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tabla

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Description

Tabla music is a fundamental part of Hindustani music from northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, often used to accompany vocal and instrumental music, as well as dance. It consists of two drums, the higher-pitched daya played with the right hand, and the larger, deeper-pitched baya played with the left. The complex playing technique involves various finger and hand strokes to create a wide variety of sounds and rhythms, making it a highly expressive and versatile instrument.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
17		1955	Yehudi Menuhin	Yehudi Menuhin: West Meets East	hindustani sitar tabla
58		1969	Ali Akbar Khan	Shree Rag	instrumental tabla
42		1977	Voyage	Kelimdance	indian classical tabla world world fusion
4		1978	Sandy	Ik Ben Verliefd Op John Travolta	house tabla
50		1986	Ramuntcho Matta	24 hrs	tabla
79		1987-05	Zakir Hussain	Making Music	world india indian	world # 58 india # 87 indian # 89
12		1989	Imrat Khan, Vajahat Khan & Shafaatullah Khan	Rag Jhinjhoti & Rag Pilu
59		1989-01-01	Hariprasad Chaurasia & Zakir Hussain	Venu	hindustani indian classical tabla	hindustani # 59
14		1992-04-16	Ziskakan	10 Zan	jazz tabla
3		1995	Indus	Indus Demo	flute fusion jazz sitar tabla
13		1995	Helm	Zakharafa	acoustic ethnic folk instrumental international percussion tabla traditional tribal world
34		1996	Ravi Shankar	In Celebration	india world	sitar # 63 india # 64
29		1997	Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang	Ask The Sun	tabla
91		1997-10-21	Sur Sudha	Images of Nepal	hindi indian sitar tabla	indian # 33 hindi # 68 sitar # 74
40		1998	Александр Ливер	Несколько Оригинальных Мелодий	ccm comedy house russia russian tabla
63		1999	Ziskakan	4 ti mo	french sitar tabla	sitar # 29
90		1999	Nitin Sawhney	Introducing Nitin Sawhney	ambient folk instrumental tabla
1		1999	Nikhil Banerjee, Nikhil Ghosh	Morning Ragas, Bombay 1965 1
2		1999	Nikhil Banerjee, Nikhil Ghosh	Morning Ragas, Bombay 1965 2
76		1999-06-28	MakTub	Subtle Ways	gospel house tabla
99		2000	Zakir Hussain	Music Of The Deserts	india indian classical tabla	indian # 84 percussion # 94 india # 97 indian classical # 100
62		2000	Mamadou Diabate	Djan Djan	tabla
100		2000-09-12	Tabla Beat Science	Tala Matrix	tabla	indian # 4 percussion # 60 india # 86
6		2001	Kumar Bose	Dynamic: Live at Saptak Music Festival 2001 - CD 2	hindustani tabla
19		2001	Bobby Singh	Djan Djan	tabla
39		2001	Ziskakan	Rimayer	flute french sitar tabla
67		2001	Александр Ливер	Песни Заграничных Композиторов	ccm comedy house russia russian tabla
69		2001	Александр Ливер	Песни забытых композиторов	ccm comedy house russia russian tabla
57		2002	Ronu Majumdar & Abhijit Banerjee	Raga Bageshri	flute india tabla world
74		2002	Ustad Mohammad Omar	Virtuoso From Afghanistan	tabla
77		2002	Arabic Breakbeats	Urban Turban	tabla
7		2002-02-02	Taaliqa	Taaliqa	acoustic oud percussion tabla world fusion
68		2002-05-07	Ustad Mohammad Omar	Ustad Mohammad Omar: Virtuoso from Afghanistan	tabla world
75		2002-07-09	Tabla Beat Science	Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove	world electronic
65		2003	Atash	Republic Of Love	arabic ethnic indian oud sitar tabla traditional world fusion	sitar # 30 oud # 41
71		2003	Александр Ливер	Проффессионнал	ccm comedy house russia russian tabla
87		2003	Bikram Ghosh	Rhythmscape	tabla
92		2003-07-15	Reggie Watts	Simplified	gospel hip-hop house piano tabla
10		2004	Taaliqa	Matramaqam	acoustic arabic oud percussion tabla world fusion
44		2004	Александр Ливер	Каникулы в Опере	ccm comedy house russia russian tabla
53		2004	Turbo Tabla	Unregulated	electronica tabla
66		2004	Александр Ливер	Картонные песенки	ccm comedy house russia russian tabla
81		2004	Turbo Tabla	The Belly and The Beat	electronica tabla
85		2005	Greg Ellis	Kala Rupa	contemporary instrumental new age tabla	contemporary instrumental # 61
5		2005	Sadanand Naimpalli	Tabla Solos: Tal Ashta Mangal/Trital	hindustani tabla
16		2005	Hariprasad Chaurasia & Zakir Hussain	Possession	flute indian classical tabla
20		2005	Karim Nagi	Detour Guide	arabic fusion international spoken word tabla world fusion
31		2005	Александр Ливер	Жбан Дурака	ccm comedy house russia russian tabla
36		2005	Александр Ливер	Пасека	ccm comedy house russia russian tabla
48		2005	Александр Ливер	Честное предложение	ccm comedy house russia russian tabla
73		2005	Anuradha Pal	Anu	tabla
9		2005	Sadanand Naimpalli	Live at the Trinity Club, Bombay 1967
82		2005-04-12	MakTub	Say What You Mean	gospel house tabla
