Zakir Hussain
Born: 1951-03-09 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Died: 2024-12-15
Known For: Sound
Biography
Zakir Hussain Qureshi (9 March 1951 – 15 December 2024) was an Indian tabla player, composer, arranger, percussionist, music producer and film actor. The eldest son of esteemed tabla player Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain was widely regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation and one of its finest percussionists. He produced music across multiple genres and contributed to popularizing Indian classical music to a global audience. Often prefixed by the honorific title of 'Ustad', Hussain was awarded the United States National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship, the highest award given to traditional artists and musicians. He was also given the Government of India's Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, Ratna Sadsya, in 2018. Hussain received seven Grammy Award nominations, winning four times, including three in 2024. He was described as the most recognizable exponent of the tabla by The Guardian. The New York Times marveled that the "blur of his fingers rivals the beat of a hummingbird's wings." Description above from the Wikipedia article Zakir Hussain, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2024
- Monkey Man as Tabla Maestro
2019
- Bombers as Somu Da
2014
- Zakir Hussain: The SFJazz Sessions as Zakir Hussain
2012
- Chaalis Chauraasi as Toby
2006
- Way of Beauty - Shakti Timeless as self
2005
- Parzania ... (Original Music Composer)
- A Tribute To Ismail Merchant as Self (archive footage)
2002
- Mr. and Mrs. Iyer ... (Original Music Composer)
2001
- The Mystic Masseur ... (Original Music Composer)
1999
- Vanaprastham ... (Music)
1997
1994
- In Custody ... (Original Music Composer)
1992
- Miss Beatty's Children ... (Music)
1987
1983
- Heat and Dust as Inder Lal, Anne's landlord
1979
- Apocalypse Now ... (Musician)