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Pascal Bokar Afro Blue Grazz Band at The Nash
Courtesy of Lorene Ely | Posted on July 14, 2021
When
Mon, August 9, 2021
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Pascal Bokar
guitarAbout
Pascal Bokar Afro Blue Grazz Band is an exciting powerhouse band of eleven musicians that features the West African sabar drum, the balafon (ancestor of the xylophone), the banjo, the fiddle and a rhythm section. Bandleader/guitarist/vocalist Pascal Bokar Thiam Is the recipient of the Jim Hall Jazz Master Award from Berklee College of Music and an "Outstanding Jazz Soloist Award" in 1984 from Dizzy Gillespie and James Moody. Bokar's CD entitled “Guitar Balafonics” received Downbeat Magazine’s “Best CD of 2015”. Bokar’s Afro Blue Grazz Band has appeared at more than 60 Jazz & World Music Festivals worldwide...