Aicha
Context
Opening track (12 minutes) of "Magic Spirit Quartet," released by ACT in 2020 and recorded in 2018 in Copenhagen and Stockholm. The Gnawa master combines his guembri and voice with three Scandinavian musicians, with the Chaouki Gnaoua family on backing vocals and qraqeb; the record crosses Gnawa trance with Nordic jazz.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East, Nordic jazz. Among the origins and influences of Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East: ECM and European jazz.