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Azhaar Saffar is an Iraqi Welsh violinist / singer-songwriter. She studied classical music at the prestigious R.N.C.M, while listening to Miles and Stefan Grapelli.
Described as nomadic, unorthodox, multi-faceted, she recently emerged from Latin America with the songs for her latest album, 'Original Love' Her passion for surfing the name of her new project Global Wave.
Azhaar made her reputation fronting internationally acclaimed Brazilian jazz group Sirius B who sold most of their albums in Japan. Her musical life has been varied and colourful: playing for Egyptian princes, with Nicaraguan street bands, jamming with the Costa Rica minister for culture, teaching violin in remote fishing villages and performing with the Bribri tribe!
But she retains strong credentials having appeared at the Montreux Jazz Festival, London’s 606 club, Camden's Jazz café and recently Pizza Express Soho.
She worked with Jason Rebello, Iain Ballamy, Gareth Lockrane, who guests on the new album and DJ/’congeiro’ Snowboy who produced the title track.
The new album ‘Original Love’ is having a phenomenal reaction, and already receiving major radio play in the UK and worldwide!
Global Wave’s music re-maps the straight lines of our boundaries and perceptions in a vibrant, irreverent fusion of world rhythms, funk and jazz enhanced by Azhaar’s sonorous violin! We are taken on a musical voyage with lyrics, written on the ‘songlines'
Described as nomadic, unorthodox, multi-faceted, she recently emerged from Latin America with the songs for her latest album, 'Original Love' Her passion for surfing the name of her new project Global Wave.
Azhaar made her reputation fronting internationally acclaimed Brazilian jazz group Sirius B who sold most of their albums in Japan. Her musical life has been varied and colourful: playing for Egyptian princes, with Nicaraguan street bands, jamming with the Costa Rica minister for culture, teaching violin in remote fishing villages and performing with the Bribri tribe!
But she retains strong credentials having appeared at the Montreux Jazz Festival, London’s 606 club, Camden's Jazz café and recently Pizza Express Soho.
She worked with Jason Rebello, Iain Ballamy, Gareth Lockrane, who guests on the new album and DJ/’congeiro’ Snowboy who produced the title track.
The new album ‘Original Love’ is having a phenomenal reaction, and already receiving major radio play in the UK and worldwide!
Global Wave’s music re-maps the straight lines of our boundaries and perceptions in a vibrant, irreverent fusion of world rhythms, funk and jazz enhanced by Azhaar’s sonorous violin! We are taken on a musical voyage with lyrics, written on the ‘songlines'
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