DESCRIBED by Western classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin as the “greatest instrumentalist of the 20th century”, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan was born on April 14, 1922. As his disciples and fans celebrate his birth centenary worldwide, his influence on Indian classical music remains as pervasive
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Andrew Gilbert December 13, 2020Updated: December 14, 2020, 4:36 pm
Ashish Khan (left), the son of Ali Akbar Khan, performs with Zakir Hussain and Indranil Bhattacharya. Photo: Courtesy of Ali Akbar Khan School of Music
When the lights went down and the audience faded from view, Zakir Hussain realized he was entering a strange new realm.
As a teenager who’d recently arrived in the United States after getting a precocious start as a Bollywood studio musician and accompanist for North Indian classical recitals, Hussain had already worked in an unusually wide array of settings. But he’d never played anywhere like the hippie haven christened the Family Dog on the Great Highway in San Francisco.