Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain is an Indian musician specializing in playing Indian tabla drums.

He founded together with John McLaughlin the Shakti line-up following the Mahavishnu Orchestra, led drumming summits with Mickey Hart from the Grateful Dead and initiated dozens of musical projects with the likes of Charles Lloyd, George Harrison, Yo-Yo Ma, Van Morrison, Airto Moreira, Billy Cobham, Mickey Hart and more. He comes from an elite Indian musical family -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ His father was Alla Rakha, a long-time partner of Ravi Shankar.