ARAB SONG JAM goes Mashriq

Thursday 05.09.2019 8:00 PM | Saal

Admission: 10/5 EUR

Organizer: Werkstatt der Kulturen

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From Egypt to Iraq feat. Ghays Mansour

Ghays Mansour is a singer/songwriter from Damascus. He studied singing at the local university and is currently continuing his studies at the Pop Academy in Mannheim. Influenced by the classical Arabic folk music of his county Ghays has been singing since early childhood. During his youth the cross-over singer discovered his passion for jazz, flamenco and other music styles. Ghays has performed many concerts with various orchestras, ensembles and bands in Syria. His projects are characterised by bringing together musicians from different musical roots.

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The ARAB SONG JAM concert series brings new interpretations of both popular and traditional Arab songs to the stage, at the WERKSTATT DER KULTUREN.

The concert series bases its format on the Black American jam session culture of the 1940s. The first set of the evening was presented by a regular trio or quartet, while the second set had musicians new to the city introduced by the band leader.

Similar to the jazz jam sessions in all cities around the world being oriented towards The Real Book’s jazz standards, the new concert series ARAB SONG JAM goes Maghreb makes use of the rich treasures of the Arab song repertoire, that were made famous throughout the Arab world by legendary singers such as Oum Kalthoum from Cairo and Fairuz from Beirut, as well as traditional works.