Bouchaib Abdelhadi
Bouchaib Abdelhadi, a native of Casablanca, Morocco, has had a distinguished musical career on both sides of the Atlantic. Since coming to the United States in the early 1990s, Abdelhadi has been much sought out as a multi-instrumentalist (oud, Moroccan violin, percussion) and as a vocalist in Middle Eastern and North African traditions such as al-Ÿqa (Andalusian), Gnawa (Sufi trance), and Chaabi ("popular").
Bouchaib Abdelhadi
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- Bouchaib Abdelhadi
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- Musician
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- Morocco
- Languages
- Arabic · Berber
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• Name — Bouchaib Abdelhadi • Born — {} • Citizenship — Morocco • Occupation — Musician
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Career highlights include collaborating with Pharoah Sanders and others on music for Alonzo King LINES Ballet Company, and, in 2001, contributing to Omar Sosa's Grammy-nominated CD Sentir. Abdelhadi's live performances range from a US tour with Cuban jazz pianist Omar Sosa in 2002 to performances with Stephen Kent and Trance Mission in 2001 and 2007, and from playing at the 1998 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival to composing and performing Heart Song in conjunction with Alonzo King and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 2004. His collaborations with Alonzo King also include Salt (2005) with the North Carolina Dance Theater, and Ocean (1994) and The Moroccan Project (2005) with LINES Ballet. Abdelhadi played with DJ Chebi Sabbah on the album La Kahena, and enjoys working with artists from diverse musical traditions such as klezmer, Hindustani, jazz, and rock.
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- 1.An Eastern wind blows in Ashland. Mail Tribune. 17 April 2009.
- 2.Dunning, Jennifer. In the Swirl of Bodies, a Flurry of Emotions. The New York Times. 3 May 2007.
- 3.Howard, Rachel. Lines Ballet draws from Morocco's sights and sounds. San Francisco Chronicle. 7 November 2005.
- 4.Heckman, Don. Jazz Review; Sosa's Worldly Recipe a Diverse Treat. Los Angeles Times. 18 April 2002.
- 5.Ortiz, Edward. Trying to broaden didjeridu's appeal. The Sacramento Bee. 17 March 2007.
- 6.If it's April in Boston, it must be Alvin Ailey. The Boston Globe. 11 April 2004.
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