V. Selvaganesh is playing the kanjira, Zakir Hussain is playing tablas and there’s a drum set player behind him. This is absolutely incredible and I highly recommend playing the related John Mclaughlin videos you’ll see in related.

The kanjira is a very small Indian frame drum with a lizard skin head and a single jingle. The head is dampened so that it can be warped so a skilled player can strike and warp it at the same time producing unusual sounds that change pitch.

Tabla are well-known Indian drums and Hussain is about as good as they come on them.