Hervé Samb, the swing of tradition

Herve Samb the swing of tradition

Senegalese guitarist Hervé Samb returns with a new and sixth album entitled “Jolof”. The inventor of “Jazz-Sabar” swings his creativity around the musical traditions of his country. An inspired disc

The incredible expressiveness of this guitarist has been heard alongside the greatest: Oumou Sangaré, Salif Keïta, Jimmy Cliff, Omar Pène and Marcus Miller. His arrangements have adorned the albums of Toni Green or Lisa Simone – the daughter of Nina Simone.

Instrumentalist, arranger, but also producer and composer, he has the full range of talents. He is also an experimenter, an inventor, a pioneer of a unique style, sabar jazz, the result of a singular fusion between the Senegalese tradition and the swinging freedoms of American jazz.

Herve Samb is the guest of VMDN. It will be this Saturday at the Trianon in Paris as part of the festival ” Over the Voices “. He comes today to present his sixth album, ” Jolov which is released under the Euleuk Vision label.

Claudy Siar and the Couleurs Tropicales team will be in duplex from Senegal to announce their shows at the Festival “ Dakar Music Expo “.

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