Zakir Hussain
John McLaughlin says that even if audiences haven’t heard Indian music before, they are catching on. “They feel what we feel,” he says. “We’re all walking the tightrope, and audiences follow.”
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Charles Lloyd and Julian Lage and Zakir Hussain served a loose, flowing 65-minute set with complementary facility that belied the novel circumstances.
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One of the most astonishing sets of my week in Montreal featured two Frenchmen, accordionist Vincent Peirani and soprano saxophonist Émile Parisien.
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Sutra was a curious mix of reverence and virtuosity, lavish movement and intricate music — over an hour’s worth of changing forms. I found it intriguing and untrackable.
Read MoreMasters of Percussion is a biannual tour that Zakir Hussain orchestrates with an evolving and revolving cast of musicians .
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