#Ustad Zakir Hussain

[unsungballad]

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

-Ustad Zakir Hussain (1952-2024)

[estellaestella]

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!)

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

💔 RIP Ustad Zakir Hussain (Indian musician, 1951-2024) 📿 🪷 🙏 Zakir Hussain他是印度塔布拉演奏家、作曲家、打擊樂手、音樂製作人和電影演員。Indian tabla player, composer, percussionist, music producer, and film actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tabla players of all time, he was known for bringing Indian classical music to a global audience. He was the eldest son of the renowned tabla player Alla Rakha, and won four Grammy Awards.

Ustad Zakir Hussain died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Tabla maestro, four-time Grammy award winner and Padma Vibushan awardee Ustad Zakir Hussaindied in San Francisco, aged 73, on December 15, 2024, leaving a void in the world of classical music. Ustad Hussain’s family, in a statement, said he died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

What is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease that causes scarring of the lungs. This scarring causes breathing to become progressively difficult. Pulmonary fibrosis is an interstitial lung disease. Interstitial lung diseases are a group of conditions characterised by inflammation or scarring or both that damage the lungs.

‘Idiopathic’ means that it has no known cause. IPF is the most common form of pulmonary fibrosis and is a serious, chronic condition.

[kitty-lemon]

Chef's kiss 🤏

[munna93]

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

[insightfultake]

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

[srbachchan]

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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

[dhyanshiva]

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

[krispyweiss]

Tabla Virtuoso Zakir Hussain Dies at 73

- “His remarkable contributions to the world of music will always be remembered and celebrated,” Indian government says

Zakir Hussain, the Indian tabla virtuoso who defied genre and helped popularize world music, has died at 73.

Hussain died Dec. 15 at a hospital in San Francisco where he had been receiving treatment for a lung disorder, according to various media reports. The Indian Ministry of Information & Broadcasting confirmed the news.

“The world bids farewell to the tabla legend, Ustad Zakir Hussain,” the ministry said in a statement. “His remarkable contributions to the world of music will always be remembered and celebrated.”

A tireless champion of the music of his home country, Hussain was also a prominent figure in Western music, appearing on albums by George Harrison, Van Morrison, Earth, Wind & Fire and others. He recently collaborated on separate projects with Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer and former Santana drummer Michael Shrieve, who called Hussain “one of the kindest, most generous people I have ever known.”

“What sad and shocking news,” Shrieve said.

Hussain also had a long-running partnership with former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, spanning from 1972’s Rolling Thunder to their collaborations in Planet Drum and the Global Drum Project.

“Ustad Zakir Hussain’s rhythms will echo in our hearts forever, but today, the silence is unbearable,” singer Salim Merchant said.

12/16/24

[depressedraisin]

can we take moment to appreciate ustad zakir hussain's snazzy outfit (besides the fact that he bagged 3 grammies ytd). absolute slay, ustadji