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Cheb i Sabbah

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Also known as DJ Cheb i Sabbah, Serge El Beze, DJ Cheb I Sabbah, Haim Serge El Baaz

Algerian DJ and composer/producer (1947–2013)

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Within Vinony's link graph, Cheb i Sabbah is referenced by 30 other articles, and connects out to Algeria, San Francisco and Jewish people.

It sits within the topics 1947 births, 2013 deaths and 20th-century American Sephardic Jews.

Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Algeria
Active from
1947-08-07
Active to
2013-11-06
dubindian classical

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
36,826
Total plays
265,490

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worldworld fusionMiddle Easternchilloutalgeria

Cheb i Sabbah (known as dj Cheb i Sabbah ) grew up as Haim Sérge El Baaz, a Jew of Berber (Amazigh) descent in Constantine, Algeria. He moved to Paris in the 1960s, and, more or less by accident, became a DJ. His complex cultural background may have prompted him to mix musical styles. By the late 1980s, he was pushing boundaries on the dance floor, seeking ways to work African, Asian, and Arabic music into the mix. Then, as the world music movement unfolded <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Che

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Constantine
Place of death
San Francisco
Occupation
disc jockey
Official website
chebisabbah.com
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date of birth
1947-08-07
date of death
2013-11-06
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
stomach cancer
start of work period
1989-00-00
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