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1 Babar  
2 Out Of The Blue  
3 Bubbles  
4 The Melody Of Rhythm/1  
5 The Melody Of Rhythm/2  
6 The Melody Of Rhythm/3  
7 Cadence  
8 In Conclusion  
9 Then Again  
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E1 Music releases The Melody of Rhythm, an unparalleled collaboration between banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck, composer and double-bass master Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain, arguably the world's greatest tabla player, followed by a 19-city tour of North American concert halls in September and October. An understanding of musical tradition has led all three of these musical explorers to this common crossroad. The centerpiece and catalyst for the album is The Melody of Rhythm Concerto, an unprecedented three-movement composition for banjo, double bass and tabla. Recorded live with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Leonard Slatkin, this highly rhythmic work soars, melding Indian classical music with American roots.

  • Five-time GRAMMY winner: Zakir Hussain takes his classical Indian trio to Appleton WI's Lawrence University / FOX11 NEWS
    Posted At: March 30, 2024
    Zakir Hussain Allaraka Qureshi was born March 9, 1951, in Bombay, India. He is the son of Ustad Allah Rakha Khan, a well-known Indian tabla player. Zakir started playing the tabla as soon as he could reach across the drums. His study with his father was intensive: "You grow up in the atmosphere of music 24 hours a day," he said, "and you don't have to do anything else." Hussain began playing concerts by age...

  • In advance of Sheldon date with Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain and Rakesh Chaurasia, Bela Fleck chats with St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Posted At: November 1, 2023
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Daniel Durchholz writes…..There are musicians who are perennially busy and who juggle multiple projects. And then there’s Béla Fleck, who since the beginning of this year has:• Toured with his wife, fellow banjoist Abigail Washburn.• Toured with bassist Edgar Meyer, tabla player Zakir Hussain and flautist Rakesh Chaurasia (with whom he’ll be playing Nov. 3 at the Sheldon).• Recorde...

  • John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain celebrate 50 years of Shaki / relix
    Posted At: August 11, 2023
    relix - Dean Budnick writes…..When John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain first met in 1969, neither had an inkling that four years later they would initiate a remarkable musical project which would remain vital and enthralling for another halfcentury.McLaughlin had recently relocated from London to New York, where he would join former Miles Davis drummer Tony Williams in Lifetime, before going on to record and ...

  • Bela Fleck Q&A's with centralmaine.com around Waterville date featuring trio with Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain
    Posted At: May 3, 2023
    Just in case you aren't familiar with Béla Fleck, there are some who say he's the premiere banjo player in the world. Others claim that Béla has virtually reinvented the image and the sound of the banjo through a remarkable performing and recording career that has taken him all over the musical map and on a range of solo projects and collaborations. If you are familiar with Béla, you know that he just loves...

  • Watch Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain with Rakesh Chaurasia in 'Motion' / The Bluegrass Situation
    Posted At: April 21, 2023
    Three masterful genre-benders and the leading virtuosos on their respective instruments, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer move with ease among the worlds of classical, bluegrass and world music. In the 2009-2010 season, they join together for the first time in trio concerts of original music. Three of the most limitless creators and composers in the history of music, Fleck, Hussain and Meyer share ...

  • La Jolla Music Society presents Zakir Hussains 'Masters of Percussion' / San Diego Union - Tribune
    Posted At: March 14, 2023
    The 2022 Kyoto Prize Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy Laureate, will be honored here Wednesday, give a lecture Friday at UC San Diego and perform Saturday at the Balboa Theater.San Diego Union - Tribune GEORGE VARGA writes…..George Harrison of The Beatles was a fan and collaborator of Indian tabla drum marvel Zakir Hussain, who performs Saturday at San Diego’s Balboa Theater. So are guitar legend...

  • Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain announce tour supporting new album. Shows In Troy, NYC / NYS Music
    Posted At: March 6, 2023
    NYS Music's Daniel Meyers On writes….Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, and Zakir Hussain, along with Rakesh Chaurasia, have announced a US tour supporting their upcoming album, As We Speak. The group will tour throughout April and May, with a performance at The Town Hall in New York City on May 4, and the Troy Saving Bank Music Hall on May 5. Their upcoming album is scheduled for release on May 12, through Thirty Ti...

  • An enthusiastic, adoring Royal Festival Hall crowd greeted Zakir Hussain with praise and cheer / NEWS AKMI
    Posted At: November 27, 2021

    NEWS AKMI - Julie Mcmahon .......An enthusiastic, adoring crowd greeted Zakir Hussain as he entered the stage of the Royal Festival Hall. When the 70-year-old tabla virtuoso, who additionally works as a composer, percussionist, music producer and actor, was joined on stage by Sabir Khan, a rising sarangi player and vocalist born in a family of musicians, the crown once again erupted with prasie and ...

  • NPR shares archival 'Tiny Desk' featuring Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain / LIVE FOR LIVE MUSIC
    Posted At: July 20, 2020

    NPR Music has dug into its vault for an archival Tiny Desk Concert, featuring Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, and Zakir Hussain. The in-studio performance was originally published on July 26th, 2010. As the live music shutdown continues, NPR Music has been forced to get creative in order to provide consistent content. The Tiny Desk Concert series has pivoted to the Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series, an...

