Your humility can fill an entire chapter. I'll end by dedicating a tune to you. It was co-written by you and John McLaughlin in the 1987 album Making Music, and its title is Zakir.

This opening track from “Natural Elements,” his group Shakti’s 1977 album with the guitarist John McLaughlin, is an enthralling display of Hussain’s percussive virtuosity.

In the five short years of its existence, Shakti produced only three albums—“Shakti” with John McLaughlin (1976), A Handful of Beauty (1976), and Natural Elements (1977)—but had introduced one of the ...

In 1973, Hussain formed the Indian jazz fusion band "Shakti" with jazz guitarist McLaughlin. The band played acoustic fusion music that combined Indian music with elements of jazz, introducing a ...

Zakir Hussain, one of the most celebrated tabla virtuosos of all time, passed away at the age of 73 in San Francisco due to complications arising fro ...

In 1974, he co-founded the fusion band Shakti alongside legendary guitarist John McLaughlin. This collaboration was revolutionary. Shakti introduced Indian classical rhythms to Western audiences, ...

McLaughlin's experiments with complex harmony, Eastern scales, and chromaticism – in conjunction with the rigs associated with the rock and proto-metal players of the late 1960s and early 70s ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) – The band ‘Shakti’, formed by the British guitarist John McLaughlin and master Indian percussionist, Zakir Hussain, has released a new studio album after more than ...

Although violinist L. Shankar and ghatam maestro Vikku Vinayakram were associated with the 1970s Indo-jazz band Shakti, their partnership goes back many decades, when they used to perform Carnatic ...

Shakti with John McLaughlin was the first album of the fusion band Shakti, which comprised Shankar, Hussain, Vinayakram, and McLaughlin. The band’s path-breaking music added a new dimension to the ...