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Yacine Boular at Blue Note New York

Courtesy of Blue Note New York | Posted on May 24, 2018

Where

Blue Note New York
131 West Third Street
New York, NY
Map
212-475-8592

When

Sun, June 24, 2018
1:30 pm

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Musicians


Yacine Boularès: AJOYO - France, Yacine Boularès: AJOYO, Presented in collaboration with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York

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EUROPEAN SOUNDS SERIES: FRANCE - YACINE BOULARÈS: AJOYO


**Price includes brunch, music and a drink.**


Yacine Boularès: AJOYO
Presented in collaboration with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York

AJOYO is the vision of multi-reed player Yacine Boularès, a mystic brew blending African tradition, jazz and soul. More than music, it's a joyful ceremony, a fuller experience bringing musicians and audience close together.

AJOYO chants in the name of Tony Allen, Oum Khalsoum, Charlie Parker and Donnie Hathaway. Stomping towards you in the eye of the dancer, arms open, horns, bell and bass interwoven like the fabric of a ceremonial dress, AJOYO speaks the language of the talking drum with a New York accent. The project originated in these encounters and influences, as Yacine assembled a band that reconciles his North African and Western heritages. AJOYO features vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles and celebrates life, love and justice through socially conscious lyrics and music: music for the heart, the mind and the body, the kind that is soulful, sophisticated and that makes people want to dance....

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