Majid Bekkas
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Moroccan Gnawa musician, guembri and oud player, composer
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Morocco
- Active from
- 1957
jazzworld fusion
Discography
- Sunbird
- African Gnaoua Blues2001
- Mogador2004
- Kalimba2007
- African Jazz 'n Bar2009
- Out of the Desert2009
- Makenba2010
- Mabrouk2011
- Chalaba2011
- Al qantara2013
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- 22,944
- Total plays
- 120,764
Tags
Gnawaarabicdesert bluesjazzmorocco
ABDELMAJID BEKKAS embarked on his musical career in 1972 playing banjo in Moroccan “Jil” groups rather like the traditional outfit Nass El Ghiwane. Over the years, the master Ba Houmane, in Salé, initiated him into Gnawa music. He then studied classical guitar and oud at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Rabat, where he later taught classical guitar. In parallel, Majid was delving deeper into Blues and Soul, playing in his own group in the eighties as a guitarist, keyboard player
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Morocco
- Place of birth
- Salé
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- Moroccan Arabic
- Genre
- Gnawa music
- Instrument
- sintir
- Image
- Majid Bekkas.jpg
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- Majid Bekkas
- date of birth
- 1957-01-01
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
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