#Majid Bekkas

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Peter Brötzmann - Majid Bekkas - Hamid Drake - Catching Ghosts - Brötzmann on ACT?! A 2022 live set released shortly before his death

The 2022 Jazzfest Berlin performance by revered, iconoclastic reedist Peter Brötzmann, Moroccan Gnaoua adept Majid Bekkas playing the two-stringed, camelskin-backed guembre, and Chicago-bred drummer Hamid Drake, documented as Catching Ghosts, is historic.

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Mawama (Live) - Peter Brötzmann · Majid Bekkas · Hamid Drake

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Alb. “Woodoo Sense” (2011) ~ Inviting Archie Shepp

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Co w jazzie piszczy [sezon 1 odcinek 10]

premierowa emisja 7 czerwca 2023 – 18:00 Graliśmy: Karoline Weidt Quartet  “Hiatus” – z albumu “Inviting -JazzThing Next Generation Vol. 98” – Double Moon Records / Jazz Thing Mark Dresser “Tynalogue” z albumu “Tines of Cahnge” – Pyroclastic Records The Vampires “Game Changers” z albumu “Nightjar” – Earshift Music Yoni Mayraz “Painkillers” z albumu „Dybbuk Tse!” – Astigmatic…

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#Mixcloud 『HUMAN MUSIC』 by YABE TADASHI

2023.10.23 THmC, SHIBUYA, TOKYO-JAPAN

・Orchesta Libre  オルケスタ・リブレ　-Close To You 遥かなる影

・TOWA TEI  -CHATR  (Senor Coconut Remix)

・CHUJI Kazuyoshi Nakatsukasa  -Sen

・Humble County   -Brazilian Cowboys

・Klaus Nomi   -Keys Of Life

・Michael Blake   -Mr. John (feat. Grant Calvin Weston)

・Grant Calvin Weston　-Butter Fly

・Melo D   -Blues Do Músico Descontente

・STRFKR   -Golden Light

・R. H. Jackson  -O Gato de Schrödinger

・Cesar Camargo Mariano　-Gravura

・Yauaki Shimizu 清水靖晃　-DOLL PLAY I

・Miles Davis  -Rated X

・Papiro　-Polmonella

・Yasuaki Shimizu 清水靖晃　-Kakashi  案山子

・Jaimie Branch　-Theme 001

・Madlib & Joyce   -Banana (feat. Generation Match)

・Derec Bailey, Jamaaladeen Tacuma & Calvin Weston  -s'Now

・Byron the Aquarius　-Aquarian Voyage

・Majid Bekkas　-Soudani Manayou (Cervo Edit)

・Eddie Harris  -Instant Death 

・Bobby Hutcherson  -Hangin' Out (With You)

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Cryptic Shadows // Church of Sound

Music has always been a great conduit for exchange. Be it culture, language, beliefs, and beyond, it's astonishing what a hand full of notes can achieve. Based within the hallowed surroundings of St James The Great Church in east London, Church of Sound continues to be a channel for the transfer of musical ideas. Having hosted the likes of the late, great Tony Allen to Fatima & The Eglo Live Band and many more diverse luminaries in between, Church of Sound is the place to see groundbreaking acts in a splendour setting.

The latest installment featured Majid Bekkas from Morocco and London supergroup Waaju.

Bekkas is a long-time purveyor of the Gnawa sound that comes from the North African nation. The genre is a form of Moroccan music comprised of religious melodies and rhythms filled with ritual poetry, prayer, and chanting. Bekkas's musical journey has seen him take the Gnawa baton from the likes of Maleem Mahmoud Ghania, Ba Houmane, and run with it, seamlessly collaborating with musicians such as Joachim Kühn, Ablaye Cissoko, and now Waaju.

A groove-laden world music ensemble formed from the bedrock of London's prominent jazz bands, Waaju has been making waves since being formed by percussionist Ben Brown. Meaning "to inspire" in the Bambara dialect from Mali, Waaju's sound is foremost influenced by West African music. Mixed with the best elements of free jazz, Waaju's live one-night stand with Bekkas was spiritual, as our snapshot above illustrates. So go check out Church of Sound, Majid Bekkas, and Waaju in whatever incarnation they appear in next.

