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.

Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty with Zakir Hussain on the sidelines of a programme in Kolkata many years ago Photographs courtesy: Shrutinandan Hindustani classical vocalist Ajoy Chakrabarty shared a relationship of bhai chara with Zakir Hussain for over four decades and the duo collaborated on over a hundred programmes.