I listened to hamza El din a lot - got me interested in the music altogether.
That was an Estampie I learned from someone - prbly derivative from occidental sources. I think there are a version or two somewhere online. (Thank you for your generous comments. It's no performance - I had just gotten the instrument and was trying risha.) I got it from someone local who advertised it on Craigslist.
*Indian classical music. I love it and have listened to a lot of it (since having my mind blown at shakti
I've seen Zakir Hussein a bunch of times over the years. I always avoided studying it as I had way too many things already. It remains one of my favorite musics. Someone was selling a dilruba some while ago and I came very close to jumping in - I love sarangi - but, even while being a strings player I know it would take a deep dive to become fluent with the forms. I used to play hammered dulcimer a lot and listened to shivkumar sharma a lot.. )