86		2005-04	Raquy and the Cavemen	Jordan	tabla
37		2006	Mizna	Mizna	acoustic ethnic instrumental international oud tabla traditional tribal world	oud # 5 international # 12
15		2006	Partha Sarathi Mukherjee	The Tabla Series	hindustani tabla
84		2006-01-23	Pete Namlook & Gaudi	Re:sonate	acoustic ambient dub dub percussion piano synthesizer tabla	ambient dub # 42 synthesizer # 61 percussion # 63
83		2007	Benjy Wertheimer And Michael Mandrell	Notes from Celtistan	tabla
60		2007-11-06	MakTub	Start It Over	gospel house tabla
94		2008	Kat Edmonson	Be The Change	alternative america australia christian contemporary christian female vocalists gospel house jazz jewish new york ohio pagan paris pop rac tabla washington	new york # 34 australia # 44 ohio # 62 paris # 62 rac # 65 pagan # 69 america # 81 jewish # 84 washington # 89
24		2009	Ziskakan	madagascar	tabla ukulele	ukulele # 14
80		2009	Ustad Zakir Hussain	Essence Of Rhythm	india percussion tabla	percussion # 52
41		2009	Александр Ливер	Песни Русскоязычных Композиторов	ccm comedy house russia russian tabla
54		2009	Awen Magic Land	Open Land	chillout downtempo electronic ethereal ethnic france jazz psybient psychill spain spiritual tabla tribal trip-hop world world fusion
97		2009-01-29	Kat Edmonson	Lucky	alternative america australia christian contemporary christian female vocalists gospel house jazz jewish new york ohio pagan paris pop rac tabla washington	contemporary christian # 21 australia # 64 new york # 66 ohio # 75 rac # 76 paris # 81 pagan # 86 america # 90 washington # 95 jewish # 95
61		2009-01	Reggie Watts	Pot Cookies	gospel house tabla
64		2009-06-23	MakTub	Five	gospel house tabla
35		2009-07-14	Humberto Luis Schenone	ca286 - Humberto Luis Schenone - The Rhythms of Life I	acoustic argentina buenos aires drone ethnic new age percussion tabla	buenos aires # 37
89		2010	Zakir Hussain	The Best Of Zakir Hussain	tabla
8		2010	Pandit Jasraj, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia & Ustad Zakir Hussain	Jugalbandi Series: Live at Shivaji Park, Bombay, Dec '91 - CD 2
56		2010-02-20	Jon Sterckx	Drumscapes	percussion tabla world fusion
45		2010-03-19	Mamadou Diabate, Bobby Singh & Jeff Lang	Djan Djan		slide guitar # 13
27		2010-03-22	Jon Sterckx	An Infinite Space	chillout electronic fusion percussion tabla world fusion
98		2010-05-18	Reggie Watts	Why S*** So Crazy?	gospel house tabla	gospel # 48
46		2010-05-24	Siamgda	Samsara	electronic ethnic fusion noise tabla tribal
22		2011-02-11	Neti Neti	Live at Nirvana	drone fusion noise tabla
52		2011-02-25	Joachim Kühn, Majid Bekkas, Ramon Lopez	Chalaba		oud # 19
78		2011-03-07	Polaroid 85	Fuzzy Mornings EP	alternative ambient chillout drum and bass electronic folk london tabla
18		2011-05-23	Reggie Watts	Daytrotter Studio 5/23/2011	gospel house tabla
33		2011-05-23	Reggie Watts	Daytrotter Session	gospel house tabla
93		2012	Ravi Shankar	The Ravi Shankar Collection: Live: Ravi Shankar At The Monterey International Pop Festival	tabla
96		2012	Reggie Watts	A Live At Central Park	gospel house tabla
43		2017	Monk Party	Oneness with the Infinite	oud tabla	oud # 13
55		2019-10-11	Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain & Chris Potter	Good Hope
51		2021	Joji Hirota	Taiko to Tabla	percussion tabla
49		2021-01-14	Tabla Beat Science	Live in San Francisco	beat percussion tabla
26		2022-01-21	Luca Congedo	Ghazal	accordion ethno folk ghazal indian tabla world	ghazal # 69
95		2023	Various Artists	Riddim Driven Tabla	dancehall ragga tabla	ragga # 63
21			Lalgudi Jayaraman & Ustad Amjad Ali Khan	South Meets North: Violin & Sarod Jugalbandi	hindustani tabla	hindustani # 8
28			Pt. Ravi Shankar with Ustad Alla Rakha	Ragas Hameer & Gara	hindustani sitar tabla	hindustani # 18
47			lightsweetcrude	lightsweetcrude	fusion improvisation indian indian classical instrumental jam jazz meditation sitar tabla world	sitar # 6
70			menschen-und-musik	Live Recordings 2008	fusion percussion piano tabla	percussion # 20
11			Zakir Hussain & Ustad Alla Rakha	Memorable Tabla Duet	hindustani tabla
25			Siamgda feat. Morty	Beach Tracks	ethnic flute fusion india persian tabla tribal world
30			Dabrowski Arkadiusz	Demo	drum percussion tabla
32			Meena Batish	My Favorite Bhajans (Hindu Devotional Songs)	asia hindi sitar tabla
38			Ustad Ghulam Farid Nizami	Flowers of the Heart	classical folk indian classical sitar sufi tabla world
72			Tony Bahu	The Captivation	tabla
88			A Six Degrees Collection	Asian Massive	tabla
23			Jonathan Voyer & Shawn Mativetsky	Shanta, Raga Yaman

Related genres

• hindustani
• sitar
• house
• gospel
• percussion
• world
• comedy
• fusion
• indian
• world fusion