Mamdouh Bahri (born 31 July 1957 at
Sfax
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[allaboutjazz.com, ]
Mamdouh Bahri
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jazz
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guitarist who has combined Afro-Mediterranean music with a jazz tradition.
Biography
Bahri grew up in Tunisia and at the age of 25 came to
Montpellier,
France
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, where he later taught music at Jazz Action Montpellier (JAM) until 1991.
From 1989 to 1993, he played in a quartet with pianist
Horace Parlan, Italian bassist Riccardo Del Fra and New Orleans drummer
Idris Muhammad. In 1991, they recorded the CD "From Tunisia with Love" live in
Carthage
Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the cla ...
. That year, Bahri moved to New York City, where he joined the collective Spirit of Life Ensemble with saxophonist
T.K. Blue, trumpeter
Ted Curson
Theodore Curson (June 3, 1935 – November 4, 2012) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Life and career
Curson was born in Philadelphia. He became interested in playing trumpet after watching a newspaper salesman play a silver trumpet. Curson's fath ...
and drummer
Winard Harper
Hiram Winard Harper (born June 4, 1962) is an American jazz drummer.
Career
Harper played in the 1980s with Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, and with Betty Carter for four years. While working with Carter he met Wycliffe Gordon, with whom Harper ...
among others, recording seven albums with the group between 1993 and 2002.
Bahri has played in many concerts throughout France. He has also performed in northern Europe, the Middle East, China and in the United States. Bahri has appeared on broadcast television in Tunis and
Abu Dhabi. His recordings have gotten radio airplay in France, the
New York City
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area of the United States and Tunisia.
Discography
* ''From Tunisia with Love'' (
52e Rue Est, 1992)
* ''Nefta-les portes du désert'' (1993)
* ''African Flame'' (Aljazzira, 1998)
* ''Tabarka'' (Jazz Metiss D'Aujourd'hui, 2005)
With Spirit of Life Ensemble
* ''Inspirations'' (1993)
* ''Feel the Spirit'' (1994)
* ''Live! At the 5 Spot, NY'' (1995)
* ''Live at Pori Jazz'' (1997)
* ''Collage''(1998)
* ''Song for My Father'' (1998)
* ''Live au Duc'' (2002)
References
External links
Mamdouh Bahri at allaboutjazz.com with photo
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1957 births
Living people
Jazz guitarists
People from Sfax
Tunisian guitarists