Albare

Born in Morocco and with a Moroccan-Jewish background, he’s devoted his life to taking jazz to the people, sometimes in unusual and interesting contexts which combine cultural and musical forms. For instance, he was a pioneer of Acid Jazz, and he was awarded an Order of Australia for service to the arts, particularly through the Melbourne Jazz Festival, for which he was Artistic Director. But Albare’s true musical passion is his own music,  which brings together Middle Eastern influences with a rich jazz vocabulary.