How to pronounce “zakir” in English

Groomed by Grammy award winner Zakir Hussain, he currently tours with legendary bassist Stanley Clark.

He took me to see Zakir Hussain perform in Columbia University.

or Shankar Mahadevan and Shiva Mani and Zakir Hussain all come together and play.

I mean, Zakir Bhai is another one.

And I think what you felt was probably similar to what I felt when I Zakir Bhai perform, which was just that, yeah, I mean, this is me.

And I think about when I was seven years old and I went to see Zakir Bhai, if I could have went up on stage

They're growing up with U. Srinivas and Zakir Hussain and John Coltrane and the latest heavy metal album and the latest Anderson Paak record

But it's the way I've been groomed by my teacher, Ustad Zakir Hussain.

And for those of you who follow North Indian classical music, Ustad Zakir Hassain-- tabla playing is storytelling.

And what you heard in the beginning is another homage to my own teacher, Ustad Zakir Hussain.

But it is an exceptional honor to be able to host someone of the caliber and the type of repertoire that Ustad Zakir Hussain brings

And he is here for a very special event called Paramapara, which is a concert happening with the other Padma Vibhushan winner, Ustad Zakir Hussain,

And it wasn't until my dad kind of realized that I was listening to sophisticated music, so he took me to see Zakir Bhai.

And the older the artist-- I mean, someone like Zakir Bhai, who's not only seen, but he's lived through, he's breathed