#Ustad Zakir Hussain

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"The best thing you can do is try to be the best student you can ever be"

-Ustad Zakir Hussain (1952-2024)

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Loved MONKEY MAN. What a delight of a film! It has a couple of slow spots but it is so much fun! People comparing it to JOHN WICK movies are selling it short. Dev Patel is out for blood and he acts like it. Sharlto Copley is brilliant in his 5 minutes of screen time. As for Dev, man, major props to him!

Cultural side notes: (a) Kudos to Dev for putting the modern day saint in museum level ancient carved wooden sandals. (b) I'm still proper shocked to have seen that the musician was played by a living legend, tabla maestro Zakir Hussain. The interplay of sounds made by him and Dev in the workout scene is a clever play on a "jugalbandi", a sort of performance where there is a 'dialogue' between classical dancers and musicians; the musician puts down a beat and the dancer has to 'say' it back to them through their footwork. That scene was so much fun! (What's even more amazing is that they even had another scene before this as a primer, where the maestro plays two tablas as though they are two voices talking to each other. They thought this through!)

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Chef's kiss 🤏

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Anuradha Pal on guru Ustad Zakir Hussain's death: I am still in shock; he helped me shine in a male-dominated space

Dec 20, 2024 04:38 PM IST Tabla player Anuradha Pal explains how losing her guru, Ustad Zakir Hussain, is a personal loss; recalls how he would ensure she aced the craft of tabla playing For Anuradha Pal, tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain’s death is a personal loss. The Limca Book of Records holder for being the world’s first professional female tabla player, Pal trained under Hussain and is…

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Zakir Hussain, renowned tabla player, dies at 73 | A life in pictures

Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain died at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said on Monday (December 16, 2024). Hussain died due to complications arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to his family. He was 73. He had been hospitalised for the last two weeks and was later taken to the ICU as his condition deteriorated. Hussain has received four Grammy Awards in his career,…

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Ustad Zakir Hussain: A Legend’s Journey Comes to an End

**Ustad Zakir Hussain: A Legend’s Journey Comes to an End**   The world of music and art mourns the loss of **Ustad Zakir Hussain**, the tabla maestro who passed away at the age of 73 in the United States. A virtuoso, a global icon, and a cultural bridge-builder, Ustad Zakir Hussain’s departure leaves a void that will be hard to fill.   ### **A Legacy Rooted in Rhythm**   Born in Mumbai, Ustad…

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Ustad Zakir Hussain no more; dies in USA hospital after two weeks in ICU due to heart and lung ailment

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Sound is God: Zakir Hussain and the Universal Language of Rhythm

The hands that once danced upon the tabla have fallen silent, and the world finds itself bereft of a rhythm so profound it seemed to emanate from the very soul of the cosmos. Zakir Hussain, the maestro of maestros, transcended the mortal plane on December 15, 2024, leaving behind not just a legacy, but a symphony that will echo across generations. In his passing, we are reminded that the sound he created was no mere noise; it was the whisper of divinity itself, a bridge between the finite and the infinite.

Born into a lineage steeped in rhythm, Zakir was the son of the great Ustad Alla Rakha, a tabla virtuoso whose name alone evoked reverence. As a child, Zakir would awaken before dawn, drawn by the sound of his father’s tabla practice that reverberated through their home. Ustad Alla Rakha’s rigorous training was both a discipline and a blessing, instilling in Zakir a deep respect for tradition while nurturing his innate genius. But Zakir was not content to merely walk in the footsteps of his father. He charted his own course, crafting a path that was as unique as it was universal. His tabla did not merely accompany; it spoke, sang, wept, and rejoiced. It became a living, breathing entity, an extension of his very being. Each beat was a heartbeat, each silence a moment of transcendence...read full story

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DAY 6147

Jalsa, Mumbai Dec 17, 2024/Dec 18 Tue/Wed 12:31 am

Some memories never leave you .. and the time occasion and sentiments expressed then remain ..

Such was the reflection with Ustad Zakir Hussain ..

It would be inappropriate to give detail to those moments .. some should remain within , and so they shall ...

Affection and grief

Amitabh Bachchan

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Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain laid to rest in San Francisco, percussionist Sivamani pays musical tribute

Percussionist A. Sivamani performs during the funeral of Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain at Fernwood Cemetery in San Francisco, USA on Thursday (December 19, 2024). | Photo Credit: PTI Zakir Hussain was laid to rest on Thursday (December 19, 2024) at a San Francisco cemetery as renowned percussionist A, Sivamani and other artistes performed on their drums at a little distance away in a tribute to…

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Reverie - A rather roundabout tribute to Ustad Zakir Hussain || 16.12.24

Placed square between these pieces, I am posting this obviously very out of the blue.

May his legacy remain a shining light in the vast expanse of the musical landscape. Thank you, Ustad ji (though any expression of gratitude looks small in the face of what it's being said for).

I have many associations with taal, the tabla and rhythm in and of itself. That the Rise AU!verse is so intrinsically tied to it is no coincidence but I'm devastated and still in shock that I felt so compelled to do this.

Grief is... a lot for me to process in any given context, and this indescribable loss has innumerable layers to it.

It's been a while and a half. Please tread lightly if at all you choose to read. Obvious mention of death and tragedy. It's the point of it all.

Regards and Love,

Dhyan