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Olivier Ker Ourio (born 1964 in Paris, from a family originally from
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
) is a
jazz
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musician of
Breton
Breton most often refers to:
*anything associated with Brittany, and generally
** Breton people
** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany
** Breton (horse), a breed
**Ga ...
ancestry known for playing
Chromatic harmonica
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. He has worked with
Bruce Arnold,
Franck Amsallem
Franck Amsallem is a French-American jazz pianist, arranger, composer, singer and educator. He was born in 1961 in Oran, French Algeria, but grew up in Nice, France.
Early years
Amsallem was born in Oran (Algeria) to Elie Amsallem (1922-2019) a ...
,
David Kikoski
Dave Kikoski (born September 29, 1961) is an American jazz pianist and keyboardist.
Biography
Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat, seat of government of Middlesex County, ...
, and
Annie Ebrel
Annie Ebrel (born 1969) is a traditional Breton singer of traditional '' Kan ha diskan'' (dance songs) and '' Gwerz'' (ballads).
Background
Annie Ebrel was born in 1969 in the village of Lohuec, near Callac, Côtes-d'Armor department, part o ...
among others. He has also shown an interest in Reunion
Creole music and
Celtic music
Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Northwestern Europe. It refers to both orally-transmitted traditional music and recorded music and the styles vary considerab ...
.
Calabash
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References
Musicians from Réunion
Jazz harmonica players
1964 births
Living people
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