“The peerless North Indian tabla player…the blur of his fingers rivals the beat of a hummingbird’s wings.”

— Zakir Hussain (musician)

The New York Times review after his 2009 Carnegie Hall performance quoted in "Zakir Hussain and Master Musicians of India".
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