Ben I Sabbah
seen them in milano - great collaboration, fusion between moroccon culture, jazz and dub. bird' prayer sounds as a hommage to don cherry... ;-)
Favorite track: The Bird's Prayer.
THE MASTER MUSICIANS of JAJOUKA described as “the 4,000 year old rock ‘n’ roll band” by William S. Burroughs. Hail from the foot hills of the riff mountains in Morocco. North African trance music at its most intense. They have worked and been closely associated with The Rolling Stones, Ornette Coleman, Paul Bowles, William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Donovan and many others.
In this concert, they are alined once again with longtime collaborator Bill Laswell and the Material collective. master drummer Hamid Drake, Senegalese percussionist Aiyb Dieng, Graham Hayens on Cornet, Peter Apfelbaum on reeds. This is true dialogue and communication, not programmed fusion.
Bill Laswell: bass
Hamid Drake: drums
Aiyb Dieng: percussion
Graham Hayens: cornet
Peter Apfelbaum: sax, flute
Oz Fritz: live sound
James Dellatacoma: backline
Cherie Nutting: Jajouka management
Recorded by Oz Fritz on July 10th, 2015 (Friday) at Gent Jazz Festival
Mix-translation by Bill Laswell & James Dellatacoma at Orange Music, West Orance, NJ
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at Turtle Tone Studio, NYC
Photo by Cherie Nutting
Designed by Yoko Yamabe @ Randesign
Music written by Bachir Attar (Freibank Musikverlage Mark Chung)
Special Thanks: Bertrand Flamang & Kevin Devos, Gent Jazz Festival