Tabla Tradition Rhythms from India (Classical Instrumental) (Audio CD) [Audio CD] Ustad Alla Rakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain

From the CD Tabla Tradition - Rhythms from India Ustad Alla Rakha & Ustad
Zakir Hussain 1.Teentaal - Vilambit Matta Taal Ustand Zakir Hussain 2.Punjabi
Dhamar Teentaal - Drut Ustad Zakir Hussain 3.Teentaal Ustad Alla Rakha &
Ustand Zakir Hussain Ustad Alla Rakha, father of Ustad Zakir Hussain is a
reputed Tabla virtuouso belonging to the Punjabi School of Tabla playing. He
was initiated and groomed into the art by Ustad Kadar Baksh. Much against the
wishes of his elders, he preferred to carve out for himself a career as a
percussionist. Today he is one of the most outstanding Table player known
internationally. He is also a gifted singer an has composed music for over
twenty films in Hindi and Punjabi. His close association for the past several
years with maestros Pt. Ravi Shankar and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan has resulted in
many LPs which are prized possessions of music lovers all over the world.
Ustad Zakir Hussain has been rightly acclaimed as a child prodigy. He enjoys
global reputation as a percussion maestro. He has given major concerts as a
soloist and also accompanied many world famous maestros both in India and
abroad. Although groomed in the tradition of old masters, he is an artiste
with a progressive outlook. He has been engaged in experimenting towards
achieving a synthesis of Indian and Western music in collaboration with
internationally celebrated artistes. Sonorities of percussion music are heard
in this CD in all their ecstatic charm and the sense of evocation generated in
the listener is all the more intense because there is inspirational fervour of
Ustad Zakir Hussain beneath his creation.