{"id":1871,"date":"2010-10-25T21:19:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T19:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2016-05-27T17:29:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:29:38","slug":"bela-fleck-zakir-hussain-edgar-meyer-banjo-tabla-double-bass-the-melody-of-rhythm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1871","title":{"rendered":"Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain &#038; Edgar Meyer &#8211; Banjo, Tabla, Double-Bass &#8211; The Melody of Rhythm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"watch-headline-title\">Three very interesting musicians have formed a very interesting trio:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bela Fleck, five string banjo<\/li>\n<li>Edgar Meyer &#8211; double bass<\/li>\n<li>Zakir Hussain &#8211; Tabla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have discovered this music from a broadcast at the public radio station WBUR, and I was immediately hooked by this great music.<\/p>\n<p>This is an excerpt from a broadcast with an interview with the three musicians at WPUR:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Banjoist Fleck has explored connections with African music, Hussain famously played his tabla with guitarist John McLaughlin in the group Shakti and Meyer can hang with both bluegrass players and Philharmonic orchestras. Now, all three have collaborated on a new album.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain &amp; Edgar Meyer &#8211; The Melody of Rhythm &#8211; Bubbles<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain &amp; Edgar Meyer  - The Melody of Rhythm - Bubbles\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l3-PZvA_Jjs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now a live version of the same tune:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"watch-headline-title\">ZAKIR HUSSEIN, BELA FLECK, EDGAR MEYER &#8211; Miami 10\/2009<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ZAKIR HUSSEIN, BELA FLECK, EDGAR MEYER  - Miami  10\/2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7384ZykXjZc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The next video begins with a long and very impressive solo performance of Zakir Hussain on his set of tablas, the Edgar Meywer and Bela Fleck join in.<\/p>\n<h2>Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer &amp; Zakir Hussain<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2eTyIolxWcE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Further Information:<\/h2>\n<p>NPR artist page Edgar Meyer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/artists\/15236980\/edgar-meyer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/artists\/15236980\/edgar-meyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia (Engl.) about Edgar Meyer: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edgar_Meyer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edgar_Meyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find more videos of this trio: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=bela+fleck+edgar+meyer+zakir+Hussain&amp;aq=f\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=bela+fleck+edgar+meyer+zakir+Hussain&amp;aq=f<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>CD <span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\">Bela Fleck &amp; Abigail Washburn<\/span> (amazon partnerlink)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=mandoisland00-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B00MIWR6DM&amp;asins=B00MIWR6DM&amp;linkId=2129320afd3a41eae1e026f19c800d6c&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three very interesting musicians have formed a very interesting trio: Bela Fleck, five string banjo Edgar Meyer &#8211; double bass Zakir Hussain &#8211; Tabla I have discovered this music from a broadcast at the public radio station WBUR, and I was immediately hooked by this great music. 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