thanks. i was wondering may be ARR collaborated/used him sometime (in some of his albums). but it seems no.
--- In [email protected], Vithur <vith...@...> wrote: > > 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 <jahanzebti...@...>wrote: > > > by the way why ARR never worked with Zakir Hussain? any idea anyone? > > > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > > Bivin Chandra <bivinchandra@> > > 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 >
