Tabla-master
Zakir Hussain heads
The Rhythm Experience, a world percussion ensemble founded in 1984. His new release is world music at its very best, weaving the rhythms of India, Cuba, Africa, the Middle East and Indonesia into combinations of skillfully improvised exchanges with precise unison drumming. Guests include
Mickey Hart,
Narada Michael Walden,
Mel Martin and
Jim Loveless, as well as
Zakir's father,
Ustad Alla Rakha. The core group, with
Fazal Qureshi,
Dana Pandey, and ex-
Diga Rhythm Band members
Vince Delgado,
Aushim Chaudhuri, Syed Arshad and Ray Spiegel, work out on an array of instruments, such as tabla, congas, darbukka, temple bells, maracas, claves, talking drum, vibes and others, using rock beats, call-and-response spoken boles and a surprisingly melodic base along the way. There are seven other Moment releases, each with
Hussain, and Collection, Vol. 1, with tracks from each. ~ Backroads Music/Heartbeats