Aka Moon - Aka Balkan Moon / AlefBa (Double Live) '2015

Tracks list

Eleven musicians with musical roots from Syria, Egypte, Libanon, Belgium,
Greece, Turkey, Irak, Palestine, Guadeloupe and France, each of them considered
as masters and virtuoso in their musical traditions, unite in this musical
project inspired by the poetry of Arabic language. A unique unity that evokes a
strong message of peace via musical dialogue. Both projects were created in the
frame of the resideny at the Royaumont Foundation in close collaboration with
KVS, BOZAR and Festival d’Aix en Provence. 

Aka Balkan Moon and AlefBa are two projects, the core of which is Aka Moon, that
essential jazz trio (Fabrizio Cassol on the saxophone, Stéphane Galland on
the drums and Michel Hatzigeorgiou on the bass). Their refreshing approach to
jazz and to ethnic musical genres such as funk and rock gives the trio a highly
distinctive sound. In their richly filled career they have worked with dozens of
artists from different backgrounds in numerous projects. 

The Aka Balkan Moon project draws its inspiration from the gypsy tradition of
the Balkans. Assisted by violinist Tcha Limberger and Italian pianist Fabian
Fiorini, the trio went in search of musical fellow travellers and found four
virtuoso Bulgarian musicians. The result is a unique blend between contemporary
jazz and traditional folk music. 

The AlefBa project brings together 12 artists, half of them coming from Europe,
the other half from Syria, Egypt and Lebanon, in order to create what could be
called a Musical and Poetic Suite in Arabic Languages. But AlefBa is not solely
a Mediterranean project; it also brings together ‘universal,
unidentifiable souls’ at the crossroads of several origins, between
gipsy, Transylvanian and Balkan cultures. 

“AlefBa is a rare musical journey and a successful union of jazz with
traditional oriental sounds. Incontournable!” 

Fabrizio Cassol, artistic direction & saxophone
Michel Hatzigeorgiou, bass
Stéphane Galland, drums
Guest musicians:
Tcha Limberger, vocals, violin
Magic Malik, flute, voice
Emmanuel Baily, guitar
Mustapha Saïd, oud, vocals
Khaled Aljarmani, oud, vocals
Misirli Ahmet, darbouka
Sheikh Ehab Younes, vocals
Amir El Safar, trumpet, santur, voice 

Tracklist:

1.01 | Aka Moon - Baba (Live)
1.02 | Aka Moon - Dali (Live)
1.03 | Aka Moon - Bulgarian Study (Live)
1.04 | Aka Moon - Okio (Live)
1.05 | Aka Moon - Mome Kalino (Live)
1.06 | Aka Moon - A.K.A Stésté (Live)
1.07 | Aka Moon - Upon Mi-Si-La (Live)

2.01 | Aka Moon, Tcha Limberger, Khaled Alhafez, Mustafa Said, Magic Malik, Amir
ElSaffar - Monkey (Live)
2.02 | Aka Moon, Khaled Aljaramani, Khaled Alhafez - Brume du matin (Live)
2.03 | Aka Moon, Sheikh Ehab Younes, Mustafa Said - Hadi (Live)
2.04 | Aka Moon - Sinaï (Live)
2.05 | Aka Moon, Khaled Alhafez, Khaled Aljaramani - Comedia (Live)
2.06 | Aka Moon - Divina Comedia (Live)

Related artists