  • World Music/CRASHarts presents 'Masters of Percussion' with Zakir Hussain at Berklee's Sanders Theatre / India New England
    Posted At: April 7, 2019

    In a dazzling display of Indian percussion, tabla superstar Zakir Hussain is joined by the finest musicians from India's classical and folk traditions as World Music/CRASHarts presents 'Master of Percussion' on April 21. Performing separately and together, the lineup includes Zakir Hussain on tabla, Niladri Kumar on sitar, The Kerala Drummers, and Eric Harland on drums. Zakir Hussain is appre...

  • Zakir Hussain and the masters of percussion leap forward in the evolution of Indian fusion music / Santa Cruz Sentinel
    Posted At: March 28, 2019

    Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain is returning to Santa Cruz with another world music project that defies borders. The Masters of Percussion program on Friday at 7:30 pm at the Rio Theatre features Hussain on percussion, Niladri Kumar on sitar, jazz drummer Eric Harland and the western debut of Mattannur Sankarankutty Marar leading the Drummers of Kerala. Sponsored by the Humanities Institute at UC Santa...

  • Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, and Zakir Hussain set for Peace Center / Greenville Journal
    Posted At: November 1, 2018

    Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, and Zakir Hussain come to Greenville SC's Peace Center on Tuesday, Nov. 6.  Fleck has spent over 40 years redefining his chosen instrument, the banjo, into something beyond what pioneers like Uncle Dave Macon or Grandpa Jones could ever have imagined. Sure, players like Earl Scruggs and J.D. Crowe took the instrument beyond the basics of bluegrass in their respectiv...

  • Zakir Hussain on StudioTulsa
    Posted At: March 29, 2018

    On this edition of StudioTulsa, we are pleased to chat with the world-renowned tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, who has performed or recorded over the years with everyone from George Harrison and Yo-Yo Ma to Van Morrison and Mickey Hart (to name but a few). On this coming Friday night, the 30th, the nonprofit South Asian Performing Arts Foundation will present a special concert at John H. Williams Theatre a...

  • Zakir Hussain on being his father's son / The Hindu
    Posted At: January 27, 2018

    Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain spoke at length about the special relationship he shared with his father and guru - Ustad Allarakha Qureshi - at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Thursday. Addressing a large crowd, Mr. Hussain, said that despite days spent in near poverty, his father believed "in a very passionate way that if he followed his path, god would provide for them. If you are mad enough to be...

  • DNA: Tabla Fix - Zakir Hussain talks about new book
    Posted At: January 14, 2018

    You're continuously on the concert circuit, often unavailable for comment/interviews. How did this book Zakir Hussain – A Life in Music then take form? The credit for this should go to Nasreen Munni Kabir. She has brought out books on Javed Akhtar, Lata Mangeshkar, Waheeda Rehman and many other leading legends. When she approached me, I hesitated about opening up to this extent about my lif...

  • Zakir Hussain holds audience spellbound in rare fusion of Hindustani and Carnatic styles / daijiworld
    Posted At: December 8, 2017

    Rajangana of Sri Krishna Math here witnessed a rare fusion between instrumental musics of Hindustani and Carnatic styles on Wednesday December 6. Tabla maestro, Zakir Hussain, created an air of illusion and held the audiences spellbound with his magical rendering along with Kumaresh on violin and his wife, Jayanthi Kumaresh, on Veena, matching Hussain in every move. The trio created 'Nada Layamrita&#...

  • Crosscurrents takes harmony to new heights at SFJazz / San Francisco Chronicle
    Posted At: October 22, 2017

    You could see it on the face of the great bassist: Dave Holland was clearly having as much fun playing on Saturday night, Oct. 21, at SFJazz as the audience members were having as they listened. Holland beamed like a kid onstage, especially in an extended post-intermission musical "conversation" with Zakir Hussain, the unrivaled tabla master with whom Holland created Crosscurrents a few years ago to expl...

  • Zakir Hussain's CrossCurrents ensemble set for NJPAC / Grateful Web
    Posted At: September 26, 2017

    A classical tabla virtuoso of the highest order, Zakir Hussain is well-known for his constant explorations of music from around the world. His latest ensemble, CrossCurrents, attempts to portray all directions of inspiration between the idioms of jazz and Indian music. The great bassist Dave Holland, a player with one of the most distinguished careers in jazz, brings his singular vision to the group. The...

  • Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer as a Ground-Breaking Trio
    Posted At: June 19, 2013

    Bela Fleck wasn't done after his record Throw Down Your Heart, Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: The Africa Sessions. Those groundbreaking explorations led him to yet another collaboration, The Melody of Rhythm: Triple Concerto & Music for Trio, which teams Bela with cellist/bassist Edgar Meyer and the Indian percussionist Zakir Hussain. The trio collaborates here with the Detroit Symphony ...
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