Ustad Zakir Hussain, a legendary tabla maestro, passed away, leaving a deep void in the music world. His iconic performances and collaborations transformed the tabla into a global phenomenon. His versatility extended beyond music into film,

Zakir Hussain was a musician par excellence who imbibed the rhythms of the world in an unparalleled way and he will always live in our hearts, sitar maestro Ustad Nishat Khan has said in his tribute to the table legend in London.

In the Mahim area lived musicians of the calibre of sitar wizard Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, tabla maestro Nizamuddin, composer/mandolin maestro Sajjad Hussain, Gazal singer Taj Ahmed. The 'sobat' (company) of these great masters and the actual 'talim' of his father and guru Ustad Alla Rakha Khan moulded Zakir Hussain into a great performer.