NES, Black String, Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic X: East – West (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

NES, Black String, Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic X: East – West (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 47:28 minutes | 574 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ACT Music

‘East meets West’ was the central theme in the life of Nesuhi Ertegün (1917-1989). He grew up as the son of the Turkish Ambassador in Washington, and Nesuhi himself was to become an ambassador too: one of the most important producers and advocates that jazz has ever had. On the 30th anniversary of his death, Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic curator Siggi Loch dedicated an evening to commemorating this friend and mentor who had been like a father to him. For Nesuhi, jazz had no borders; this concert was a posthumous validation of the far-sightedness of that vision.

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NES – Ahlam (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

NES – Ahlam (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 41:43 minutes | 744 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ACT Music

NES can’t be tied down to a specific location. Their music is between traditional Arabic and world music, jazz and pop. These three superb musicians originally met in Valencia in Spain. Percussionist David Gadea is from the region, and was already touring with Flamenco greats such as Ximo Tébar and Josemi Carmona; Matthieu Saglio is a French cellist “with a thousand tone colours” who has performed in more than 30 countries; the singer/cellist Nesrine Belmokh had worked with legendary conductors such as Lorin Maazel and Daniel Barenboim, and performed with Cirque du Soleil on international tours. Placido Domingo has called Nesrine “an exceptional artist, a wonderful voice.”

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