Zakir Hussain
Birthday
1951/03/09
Day of death
2024/12/15 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Also know as
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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 wa...Read more
Acting
(1997) Saaz
as ---
(1987) Khayal
as ---
(2005) A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
as Self (archive footage)
(2024) Monkey Man
as Tabla Maestro
(2018) Jazz in Marciac 2018 - Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain, Chris Potter -
as Tabla
(1983) Heat and Dust
as Inder Lal, Anne's landlord
(2012) Chaalis Chauraasi
as Toby
(2003) Tabla Beat Science: Talamanam Sound Clash
as ---
(2006) Way of Beauty - Shakti Timeless
as self
(2014) Zakir Hussain: The SFJazz Sessions
as Zakir Hussain
(2019) Bombers
as Somu Da