AR had accompanied Zakir Hussain, Kadri Gopalnath in their overseas tours, when he was with his Band troupe Nemesis.
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Jahanzeb Farooq <[email protected]>wrote: > by the way why ARR never worked with Zakir Hussain? any idea anyone? > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Bivin Chandra <bivinchan...@...> > wrote: > > > > > > After winning a Grammy in the contemporary World Music Album > category for his collaborative album Global Drum Project, Zakir > Hussain says that he sincerely desires that A R Rahman wins an Oscar. > > > > On being asked to respond to Rahman's global recognition for Slumdog > Millionaire, Zakir Hussain said that, "He is a genius. I think his > talent has been duly recognised now and I am very happy with that. The > best thing about him is that he has consistently proved himself. He is > not a one time wonder. He has delivered consistently. He has really > made us feel very proud. I hope he does equally fantastic at the > Oscars. " > > > > Talking about his own achievements he says that he is very excited > on his achievement because it was a competition with the great > musicians of the contemporary world music. > > > > "I look at this win as the reaffirmation of my hard work. This > second time Grammy recognition is the witness of the fact that in > today s modern world I have not fallen behind times. I am up-to-date > in creative contemporary world of music. I am extremely happy and > satisfied with this achievement," said Zakir. > > > > Zakir Hussain worked with Mickey Hart of the rock band Grateful > Dead, Nigerian percussionist Sikiru Adepoju and Puerto Rican jazz > percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo for the album. > > > > Global Drum Project is the second collaboration between Hart and > Hussain. Their compilation Planet Drum which was released in 1991 went > on to win the first-ever Grammy Award in the World Music category. > > > > Asked if he would have felt more satisfactory, had it been a win for > a purely Indian project, he said, "It's true that Global Drum Project > is a collaborative work with western musicians. I will be happier if a > pure Indian project wins a Grammy sometime in future. Till now the > only purely India project which claimed Grammy glory was Pandit Vishwa > Mohan Bhatt's work." > > > > http://music.ndtv.com/Music_Story.aspx? > id=ENTEN20090083000&type=musicindia > > > > > -- regards, Vithur