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article and video: Maya Olatunji

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Cloudcast #254 English

Ma-Ma FC par Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal Climat par Omar Pene Yensoro par Kimi Djabate Homem da Justica par Dende Macedo Allal par Majid Bekkas Fantani par Ray Lema & Laurent de Wilde Bissau Na N’Do par Eneida Marta Silk & Sand par Nguyen Le Timbultu par Oumou Sangare Rituel du Soleil par Naissam Jalal Cabestan Go par Duplex De Mi par Rocio Marquez & Bronquio Exaltation par Eccodek Here and…

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Traditional outfits of Moroccan riders for the Tbourida.

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or the folk version from 2014 “Bania”

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Andrés Coll Project (Eivissa Jazz 2022 y IX) Por José Luis Luna Rocafort [Instantzz]

Andrés Coll Project (Eivissa Jazz 2022 y IX) Por José Luis Luna Rocafort [Instantzz]

Eivissa Jazz 2022 Fecha:  Martes, 30 de agosto de 2022. 21:00 Lugar:  Plaza Vara de Rey (Ibiza) Grupo: Andrés Coll Project Andrés Coll: vibráfono, marimba, xeremia, castanyoles, karkabou Majid Bekkas: vocalista, arreglos, guembri. Mateusz Smoczyński: violín Ramón López: percusión, tabla. Tomajazz: © José Luis Luna Rocafort, 2022 Más información de Andrés Coll…

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Waaju - Featuring Majid Bekkas - Alouane - Gnawa meets jazz on this live recording from BBE

Brainchild of Waaju bandleader Ben Brown, this unique collaborative record features Brown’s expansive arrangements of traditional Gnawa songs, bringing Bekkas’ incredible musical force into the soundscape of potent grooves and trippy delays that Waaju has become known for. Bekkas, who’s previous collaborators include Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp and Peter Brotzmann, is considered one of the foremost figures in Moroccan Gnawa music today and has been key in the music’s revival over the last decade. He’s also never before collaborated with a UK band which, at the time of recording, was his first visit to the UK. On ‘Alouane’, Bekkas is welcomed effortlessly into Waaju’s simmering chemistry, which can be heard most vividly on their previous studio albums ‘Grown’ in 2020 and a self-titled debut in 2018. Waaju’s members have remained deeply connected throughout the ensemble’s eight year history amidst working in the bands of Mulatu Astatke, Alfa Mist, Loyle Carner, Jordan Rakei, José James, Ashley Henry, Nubiyan Twist and others, and their music has commanded global listenership and has been championed by the likes of Gilles Peterson, Jazz FM, Jungle & Jordan Rakei. ‘Alouane’ translates as ‘Colours’ in Arabic and speaks of the seven colours which are integral to Gnawa music. Each colour represents and invokes a different spirit and most Gnawa songs are within one of these seven colours. It is said that each person has a connection with one of these colours, whether they are aware of it or not which, at times, can result in intense, involuntary bodily reactions upon hearing a certain Gnawa song. Recorded largely at a packed Church of Sound in London, the room’s energy surges to peaks of extreme uplift with uncontrolled audience hollers like on “Bania”, balanced with others of delicate introspection like on “Lando”. ‘Alouane’ presents a record light on its feet with harmonic nuance and dynamic sensibility, and acts as a powerful contribution to the Gnawa fusion genre. 

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Tunes Of The Week 15.04.17

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Majid Bekkas, Hamid Drake, Peter Brötzmann, Jazzfest Berlin 2022

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https://open.spotify.com/track/113cqSXdrxW2exIgAxrt5y?si=f_jTg55_Q8aIm_1hS0qaSw

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The B:sides-Playlist 2020-03-16 @ Radio Vättervåg 98,5 Mhz

This week: 1 Myhr

starter: 'B:zväng' TextMix & reading af MrZ Komposition & Produktion af SkåneJokke Lütz [0:41]

1. 'MSQ' af Majid Bekkas Magic Spirit Quartet [4:58] 2. - 10. from Natten veller seg ut af Helga Myhr

Natten veller seg ut by Helga Myhr

11. 'Vichnaya Pamyat/Eternal Memory' from Chernobyl Soundtrack with Homin Lviv Municipal Choir af Hildur Gudnadóttir [4:07] 12. 'Medicine For The World' af Christafari + Isaac Blackman, Nehilet & Avion Blackman [5:18]

1 jingle incl tune from Kmag #107 af Loopmasters Samples & 2 jingles from B:sides on Spotify

Quote of the Week: “Only Christ Can heal this disease Only the cross can bridge the gap He’s the medicine for the world Only through He can we be healed ” ~ Medicine For The World Lyrics Written by Mark Mohr Drink Espresso - God bless U! /MrZ :)

www.ib2.se Soli Deo Gloria

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