Global Drum Project, Zakir Hussain Presents Masters of Percussion April 13, 2008

The Global Drum Project Tour brings Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, and Giovanni Hidalgo together again in a reunion sparked by the 15th anniversary of the ground-breaking album 'Planet Drum.' Released in 1991 on the Rykodisc label it went on to earn the first-ever Grammy Award in the World Music category. The tour is the groups first in almost a decade. It also marks the resumption of an artistic relationship - between Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain - that goes back to the late 1960s.

Under the direction of percussion legend Zakir Hussain, Masters of Percussion offers the audience an opportunity to experience both melodic (raga) and rhythmic (tala) development as well as witness the dazzling and athletic dancing drummers of Manipur. The concert will feature the traditional repertoire of North Indian drumming on tabla in solo and duet as well as excursions exploring the frontier between traditional and contemporary, folk and classical. India's most famous percussionist, Hussain has accompanied all of the greatest Indian musicians of the past 40 years, as well such artists as the Grateful Dead and Van Morrison and has been at the helm of some of contemporary music's most eminent and influential ensembles including Shakti, The Diga Rhythm Band and Planet Drum.