World Music Album, the Downbeat Critics Poll for Best
World Beat Album and the NARM Indie Best Seller Award for a
World Music Recording.

Recipient of the 1999 National Heritage Fellowship of National

Endowment for the Arts, the United States most prestigious honour
for a master in the traditional arts, presented by First Lady Hillary
Clinton at the United States Senate on 28 September 1999. [21]
 In 2005, he was named an Old Dominion Fellow by the Humanities
Council at Princeton University, where he resided for the 2005
2006 semester as full professor in the music department, teaching a
survey course in Indian classical music and dance.

Recipient of the prestigious Kalidas Samman in 2006, an award for

artists of exceptional achievement, from the government of Madhya
Pradesh.

Golden Strings of the Sarode (Moment! Records 2006) with Aashish

Khan and Zakir Hussain was nominated for a Grammy in the Best
Traditional World Music Album category in 2006.

In 2007, readers polls from both Modern Drummer and Drum!

magazines named Zakir Hussain Best World Music and Best World
Beat Drummer respectively.

On 8 February 2009 for 51st Grammy Awards, Zakir Hussain won

the Grammy in the Contemporary World Music Album category for
his collaborative album "Global Drum Project" along with Mickey
Hart, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo.[22]

On 23 February 2012 for Guru Gangadhar Pradhan Lifetime

Achievement Award at Konark Dance & Music Festival, Organised
by Konark Natya Mandap

Interview[edit]
Masters of Percussion: An Interview with Zakir Hussain with
Douglas Heselgrave (The Music Box, Friday 12 September 2008)

References[edit]
1. Jump up^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

2. Jump up^ Johnson, Lawrence A. (6 May 2008). "Indian tabla master

Zakir Hussain says he never stops learning". The Star. Malaysia.
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Archived from the original on
6 May 2008.

3. ^ Jump up to:a b Dhanyasree .M. "Zakir Hussain: The World Beats To

His Rhythm". One India. Archived from the original on 17 December
2008.

4. Jump up^ "Zakir Hussain". Mondomix. 21 February 2003.

Retrieved 15 May 2015.

5. Jump up^ "Zakir Hussain Moment! Records". Archived from the

original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
 6. Jump up^ "The Global Drum Project". Planet Drum. Archived from the
original on 25 February 2010.

7. Jump up^ "Deconstructing 'world music' at the Grammys". Afrobeat

Radio. 15 February 2010.

8. Jump up^ "'Global Drum Project' featuring Zakir Hussain wins

Grammy". Express India. 9 February 2009.

9. Jump up^ Gates, Anita. "Zakir and His Friends". The New York
Times.

10. Jump up^ "The Speaking Hand: Zakir Hussain and the Art of the
Indian Drum". The New York Times.

11. Jump up^ "Heat and Dust". Merchant Ivory Productions.

12. Jump up^ "Tabla Beat Science". National Geographic Music.

Archived from the original on 6 February 2009.

13. Jump up^ "International Jazz Day". International Jazz Day.

Retrieved 2016-06-30.

14. Jump up^ "Bharatnatyam in Jeans". Little India.

15. Jump up^ "Ustad Zakir Hussain". Cultural India. Retrieved 31

December 2012.

16. Jump up^ "Best Of Zakir Hussain Tabla Samrat". Calcutta Music
Blog. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011.

17. Jump up^ "Zakir Hussain Shivkumar Sharma". Carnegie Hall.

Archived from the original on 15 May 2008.

18. Jump up^ "Year wise list of recipients 1954-2014" (PDF). Ministry of
Home Affairs (India).

19. Jump up^ "Padma Vibhushan for Rangarajan, Soli Sorabjee". The
Hindu. 26 January 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2002.

20. Jump up^ "SNA: Awardees List". Sangeet Natak Akademi.

21. Jump up^ "NEA National Heritage Fellowships: Zakir

Hussain". National Endowment for the Arts.

22. Jump up^ "Past Winners Search". Grammy.com.

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WorldCat Identities

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LCCN: n83070037

ISNI: 0000 0001 1880 8081

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NLA: 35568494

NKC: osa2010580681
Categories:
1951 births
Living people
Indian drummers
Indian Muslims
Musicians from Mumbai
Tabla players
Tabla gharanas
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Hindustani instrumentalists
Jazz fusion musicians
World music musicians
Indian male film actors
 Indian male classical musicians
Indian male composers
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni
Indian film score composers
Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
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Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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