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In-person Arts & Culture

Jazz Festival presents: Moneka Arabic Jazz

Saturday, June 29, 2024
7:30pm to 9:00pm

Part of: Edmonton International Jazz Festival

Starlite Room

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June
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Jazz and blues is the best genre to bridge my afro-arabic background and the fascinating musical diversity of torontonian performers.

MONEKA ARABIC JAZZ is a project reflecting my life and journey in art from Baghdad to Toronto. It showcases melody from my homeland Iraq mixed with African groove and rhythm that I inherited from the Moneka Family. Because my journey brought me now in Toronto Canada, I am honoured to share this heritage and traditions with local Canadian musicians. Jazz and blues is the best genre to bridge my afro-arabic background and the fascinating musical diversity of torontonian performers. I often find inspiration to write songs by researching old stories from Iraq as realities of the present moment locally or internationally. Focussing on the past inspires analysis, while the future inspires visions and dreams.

Starlite Room

10030 102 Street NW
Edmonton, AB, T5J 0V6