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McLaughlin continued the Indo-fusion sound
with Remember Shakti, along with vocalist
Shankar Mahadevan, mandolin maestro U
Srinivas and kanjira expert V Selvaganesh.
The group was active till Srinivas’s death in
2014.
Hussain’s collaborations with jazz
saxophonist Charles Lloyd, banjo player Bela
Fleck and bassist Dave Holland have led to
different sounds. A dream orchestral music
project has been Peshkar, a tabla concerto he
composed after being commissioned by the
Symphony Orchestra of India, conducted
Ustad Zakir Hussain performing his composition Peshkar
with the Symphony Orchestra of India at the NCPA in by Zane Dalal. And with live concerts badly
Mumbai, in 2015 affected last year, the maestro took to giving
From his answers, one can gauge how open online lessons on Instagram.
Hussain is to different forms of music. That Needless to say, the desire to explore new
again is reflected in the kind of experiments he territories has kept growing. At 70, Zakir
has conducted over the years. In 1999, he and boasts of a unique contribution to Indian
producer Bill Laswell formed the group Tabla music. And from his demeanour, it’s obvious
Beat Science to blend Indian percussion with he has enjoyed every moment of it. Wah,
Asian Underground and electronica, He and Ustad!

Pt Shivkumar Sharma is among Ustad Zakir Hussain_s favourite musicians

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