Julia Sarr, born in Dakar, Senegal, but who has lived in France for twenty-five years now, is a contemporary young woman: an African in Paris whose curiosity towards others remains anchored in her ancestral culture – she's of Wolof descent –, she remains open to the world and all its metamorphoses and perpetual crossbreeding. A singer with a clear timbre, she owes her faultless technique, and her voice's exceptional power of emotion, to her numerous participations over the years in projects related not only to African music (from Oumou Sangare to Papa Wemba, Miriam Makeba, Youssou N’Dour or Koffi Olomide), but also to French popular music (MC Solaar, J.J. Goldman, Johnny Hallyday or Michel Fugain). Her ten-year association with Congo singer Lokua Kanza, has been an impressive partnership, one that has given direction to her career.

A virtuoso guitarist with a love for acoustic sounds, but also a brilliantly original composer and arranger, Patrice Larose belongs to those men in the shadows whose protean talents are equal to their sense of discretion. A passionate admirer of Flamenco – one of his grandfathers is Spanish – Patrice formed his first group in 1990 and mixed flamenco and jazz before experimenting widely in various domains from salsa to African music (the latter, notably, after his introduction to the M’balax music of Senegal in 1997 in the company of griot Leîti M’Baye when the latter came to Paris). He's enjoyed the privilege of being Brazilian singer Marcio Faraco's partner since the turn of the millennium, and his work as a guitarist & arranger featured on both the latter's recent albums for Universal Jazz.

ADDITIONAL BIOS:

rockpaperscissors, Julia Sarr & Patrice Larose Bio  03/01/06
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North America


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