Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Zakir Hussain


Zakir Hussain (Hindi: ज़ाकिर हुसैन, Urdu: ذاکِر حسین), (born 9 March 1951), is an Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1988, and Padma Bhushan in 2002, by Government of India. He has also been 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 United States National Endowment for the Arts's National Heritage Fellowship, the highest award given to traditional artists and musicians.




Discography
Ustad Zakir Hussain performing at Konark, Odisha
Mysterium Tremendum (2012) – Mickey Hart Band
The Melody of Rhythm (2009) – Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer
Global Drum Project (2007) – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Imran Hussain, Chandan Sharma Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo – Shout Factory
Soukha – V. Selvaganesh (with John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Vikku, Shrinivas) – Naive
Sangam (2006) – Jazz collaboration with bandleader Charles Lloyd.
Punjabi Dhamar (2004)
Raag Chandrakauns (2004)
Live at 38th Montreux Jazz Festival (18 July 2004) – Remember Shakti
Live at Miles Davis Hall (8 July 2004) – Remember Shakti
Energy (2003)
The Best of Mickey Hart: Over the Edge and Back (2002) – Mickey Hart
Selects (2002)
Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove (2002) – Tabla Beat Science
Summit (2002) – George Brooks (Earth Brothers Music BMI)
Golden Strings of the Sarode (2001) – Aashish Khan & Zakir Hussain
Saturday Night in Bombay (2001) – Remember Shakti (Universal Records)
Tala Matrix (2000) – Tabla Beat Science
The Believer (2000) – Remember Shakti
Remember Shakti (1999) – Remember Shakti
Save Our Children (1999) - Pharoah Sanders
Spirit into Sound (1999) – Mickey Hart
And the Rhythm Experience (1998)
Fire Dance (1998) collaboration with Pat Martino
Night Spinner (1998) – George Brooks (Moment Records)
Supralingua (1998) – Mickey Hart
Essence of Rhythm (1998)
Magical Moments of Rhythm (1997)
Kirwani (1997)
The Elements – Space (1996)
Mickey Hart's Mystery Box (1996) – Mickey Hart
Maestro's Choice – Series Two (1995) – Sultan Khan & Zakir Hussain
World Network Series, Vol. 1: India- Raga Purya Kalyan (1995) – Zakir Hussain & Shivkumar Sharma
Raga Aberi (1995) – Shankar
Golden Krithis Colours – (1994) – Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
Jog And Rageshri (1994)
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan & Zakir Hussain (1994) – Amjad Ali Khan & Zakir Hussain
Concert for Peace (1993) – Ravi Shankar
Music of the Deserts (1993)
Rag Madhuvanti / Rag Misra Tilang (1993) – Shivkumar Sharma
Flights of Improvisation (1992)
The One and Only (1992)
Sangeet Sartaj (1992)
Zakir Hussain and the Rhythm Experience (1992)
Maestro's Choice Series One (1991) – Alla Rakha
Planet Drum (1991) – Mickey Hart
When Words Disappear (1991) – David Trasoff & Zakir Hussain
At the Edge (1990) – Mickey Hart
Venu (1989) – Hariprasad Chaurasia & Zakir Hussain
Tabla Duet (1988) – Zakir Hussain & Alla Rakha
Making Music (1987) with Jan Garbarek, John McLaughlin and Hariprasad Chaurasia
Song for Everyone (1985) – L. Shankar
Who's to Know (1980) – L. Shankar
Morning Ragas (1979) with Vasant Rai
Natural Elements (1977) – Shakti with John McLaughlin
A Handful of Beauty (1976) – Shakti with John McLaughlin
Diga (1976) – Diga Rhythm Band
Shakti (1975) – Shakti with John McLaughlin
Rolling Thunder (1972) – Mickey Hart
Shanti (1971)
Evening Ragas (1970) Vasant Rai
Ustad Mohammad Omar: Virtuoso from Afghanistan (2002)- Zakir Hussain
Filmography
The Rhythm Devils Concert Experience (2008 – DVD) – The Rhythm Devils
The Way of Beauty (2006 – DVD) – Remember Shakti
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
Zakir and His Friends (1998)
Heat and Dust (1983) Merchant Ivory Film
Saaz
Soundtracks
One Dollar Curry (2003)
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)
The Mystic Masseur (2001)
Vanaprastham (1999)
Little Buddha (1993)
In Custody (1993)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
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