AJT's members have swapped the double bass for the guembre and Hollywood's for Essaouira's standards ... and play their own Jazz !
Bringing in acoustic instruments, whose tone richness, free expression and improvisation contribute to weave a musical world drawing on blues roots and growing beyond stylistics boundaries.
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ALAIN BARBIERO saxophones_flute_clarinet_vocals Graduate of the IMFP (Salon de Provence) in 1997.
As an experienced improviser and brass section musician, he has collaborated on
many musicals projects, e.g. Hot Urbain (Hard Funk), Yamtchik (Gipsy Jazz), Dig
Dong Brass (Brass Band), N'gwo Ka (West Indian Music), Brother Got One
(electro-jazz), K'assos (Rythm'n Blues)
He also leads his own jazz combo, the “Al Barbiero Quartet”.
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DAWOUD BOUNABI drums_percussions_vocals Graduate of the MAI music school (Nancy) in 1994, Dawoud is an “ethnic jazz”
drummer. He joined several bands such as le Diwan de Mona, Misère et Cordes, Al
Barbiero Quartet, Anoune, Fwad Darwich & Dialects, Saf Sap...
He then built on his teaching skills to create the DVD “from 12/8 to 4/4” and
offers “Master Classes” taking place in many international courses (Summer Drums
Show - La Grande Motte, Summer Camp - Nevers and Cosne sur Loire, Tam Tam -
Montluçon...).
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DAJAHDEE guembre_balafon_karkabous_vocals He spent 4 years with Maâlem Azouz Soudani (cofounder of the Tyour Gnawa band)
who initiated him to the Gnawa customs and traditions (dance, songs, karkabous,
guembre). He attended many Gnawa celebrations at Essaouira, Marocco. Back to
France, he then created the ADD Jazz Trio (awarded in the 2008 Jazz festival in
Porquerolles, France) and became a cofounder of the Gnawa Tribe Collective
(including ADFG, ADD and Serafat’ al Khafaâ).
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