His collaborators included John McLaughlin, Béla Fleck, Ravi Shankar, Herbie Hancock, Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Grateful Dead.

Zakir Hussain, a prolific Indian musician known for playing the tabla, died Sunday from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

The late legendary tabla maestro, Zakir Hussain's mother, never wanted him to follow in the footsteps of his father, Alla Rakha, because of one major reason.