Since his death on December 15, in San Francisco, California, Ustad Zakir Hussain has been buried in an avalanche of clichés, all of them true, by the way. He was 73 when he died of complications from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, a disease that gradually kills you. Undoubtedly the most brilliant and the most versatile tabla player of his time, Zakir Hussain also the first to become aware of and be influenced by various trends in rhythm in international music. What has not been written ab