Zakir Hussain (1951-2024)

[rostasi]

Every time I'd seen him, his playing just brought tears to my eyes.

 

[soulpope]

R.I.P    ....

[JSngry]

9 minutes ago, soulpope said:

R.I.P    ....

Same

[aparxa]

Thank you for the music! A riveting performance when I saw him with Shakti near Grenoble about 20 years ago. He made with Lage and Lloyd a lovely session for Blue Note recently.

[Stompin at the Savoy]

There appears to be some question over whether he has actually died or is just in the hospital in bad shape.

[rostasi]

I had the chance to see him a few times and it was breathtaking each time.
Twice with Shivkumar Sharma, once with U. Srinivas (who died way too young)
and once with Nikhil Banerjee. All of them now gone. Memories are there tho.

The video below is not that good, but you'll still see and hear the mastery of both:

 

18 minutes ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

There appears to be some question over whether he has actually died or is just in the hospital in bad shape.

Oh! That's interesting... because the news is flooded with info about his death!
I hope he makes a full recovery. Any updates about him still being in the hospital are 12 hours old,
so we'll have to wait and see what the news is from the family. Maybe someone can put a notice on the
title of this - "pending confirmation" or something like that.

Edited December 15 by rostasi

[mikeweil]

Zakir Hussain and Trilok Gurtu were the two Indian tabla virtuosos who really opened up and transformed traditional Indian percussion. I was lucky of getting to know them either personally (Gurtu) or seeing them perform very closely (both). I hope the news about his passing is not true - no matter what is the truth, I really wish him all the best.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/tabla-legend-zakir-hussain-critical-we-ask-for-prayers-says-nephew-7255719

Edited December 15 by mikeweil

[gvopedz]

Probably the first time I heard Zakir Hussain was in George Harrison's Living in the Material World, maybe 50 years ago.  At that time, I had no idea who Zakir Hussain was, but as years went by I became a fan.

Edited December 16 by gvopedz

[rostasi]

51 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

Zakir Hussain and Trilok Gurtu were the two Indian tabla virtuosos who really opened up and transformed traditional Indian percussion. I was lucky of getting to know them either personally (Gurtu) or seeing them perform very closely (both). I hope the news about his passing is not true - no matter what is the truth, I really wish him all the best.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/tabla-legend-zakir-hussain-critical-we-ask-for-prayers-says-nephew-7255719

It's frustrating because NPR, for instance, is saying,"In a statement, his family said the cause of death was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis..."

Edited December 16 by rostasi

[BFrank]

Zakir Hussain, Peerless Indian Tabla Player, Dies at 73

[clifford_thornton]

Too bad, and relatively young. RIP.

[mjazzg]

Charles Lloyd and Tyshawn Sorey are both confirming his death on their social feeds. 

Great master, I only ever saw him with Lloyd but it was very memorable

Edited December 16 by mjazzg

[HutchFan]

I was hoping to see Hussain perform in March at Big Ears.  Alas  . . . 

R.I.P.

 

[Guy Berger]

Will listen to some Shakti in memory.