◇ image via WikipediaZakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain is a Jazz and World music act. Their sound grew out of Eric Harland, Henry Kaiser, Trilok Gurtu, Yo-Yo Ma and Jimi Hendrix. Those roots explain a lot about how Zakir Hussain arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ravi Shankar, A.R. Rahman, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Talvin Singh, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Arijit Singh, Vijay Prakash, A.R. Rahman and Béla Fleck, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Zakir Hussain, reaching back through Eric Harland and forward to Arijit Singh. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Zakir Hussain connections
Zakir Hussain grew out of Eric Harland, Henry Kaiser, Trilok Gurtu and Yo-Yo Ma, shares an orbit with Ravi Shankar, A.R. Rahman, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, went on to shape Arijit Singh, Vijay Prakash, A.R. Rahman and Béla Fleck. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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