Zakir Hussain and Masters of Percussion will be touring the United Kingdom in November 2021. The lineup includes Zakir Hussain on tabla; Marcus Gilmore on drums; Abbos Kosimov on doyra and Uzbek percussion; and Sabir Khan on sarangi.
Zakir Hussain is a renowned Indian tabla player. He has performed with Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan, and later became famous through a series of extraordinary collaborations. He collaborated with acclaimed guitarist John McLaughlin in the influential acoustic group Shakti, but this group is also inspired by Planet Drum, his ever-evolving collaboration with Mickey Hart from the Grateful Dead.
Sunday, 21 November – LONDON Royal Festival Hall (as part of EFG London Jazz Festival)
Monday, 22 November – SOUTHAMPTON MAST Mayflower Studios
Tuesday, 23 November – BRISTOL St. George’s
More information about the Zakir Hussain show: serious.org.uk/zakir
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