The current tour by the quintet Shakti, which arrives at Ravinia on Sunday, marks another important chapter in the musical journeys of John McLaughlin, 81, and Zakir Hussain, 72.

To hear them tell it, the cofounders of Shakti — guitar great John McLaughlin, 81, and tabla master Zakir Hussain, 72 — are ecstatic whenever the group reunites for a concert.

Shakti – the fusion ensemble co-founded by UK jazz master John McLaughlin – has announced its first studio album in over four decades. For the record, McLaughlin and Hussain will be joined by ...

Guitarist John McLaughlin, center, and talba drum master Ustad Zakir Hussain, right, co-founded Shakti, their groundbreaking East-meets-West band, in 1973. They are now on a California-bound 50th ...

John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain Release SHAKTI 'This Moment' Shakti will be celebrating the release of This Moment by undertaking an extensive performance tour scheduled to begin on June 27 & 28 ...

Shakti’s album This Moment came 46 years after its last studio release Natural Elements, with only two original members now in guitarist John McLaughlin and tabla maestro Zakir Hussain.

“He brought John back,” said McLaughlin’s Shakti partner of 50 years, Zakir Hussain, 72, speaking from his home in San Francisco. “John’s enjoying it and loving it.

It's hard to get past the significance of this performance by the Indian jazz fusion band, Shakti. Initially formed in 1973 by jazz guitarist John McLaughlin with virtuoso traditional Indian ...

British six-string wizard John McLaughlin brings the latest version of his "global fusion" band Shakti with tabla maestro Zakir Hussain to Davies Symphony Hall for this SFJAZZ concert Saturday.

Alongside McLaughlin and Hussain, today's Shakti features vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan, and percussionist Selvaganesh Vinayakram (son of original Shakti ghatam player T ...