Photo: Jim McGuire Zakir Hussain, the renowned tabla virtuoso and percussionist who was instrumental in spreading the sound ...

Zakir Hussain performs at the Further Festival, July 1996, in Veneta, Oregon - Redferns/Getty Images Zakir Hussain, who has died aged 73, was a master tabla player whose virtuosity carried his fame ...

Zakir Hussain, a prolific Indian musician known for playing the tabla, died on Sunday in San Francisco, his management company confirmed. He was 73. Tabla, a percussion instrument, is one of the ...

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Zakir Hussain, a musician and teacher, has died at the age of 73. He passed away on Sunday, December 15, from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis according to his family. Hussain was a virtuoso tabla player ...

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The twin hand drum was developed in its current form about 300 years ago on the Indian subcontinent but the roots of the tabla may date to pre-Muslim, Arabia. The name comes from "tabl," the Arabic ...

Zakir Hussain, an internationally renowned tabla player and composer who helped integrate Indian classical sound into Western music, has died at age 73. Hussain died Sunday afternoon in San Francisco ...

Zakir Hussain, the renowned Indian tabla player, composer, and percussionist, passed away on Sunday from complications related to a chronic lung disease, his family confirmed in a statement. “His ...

LOS ANGELES, CA (ANI) – Ustad Zakir Hussain bagged three awards at the 66th Grammy Awards, held here on February 4. The tabla player and music composer picked up the coveted award in ‘Best Global ...