- country:France
- label:Harmonia Mundi / World Village
- artist posted by:Planete Aurora
Line up
- Adhil Mirghani (percussions, vocal)
- Alioune Wade (Bass, vocal)
- Aziz Sahmaoui (Lead voice, ngoni, mandole)
- Cheikh Diallo (kora, keyboard, vocal)
- Hervé Sambe (guitar,vocal)
- Jonathan Grandcamp (percussions, vocal)
Multi instrumentist, singer and founder member of The Orchestre National de Barbes, partner of late Joe Zawinul Syndicate, Aziz Sahmaoui 's first solo project UNIVERSITY OF GNAWA involves an All Star line-up, including Alioune Wade (bass) , Herve Sambe (guitar). An astonishing journey across Morrocan and Senegalese music through the gnawa prism.
Aziz Sahmaoui is a real source of inspiration for many musicians of the new generation. He has continued to promote traditional music from Maghreb , amaziria music, chaabi , and especially gnawa music, in a modern way with his proper sound, made of all his experiences and influences, jazz, rock, fusion ...