Electric Jalaba 'El Hal / The Feeling' Mulatu Tour Merch with whom he formed the

with whom he formed the first Jazz Quintet in Cairo in 1963 recording with the Radio Service of Cairo

It was therefore inevitable that musicians of the Arabian North African area would play a part in the interaction of these two musical cultures

learning to play a vast array of traditional ethnic instruments from across Asia and the Middle East

delving deep into the technical intricacies of jazz and developing a broad appreciation for diverse musical genres

A gradual increase in touring followed and talk had turned to brokering dates in Europe when they received an invitation to play at an art gallery in Southern France in 1970

Electric Jalaba 'El Hal / The Feeling' Mulatu Tour Merch with whom he formed theElectric Jalaba comprises six accomplished musicians with an empathy that feels telepathic and a groove that immerses. In Arabic, the mother tongue of Moroccan born singer and guimbri player Simo Lagnawi, a leading practitioner of Gnawa music in Britain, they call this indefinable quality, El Hal The feeling. Its the feeling that comes when were playing and totally forgetting where we are, says producer and bassist Olly Keen. The feeling of being