He introduced the tabla — a pair of hand drums that is the main percussion instrument in Indian classical music — to global audiences. Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical ...

Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from ...

Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and a towering figure in Indian classical music, died on Dec. 15 of chronic lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at a hospital in San Francisco.

Zakir Hussain, an internationally renowned tabla player and composer who helped integrate Indian classical sound into Western music, has died at age 73. Hussain died Sunday afternoon in San Francisco ...

Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain — who united musicians from diverse cultures and by doing so, shaped modern world music — died on Sunday in San Francisco. He was 73. In a statement, his family said ...

Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from ...

Zakir Hussain is one of the world's most in demand percussionists. From his collaborations with jazz greats Charles Lloyd and Herbie Hancock to his explorations with the Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, ...