{"id":5593,"date":"2026-04-08T09:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/?post_type=event&p=5593"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:38:32","slug":"%d8%a3%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af-ahmed","status":"publish","type":[14],"link":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/event\/2026\/%d8%a3%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af-ahmed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f [ahmed]"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Pat Thomas at the piano, Seymour Wright on saxophone, Antonin Gerbal on drums and Joel Grip on double bass, \u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f <\/span>[Ahmed] is music of intense rhythm, rooted in repetition and evolution, to listen to, be swept away by and dance to. At its heart lies the legacy of Ahmed Abdul-Malik, a pioneering yet often overlooked figure in the history of jazz. A native of New York, he was a double bassist, composer, philosopher and oud player. In the late 1950s, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane encouraged him to lead his own groups, resulting in a series of albums \u2013 such as Jazz Sahara<\/em> (1958), East Meets West<\/em> (1959), and Sounds of Africa<\/em> (1962) \u2013 which brought the heritage of West Asia and East Africa into the jazz canon.<\/p>\n

\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f <\/span>[Ahmed] emerges as a gesture of homage and vindication to re-inscribe this legacy within jazz. The quartet delves into, reinterprets and revives Abdul-Malik\u2019s works and vision to reimagine jazz for the 21st century. Since 2017, they have released five albums, all recorded live: New Jazz Imagination<\/em> (2017) \u2013 which features a portrait of Abdul-Malik on the cover \u2013, Super Majnoon (East Meets West)<\/em> (2019), Nights on Saturn<\/em> (2022), Giant Beauty<\/em> (2024) and Wood Blues<\/em> (2024). Improvising on songs by the legendary double bassist, \u062d\u0645\u062f [Ahmed]\u2019s melodies build until they explode into energetic, technically masterful jazz, which, at its core, is nothing more than full-throttle swing.<\/p>\n

pat thomas <\/b>piano
\n<\/span>joel grip <\/b>douoble bass
\n<\/span>antonin gerbal <\/b>drums
\n<\/span>seymour wright <\/b>sax<\/span><\/p>\n

supported by<\/strong> iberm\u00fasicas<\/span><\/p>\n

supported by<\/strong>\u00a0portuguese republic – culture, youth and sports \/ general direction of the arts. portuguese contemporary art network (rpac). rtcp – network of portuguese theaters and cinemas.<\/p>\n

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With Pat Thomas at the piano, Seymour Wright on saxophone, Antonin Gerbal on drums and Joel Grip on double bass, \u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f [Ahmed] is music of intense rhythm, rooted in repetition and evolution, to listen to, be swept away by and dance to. At its heart lies the legacy of Ahmed Abdul-Malik, a pioneering yet often Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5594,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-5593","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","type-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/5593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/5593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5697,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/5593\/revisions\/5697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type?post=5593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}