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"Worlds collide once again at the Jam Jar - get steeped in the Moroccan Gnawa musical tradition from a true master. Mohamed Errebbaa leads his 6 piece band through winding polyrhythms charged with the healing trance of sufi mysticism."
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A gig held at The Jam Jar on Wednesday 20th December. The event starts at 20:00.
Mohamed Errebbaa & Tagna Groove: the celebratory launch of their debut album ‘Hali’.
Feel the warmth of a lively & uplifting dance floor in the heart of cold December.
This will be a night of global music with hypnotic, bass-heavy dance grooves, Afro-jazz brass & soulful vocals drawing on the deep trance power of the Gnawa repertoire, an ancient tradition of religious observation through ritual poetry and rhythmic music.
Born in Rabat, Morocco, Mohamed Errebbaa began performing with traditional Sufi brotherhoods from the age of ten and later spent a decade travelling throughout the country, studying with Gnawa masters and drawing on rich regional musical traditions. He plays the three-stringed Gnawa bass lute, the Guembri, and he himself received the title of Maalem (master of the Gnawa tradition) at the age of 28, making him one of the youngest masters.
Mohamed has performed internationally and across many festival stages including recent UK festivals WOMAD & Shambala & is a fixture of Bristol’s international musical community. As well as his Gnawa tradition, he is an increasingly celebrated & exciting musical collaborator, most recently with global music adventurer Justin Adams.
For tonight’s show he will be leading the performance of Tagna Groove, his new 6 piece collective that has emerged from an Arts Council funded project that looks to platform traditional Gnawa music in a contemporary international context with UK based jazz, soul & Afro-funk musicians.
Opening the evening will be Said Anazoure, a singer and multi-instrumentalist from the Amazigh people of Ait Ourir in Morocco. He was performing from the age of 8 in the Jmaa El Fnaa, a large public square fed by the winding souks of Marrakech’s old city. Said is a player of deep feeling and an explorative and open collaborator who has played international festivals such as Timitar festival in Agadir and Oasis festival in Ouarzazate.
Said will be performing on a ribab, an Amazigh one-stringed violin style instrument, in a presentation of a traditional repertoire of instrumental roots music & Amazigh songs sung in Said’s first language, Tashlhiyt.
* previously stated that the percussionist Mustapha Aboukassem El Idrissi would be accompanying Said, unfortunately this will no longer be happening.
It’s very exciting that Said has recently moved to Bristol and we’re able to join him as he embarks on his journey to explore new musical connections that transcend styles, languages and borders.
- Doors: 7:30pm
- hi fi selections from Music at the World Junction DJs to keep you moving before, between & after.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
Feel the warmth of a lively & uplifting dance floor in the heart of cold December.
This will be a night of global music with hypnotic, bass-heavy dance grooves, Afro-jazz brass & soulful vocals drawing on the deep trance power of the Gnawa repertoire, an ancient tradition of religious observation through ritual poetry and rhythmic music.
Born in Rabat, Morocco, Mohamed Errebbaa began performing with traditional Sufi brotherhoods from the age of ten and later spent a decade travelling throughout the country, studying with Gnawa masters and drawing on rich regional musical traditions. He plays the three-stringed Gnawa bass lute, the Guembri, and he himself received the title of Maalem (master of the Gnawa tradition) at the age of 28, making him one of the youngest masters.
Mohamed has performed internationally and across many festival stages including recent UK festivals WOMAD & Shambala & is a fixture of Bristol’s international musical community. As well as his Gnawa tradition, he is an increasingly celebrated & exciting musical collaborator, most recently with global music adventurer Justin Adams.
For tonight’s show he will be leading the performance of Tagna Groove, his new 6 piece collective that has emerged from an Arts Council funded project that looks to platform traditional Gnawa music in a contemporary international context with UK based jazz, soul & Afro-funk musicians.
Opening the evening will be Said Anazoure, a singer and multi-instrumentalist from the Amazigh people of Ait Ourir in Morocco. He was performing from the age of 8 in the Jmaa El Fnaa, a large public square fed by the winding souks of Marrakech’s old city. Said is a player of deep feeling and an explorative and open collaborator who has played international festivals such as Timitar festival in Agadir and Oasis festival in Ouarzazate.
Said will be performing on a ribab, an Amazigh one-stringed violin style instrument, in a presentation of a traditional repertoire of instrumental roots music & Amazigh songs sung in Said’s first language, Tashlhiyt.
* previously stated that the percussionist Mustapha Aboukassem El Idrissi would be accompanying Said, unfortunately this will no longer be happening.
It’s very exciting that Said has recently moved to Bristol and we’re able to join him as he embarks on his journey to explore new musical connections that transcend styles, languages and borders.
- Doors: 7:30pm
- hi fi selections from Music at the World Junction DJs to keep you moving before, between & after.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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