Archie Shepp Quartet and the Dar Gnawa of Tangier <br />Musicians are :<br />Archie Shepp - sax<br />Maalem Abdellah El Gourd (gembri, voice) <br />Tom McClung - piano<br />Wayne Dockery - double bass<br />Steve McCraven - drums<br />Ahmed Gdirou, Abdeljabbar El Gourd, Khalid Rahhali, Nourredine Touati (carcabou, choir, dance)<br />History : Archie Shepp played for the first time with Maâlem Abdellah El Gourd at Essaouira Festival in 1999 in Morocco. Gnawas of Morocco are descendants of slaves and civil servants of the Arab empire that were brought to Northwest Africa since the twelfth century.
