Marwan Allam: Bab Bhar: A tale of Tunis

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Musical explorations and conversation take centre stage, Marwan Allam’s debut Bab Bhar combines Arabic, North African and Andalusian forms with modern jazz to create a synthesis which sets the musical languages of the traditional, within the framework of the new.
Allam’s compositions build a bridge between old musics and new by building on rhythms, metres, idioms and intonations that the jazz listener would not expect to hear in a jazz context.
Tunisian Born, New York based Jazz Bass Player Marwan Allam is our musical guest.
25 Aug 2024 English South Africa Music · Music Interviews

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