Biography: Zé Renato, Ze Top, Zebda, Zebula Avenue, Zeena Parkins, Zein Club, Zero, Zexie Manatsa, Zezinho, Zia Mohiuddin Dagar,

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As a member of Boca Livre, Zé Renato broke selling records, participated in Jon Anderson’s Deseo, had songs recorded by Anderson, performed at the Summerstage Festival (New York, NY), and played with João Gilberto in Miami

This first-class gathering of musicians casts a witty, irreverent look at zouk and Antilles music in general ~ Gene Scaramuzzo, All Music Guide

”We who live by rock and rai and accordion/On the periphery of commercial hits” is a line from Zebda’s hometown portrait Toulouse and that’s a pretty accurate capsule description of where the French band fronted by three second-generation North African immigrants fits among the Euro-mix crew

Zebula Avenue Biography, Photos, Pictures

World music band Zebula Avenue was formed by its leader, singer/songwriter/guitarist Gail Baker, under the name 47UMa in Detroit, MI, in 1996 The group went through various configurations and released a self-titled debut album in 2002 before evolving into Zebula Avenue with a lineup that included singers Maureen Honoré and Maggie McCabe, guitarist James Niemi, bassist Greg Nance, drummer Sandy Lovely, and percussionist Mahindi Masai

Zeena Parkins Biography, Photos, Pictures

Zeena Parkins plays the harp, piano, accordion and sampler in a variety of improvised, new music, modern composed and avant garde jazz settings Born in Detroit, Michigan, she studied dance, harp and classical piano, and earned a Fine Arts degree from Bard College

Led by virtuoso oud player Zein L’Abdin (born Zein L’Abdin Ahmed Alamoody in 1939), Zein Club has had a profound influence on the Mombasa taarab scene since the late ’60s

A romantic rock band formed in São Paulo in the ’80s, Zero had as its members Fábio Golfetti, the founder of Violeta de Outono After the single “Heróis,” the band launched its first mini-LP, Passos no Escuro, which sold more than 120,000 copies with the two hits “Agora Eu Sei” (a duet by Zero’s Guilherme Isnard and RPM’s Paulo Ricardo) and “Formosa

Zexie Manatsa Biography, Photos, Pictures

This band was originally formed in 1975, under the direction of Sam Luke Mahufe, and played nothing but covers Two years later, a South African producer suggested that they try their hands at traditional music

Zezinho wrote the famous “”Samba Fantástico” He began his formal studies of music at 14 In 1934, he was hired as clarinetist by the Banda de Música Municipal de Cafelândia

Zia Mohiuddin Dagar Biography, Photos, Pictures

Born in 1929 in Udaipur in Rajasthan, ZM Dagar was one of the greatest musicians of the second half of the 20th century He died on Sept 28, 1990 A pivotal musician in the process of recording Hindustani music, his early work on the French La Boite à Musique is highly collected and shamefully lost in space