Zakir Hussain founded the Tal Vadya Rhythm Band in 1973, as an Ali Akbar college of Music performance project. When Mickey Hart joined Tal Vadya in 1975, the name was changed to Diga Rhythm Band. Diga is an album by the Diga Rhythm Band, a percussion-based music ensemble led by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and by Zakir Hussain. It was released by Round Records as a vinyl LP in 1976. It was remixed and released on CD by Rykodisc Records in 1988. The ensemble, originally called the Tal Vadya Rhythm Band, was founded in 1973 by Zakir Hussain, at the Ali Akbar College of Music. Mickey Hart joined in 1975, and Hussain and Hart renamed the group the Diga Rhythm Band. Diga was recorded in 1976 at Hart's studio The Barn in Novato, California. Jerry Garcia plays guitar on two of the album's five tracks. The song "Happiness Is Drumming" is an early, instrumental version of "Fire on the Mountain".
Personnel Diga Rhythm Band Mickey Hart – traps, gongs, timbales, timpani Zakir Hussain – tabla, folk drums, tar Jordan Amarantha – congas, bongos Peter Carmichael – tabla Aushim Chaudhuri – tabla Vince Delgado – dumbek, tabla, talking drum Tor Dietrichson – tabla Jim Loveless – marimbas Joy Shulman – tabla Ray Spiegel – vibes Arshad Syed – duggi tarang, nal
Additional musicians Jerry Garcia – guitar on "Happiness is Drumming", "Razooli" Jim McPherson – vocals on "Razooli" Kathy MacDonald – vocals on "Razooli" David Freiberg – vocals on "Razooli"
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