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Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain Brings ‘Good Hope’ to SF Jazz
On June.13, Hussain will kick off his summer “As We Speak” tour in Groton, Massachusetts.
Legendary tabla player Zakir Hussain performed May 26 at SFJazz, with Dave Holland on double bass, and Chris Potter on saxophone. / Sunita Sohrabji (photos and video)
SAN FRANCISCO, California — Acclaimed tabla maestro Zakir Hussain received several standing ovations during his sold-out performance here May 26 evening at SF Jazz.
Hussain performed with double bassist Dave Holland, who was completing a four-night residency at SF Jazz. Holland is one of the most important musicians to emerge from the late 1960s British jazz scene.
Chris Potter rounded out the trio, alternating between tenor saxophone and the rarely-played, more difficult soprano sax. Potter composed one of the stand-out pieces of the evening, “Good Hope,” diving into a riveting jazz jugalbandi with Hussain.
Holland, Potter, and Hussain comprise the trio known as Crosscurrents, and performed many of the pieces featured on their debut recording “Good Hope,” released in 2019 by Edition Records. The trio also delivered stand-out performances on the compositions “Lucky Seven,” and “Suvarna.”
In a brief interview after the performance, Hussain told New India Abroad that he was heading to Las Vegas to witness the tear-down of the Volcano, a famed attraction at the Mirage Hotel. In 2008, Hussain and Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart wrote the music that accompanies the fiery display. The two legendary musicians studied volcanoes for months as they wrote the composition, which uses instruments from around the world, as well as chants and tribal elements. The Mirage Hotel is slated to re-emerge in 2027 as the Hard Rock Hotel.
This spring, Hussan, accompanied by Sabir Khan on sarangi, on Debopriya Chatterjee on bansuri, performed at various venues in the US and Canada on the Tisra tour. On Jun.13, Hussain will kick off his summer “As We Speak” tour in Groton, Massachusetts. He will perform with banjo player Bela Fleck, double bass legend Edgar Meyer, and Grammy award winning bansuri player Rakesh Chaurasia.
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