Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XVII: Gnawa World Blues (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:41 minutes | 562 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Three continents, three musical world citizens. Morocco-born Majid Bekkas, Franco-Vietnamese Nguyên Lê and American Hamid Drake have combined their astonishing musicality, their origins and their global experiences, to create a captivating live concert programme encompassing desert blues, Gnawa trance, Middle Eastern jazz, Sixties rock and Far Eastern serenity.
The repertoire which the three performed so memorably on 10 November 2024 reflects a tremendous wealth of ideas which fuse and coalesce.
Three stellar musicians have drawn on their musical heritages and created a celebration of human kinship which is breathtakingly alive.
Tracklist:
1-1. Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake – Gorée Blues (08:02)
1-2. Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake – Mrahba (05:04)
1-3. Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake – Boom Boom (07:29)
1-4. Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake – Ascending Dragon (09:06)
1-5. Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake – Purple Haze (06:10)
1-6. Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake – Tair (08:03)
1-7. Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake – Sidi Bouganga (05:45)