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Zakir Hussain (Musician) : Early Life and Education
Zakir Hussain (Musician) : Early Life and Education
Career[edit]
The first Planet Drum album, released in 1991 on the Rykodisc label, went on to earn the
1992 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, the first Grammy ever awarded in this
category.[6][7] The Global Drum Project album and tour brought Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru
Adepoju, and Giovanni Hidalgo together again in a reunion sparked by the 15th anniversary of the
ground-breaking album Planet Drum. The album Global Drum Project won the Grammy Award for
Best Contemporary World Music Album at the 51st Grammy Awards Ceremony held on 8 February
2009.)[8]
He composed, performed and acted as Indian music advisor for the Malayalam film Vanaprastham,
a 1999 Cannes Film Festival entry which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the AFI Los
Angeles International Film Festival (AFI Fest) in 1999, and won awards at 2000 Istanbul
International Film Festival (Turkey), 2000 Mumbai International Film Festival (India), and
2000 National Film Awards (India). He has composed soundtracks for several movies, most
notably In Custody and The Mystic Masseur by Ismail Merchant, and has played tabla on the
soundtracks of Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now, Bernardo Bertolucci's Little Buddha, and other
films.
He starred in several films specifically showcasing his musical performance both solo and with
different bands, including the 1998 documentary "Zakir and His Friends",[9] and the documentary
"The Speaking Hand: Zakir Hussain and the Art of the Indian Drum" (2003 Sumantra
Ghosal).[10] Hussain co-starred as Inder Lal in the Merchant Ivory Film Heat and Dust in 1983, for
which he was an associate music director.)[11]
Hussain is a founding member of Bill Laswell's 'World Music Supergroup' Tabla Beat Science.[12]
In 2016, Zakir Hussain was amongst many legendary Jazz, World and Fusion musicians invited
by President Obama to the International Jazz Day 2016 All-Star Global Concert at the White
House.[13]
Personal life[edit]
Zakir Hussain married Antonia Minnecola, a Kathak dancer and teacher, who is also his
manager.[14] They have two daughters, Anisa Qureshi and Isabella Qureshi. Anisa graduated from
UCLA and is trying her hand in video production and film making. Isabella is studying dance in
Manhattan.[15]
He was named an Old Dominion Fellow by the Humanities Council at Princeton University, where he
resided for the 20052006 semester as full professor in the music department.[16] He was also a
visiting professor at Stanford University.[17] He now resides in San Francisco.
Discography[edit]
Filmography[edit]
Heat and Dust (1983) Merchant Ivory Film
Miss Beatty's Children (1992)
Saaz (1998)
Zakir and His Friends (1998)
The Speaking Hand: Zakir Hussain and the Art of the Indian
Drum (2003) Sumantra Ghosal
Talamanam Sound Clash Further Adventures in Hype (2003
DVD) Tabla Beat Science
The Way of Beauty (2006 DVD) Remember Shakti
The Rhythm Devils Concert Experience (2008 DVD) The
Rhythm Devils
Soundtracks[edit]
Apocalypse Now (1979)
In Custody (1993)
Little Buddha (1993)
Saaz (1998)
Vanaprastham (1999)
The Mystic Masseur (2001)
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)
One Dollar Curry (2003)
Interview[edit]
Masters of Percussion: An Interview with Zakir Hussain with
Douglas Heselgrave (The Music Box, Friday 12 September 2008)
References[edit]
1. Jump up^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
2. Jump up^ Johnson, Lawrence A. (6 May 2008). "Indian tabla master
Zakir Hussain says he never stops learning". The Star. Malaysia.
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Archived from the original on
6 May 2008.
3. ^ Jump up to:a b Dhanyasree .M. "Zakir Hussain: The World Beats To
His Rhythm". One India. Archived from the original on 17 December
2008.
4. Jump up^ "Zakir Hussain". Mondomix. 21 February 2003.
Retrieved 15 May 2015.
5. Jump up^ "Zakir Hussain Moment! Records". Archived from the
original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
6. Jump up^ "The Global Drum Project". Planet Drum. Archived from the
original on 25 February 2010.
7. Jump up^ "Deconstructing 'world music' at the Grammys". Afrobeat
Radio. 15 February 2010.
8. Jump up^ "'Global Drum Project' featuring Zakir Hussain wins
Grammy". Express India. 9 February 2009.
9. Jump up^ Gates, Anita. "Zakir and His Friends". The New York
Times.
10. Jump up^ "The Speaking Hand: Zakir Hussain and the Art of the
Indian Drum". The New York Times.
11. Jump up^ "Heat and Dust". Merchant Ivory Productions.
12. Jump up^ "Tabla Beat Science". National Geographic Music.
Archived from the original on 6 February 2009.
13. Jump up^ "International Jazz Day". International Jazz Day.
Retrieved 2016-06-30.
14. Jump up^ "Bharatnatyam in Jeans". Little India.
15. Jump up^ Indian male film actors
Indian male classical musicians
Indian male composers
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni
Indian film score composers
Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
National Heritage Fellowship winners
Hindustani composers
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