Choukheads, by Shems Bendali Quintet

Choukheads

by Shems Bendali Quintet

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1.	Mad Train 06:35	buy track
2.	Hymn 05:20	buy track
3.	Interlude 01:12	buy track
4.	Fall From the Cliff 06:54	buy track
5.	Anima 07:14	buy track
6.	African Run 00:56	buy track
7.	Choukheads 09:32	buy track
8.	Life in A Bag 07:06	buy track

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This debut recording as a leader from Shems Bendali (known by his close friends as « Chouk ») is a true collective effort. Despite the emphasis put on individual names in jazz, this collective aspect, the community invoked, has always been the driving force of this music.
Drawing inspiration from this concept of community, enriching it with personal life experiences, the compositions serve as supports for each musician to make his voice heard, as displayed on the title track. Fall from the cliff, one of the earliest compositions, is a reflexion on what a group experience can be : an occasion to set aside ego and judgement, to take chances and surrender to the instant, experimenting trust both in oneself and in others.

Text by Yves Marcotte

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released March 15, 2019

All compositions written by Shems Bendali
Exepted for "Life in A Bag" (comp. Arthur Donnot)
Released by Anuk Label
Cover by Nicole Pfister
Recorded and mixed at Studio du Flon by Benoit Corboz
Mastering by Emil Spanyi at LDF Studio

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Shems Bendali Lausanne, Switzerland

At 24, Shems is a skilled bandleader and a highly demanded musician on the European Jazz scene.

Motivated by the spiritual and practical value of art, Shems tries to remove the many stereotypes surrounding Jazz. He aspires to create an emotional and richly textured music in order to tell, in a poetic way, the story of his time : "A musicality honoring tradition without being stifled by it" ... more

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