Zakir ji is true musician..He knows the spirit of Music.. Geeting Grammys,GGs,Oscars is tough thing for Indians..as West has monopoly there.. and as an Indian I am proud of ARR,Ustad Zakir ji and Pt.Bhatt..they all are making us proud
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bivin Chandra <bivinchan...@...> wrote: > > > After winning a Grammy in the contemporary World Music Album category for his collaborative album Global Drum Project, Zakir Hussain says that he sincerely desires that A R Rahman wins an Oscar. > > On being asked to respond to Rahman's global recognition for Slumdog Millionaire, Zakir Hussain said that, "He is a genius. I think his talent has been duly recognised now and I am very happy with that. The best thing about him is that he has consistently proved himself. He is not a one time wonder. He has delivered consistently. He has really made us feel very proud. I hope he does equally fantastic at the Oscars. " > > Talking about his own achievements he says that he is very excited on his achievement because it was a competition with the great musicians of the contemporary world music. > > "I look at this win as the reaffirmation of my hard work. This second time Grammy recognition is the witness of the fact that in today s modern world I have not fallen behind times. I am up-to-date in creative contemporary world of music. I am extremely happy and satisfied with this achievement," said Zakir. > > Zakir Hussain worked with Mickey Hart of the rock band Grateful Dead, Nigerian percussionist Sikiru Adepoju and Puerto Rican jazz percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo for the album. > > Global Drum Project is the second collaboration between Hart and Hussain. Their compilation Planet Drum which was released in 1991 went on to win the first-ever Grammy Award in the World Music category. > > Asked if he would have felt more satisfactory, had it been a win for a purely Indian project, he said, "It's true that Global Drum Project is a collaborative work with western musicians. I will be happier if a pure Indian project wins a Grammy sometime in future. Till now the only purely India project which claimed Grammy glory was Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt's work." > > http://music.ndtv.com/Music_Story.aspx? id=ENTEN20090083000&type=musicindia >
