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Desert Grooves
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Released: Jan 18, 2008
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    Desert Grooves

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    Night time in Cairo

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General Info

  • Genre: Fusion / Jazz / Roots Music

    Location Palma de Mallorca/Spain, Zug, CH

    Profile Views: 52461

    Last Login: 11/19/2011

    Member Since 1/16/2008

    Website www.chaoukismahi.com

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  • Bio

    ..Chaouki Smahi..,was born 1963 in Morocco and brought up in Algeria, is both musician and IT specialist. His love for music goes back to his childhood, but his father’s wish was that he should concentrate on his studies. Secretly he built his own instruments and practised whenever he could spare some time. So it came that already in his home country the autodidact played with great musicians such as ..Cheb Hassni.. and ..Cheb Khaled.. and starred in numerous radio and TV broadcasts. At the age of 27 Chaouki Smahi went to Germany where he took his doctor’s degree in IT, worked and played music. His wide range of talents brought him success on all levels... His music:.. Chaouki Smahi is one of the greatest masters of the oud, the Arabic lute. He also plays the violin and other instruments, he sings and composes. In his genius compositions modern urban and traditional rhythms fuse to a new completeness. The different cords of the North African music are inspired by the Arabic and Andalusia musical traditions and influenced by the modern Algerian Raï music and Desert Grooves. Meeting with contemporary elements of jazz a new and independent sound is created interweaving tradition and cosmopolitan jazz language. The result is a broad range of a multifarious World Music which sometimes is very dynamic and electrifying and at other times contemplative and deeply touching the heart of the listener... His projects with other musicians:.. After accompanying ..Wadi El Safi.., the king of Arabic music, on his German tour Chaouki Smahi also worked with other world famous musicians. He met jazz saxophonist ..Charlie Mariano.. at a concert. Subsequently ..Charlie Mariano, Chaouki Smahi.. and his brother ..Yahia Smahi.., an excellent percussionist and bassist, set up the formation ..Nassim (morning breeze)... They already performed on numerous occasions and also produced a CD Charlie Mariano¨s Nassim . Part of the formation are also ..Dave King, Mike Herting ,Ramesh Shotam. Paul Shiguihara, Joerg Reiter..... Beside the Nassim project with ..Charlie Mariano the Smahi Brothers.. accompanied also the legendary saxophonist ..Pharoah Sanders.. (music partner of ..John Coltrane..) on one of his European tours. They were invited to the United States by ..Pharoah Sanders... They played together in several concerts, f. ex. In the ..New York Jazz Club “Iridium”.. and at the International ..Jazz Festival in Hollywood... In the USA the Smahi Brothers also worked with ..Roy Badal, the percussionist of Miles Davis. Alex Blak, Hamid Drack, Santi Debriano, William Henderson.. . .. Chaouki Smahi organized a unique charity concert in favour of the Algerian victims of an earthquake. International top musicians of different musical and religious backgrounds (Christians, Muslims and Buddhists) united in a German church and played jazz together. Along with the ..Smahi Brothers.. there was ..Charlie Mariano, bassist Dave King, T.A.S. Mani.., the Indian drum genius and founder of the ..Indian Karnataka College of Percussion.., the Indian master of Vocal Improvisation ..R.A. Ramamani.. and last but not least ..Quique Sinesi.., the Argentine guitarist who’s music contains elements of the classical tango and jazz. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... .......... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... .......... .. ..Extended Network Banner made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!.... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... ...... .......... .. .. ...... ...... .. .. .. November 2008 .. Charlie Marianos 85th Birthday-Concert im Theaterhaus Stuttgart/Germany

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