A few days ago several shows by Indian percussionist Zakir Hussain started appearing at Dime. While it took a couple days for it to sink in, it finally occurred to me that he had died.
He was, I take it, primarily a tabla player and, as far as tabla players go, the most widely celebrated here in the States, if not the West. In addition to performing with fellow Indian musicians, his discography includes sessions with Van Morrison and George Harrison; and he collaborated with John McLaughlin, Pharoah Sanders, and several times with Mickey Hart.
This is part of his performance with Rahul Sharma who plays the Kashmiri santoor, a type of hammered dulcimer, here in Madison on 27 April 2017. Although my sources files says the performance was at the Overture Center, the show was at Shannon Hall at Memorial Union. The notes describe this as "Various 'light classical' pieces".
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