Generally acclaimed simply because the very best non-Indian practitioner from the sarod, American David Trasoff studied with Ali Akbar Khan starting in 1972 and began performing all over the world at many fine-arts festivals and special occasions. His regular accompanist, tabla participant Ustad Zakir Hussain, provides used Khan aswell as Ravi Shankar and Vilayat Khan; just before getting Trasoff’s accompanist, Hussain done many acclaimed fusion tasks, including Mickey Hart’s Grammy-winning Globe Drum and various other albums by George Harrison, John McLaughlin, and Jan Garbarek. Hussain in addition has released an record of his tabla playing entitled Producing Music (ECM).