Live Concert: Ethio Jazz Funk with Trio Kazanchis +2, Feb. 8 2019 @ Alliance Française Gardens

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Date: February 8, 2019
Venue: Alliance Française Gardens
Time: 7 pm
Entry: Free

About
Trio Kazanchis +2 is made up of musicians Jeroen Visser (Switzerland), Mesele Asmamaw (Ethiopia) and Fabien Duscombs (France).

They labeled their music ‘Ethiopian traditional impro punk’. So far, they have toured Switzerland, France, Holland, Belgium, the Czech Republic and China.

In collaboration with the Swiss Embassy in Kenya.

Concert by Sanjally Jobarteh, Dec. 14 2018 @ Alliance Française

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Date: December 14, 2018
Venue: Alliance Française Gardens
Time: 7 pm
Tickets: KES 1,500/-

Sanjally Jobarteh (Sandiali Diabaté) is descended from one of the most respected and influential Gambian griot families and son of the iconic kora player Amadu Bansang Jobarteh (Amadou Bansan Diabaté).

Author-composer, arranger, singer and kora player, Sanjally excels in the classical Manding repertoire as well as jazz, blues, electro, house and techno music and afro-fusion. With his daughter, Sona Jobarteh, the first female Kora virtuoso to hail from a West African Griot family, has has founded Gambia’s first academy of music and culture.

ACCESS Showcase featuring Djénéba & Fousco (Mali), Sahad & the Nataal (Senegal) and Kidum (Kenya), Nov. 16 2018 @ Alliance Française Gardens

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Date: November 16, 2018
Venue: Alliance Française Gardens
Time: from 7 pm
Free Entry

Music in Africa Conference for collaborations, exchange and showcases – ACCES – is an annual pan-African event for music industry players to exchange ideas, discover new talent and create business linkages. Nairobi is the 2018 city of choice.

The Alliance Française will be hosting an ACCESS Showcase featuring a Francophone line up.

Djénéba & Fousco, two of Mali’s finest voices, transform Mandingo timbres inspired by Mali’s griot tradition into melodious songs. Sahad & the Nataal Patchwork from Senegal harvest various musical influences into a kaleidoscope of afrojazz and funk beats. The Kenyan based Burundian musician, Kidum, who continues to hook fans with his infectious tunes.