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This Tunisian/West African rhythm-based combo is a killer group. Yacine won’t be back in NYC for a good while so come see him while you can!
Yacine Boularès ~ tenor sax
Can Olgun ~ piano
Massimo Biolcati ~ bass
Elé Howell ~ drums
Described by Radio France internationale as “a Tunisian man in New York, one of the most talented jazzmen of his generation” YACINE BOULARÉS is a French-Tunisian saxophonist and composer based in Brooklyn.
After graduating from the Paris National Conservatory Yacine moved to New York on a Fulbright scholarship in 2009 to attend the New School for Jazz and Contemporary music. New York exposed him to a myriad of music. Soon he started touring with Fela Kuti's ex drummer Jojo Kuo and Haitian Kompa legends Tabou Combo. In their music he found a deep echo to his Tunisian roots. These influences urged him to seek his own identity and his explorations of North & West African rhythms and led to the creation of AJOYO, a mystic brew of African tradition, jazz and soul.
In 2014 he was part of Placido Domingo’s Encanto Del Mar (Sony Classical). Through this, he met cellist Vincent Segal and explored the forgotten Tunisian Stambeli repertoire with drummer Nasheet Waits. In 2015, this trio, Abu Sadiya was granted the French American Jazz Exchange grant, the Arab Fund for the Arts and Culture as well as the Brooklyn Arts Fund (2016 & 2018). The album was released in 2017 and hailed by Le Monde as “a glittering instrumental suite, all fluidity and golden colors”, the trio performed at Jazzahead in 2017 and their US tours included both the Lincoln Center and the Jazz Gallery. In 2019
Yacine was part of the Joe’s Pub Working Group to develop his newest project IFRIQIYA, a multimedia performance exploring the Afro Tunisian rhythmic traditions. Most recently, Yacine founded the Habibi Festival in New York, a four day festival dedicated to contemporary Arabic culture.