Archie Shepp 4tet & Dar Gnawa of Tangier/Rio Loco Fest. 2009
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Archie Shepp Quartet and the Dar Gnawa of Tangier
Musicians are :
Archie Shepp - sax
Maalem Abdellah El Gourd (gembri, voice)
Tom McClung - piano
Wayne Dockery - double bass
Steve McCraven - drums
Ahmed Gdirou, Abdeljabbar El Gourd, Khalid Rahhali, Nourredine Touati (carcabou, choir, dance)
History : Archie Shepp played for the first time with Maâlem Abdellah El Gourd at Essaouira Festival in 1999 in Morocco. Gnawas of Morocco are descendants of slaves and civil servants of the Arab empire that were brought to Northwest Africa since the twelfth century.