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Abu Sadiya at Painted Bride Art Center

Courtesy of Mark Christman | Posted on February 7, 2018

Where

Painted Bride Art Center
5212 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA
Map
215-925-9914

When

Fri, April 20, 2018
8:00 pm

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Musicians

About

Ars Nova Workshop and Painted Bride Arts Center are pleased to present the Philadelphia premiere of Abu Sadiya, the world-jazz trio bringing together French-Tunisian saxophonist Yacine Boularès, French cellist Vincent Ségal, and American drummer Nasheet Waits.

As Abu Sadiya, Boularès, Ségal and Waits venture out on cultural explorations between the streets of Tunis and Manhattan, between traditional, jazz and free music, between history’s tragedies and modern-day resilience. The trio’s music re-appropriates the forgotten Stambeli repertoire, a healing trance music created by the descendants of Sub-Saharan slaves brought to Tunisia. The compositions form a series of variations on the legend of the hunter Abu Sadiya. In his wandering search for his enslaved daughter, Abu Sadiya danced and sang his sorrow in the streets of Tunis, thus becoming the first musician of Stambeli and personifying the memory of Sub-Saharan slaves in Tunisia....

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