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"
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