Herbie Hancock, Zakir Hussain relive Dr King's dream

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock weaved his magic at "The Living Dream " concert in New Delhi to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first visit of American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr to India.

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock weaved his magic at "The Living Dream " concert in New Delhi to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first visit of American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr to India.

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As vocalists Chaka Khan and Dee Dee Bridgewater's powerful voices reverberated with "We shall Overcome," the high point of the evening was a jugalbandi by recent Grammy-winner Ustad Zakir Hussain on the tabla while Hancock and multi-Grammy winner George Duke glided over the piano in New Delhi late last evening.

Martin Luther King III, the son of Martin Luther King Jr, who was present on the occasion said, "Music brings people together. In our tradition, the freedom tradition, if Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Junior were with us today they might not have told us that we shall overcome but may be in some degrees we have overcome."

"My father used to tell me that while he visits other countries as a tourist, when it comes to India, he visits the land as a pilgrimage. We share the tradition of freedom," he said.