Hailed as a "music extraodinaire" by BFM's That Music Show, guitarist-composer Az Samad graces the stage at The Canteen & Bar at China House with his acoustic guitar for the final evening of the George Town Literary Festival 2011.
Date: 27th November 2011
Time: 9.30pm
Venue: The Canteen & Bar @ China House
About Az Samad
Guitarist-composer Az Samad has performed in the United States, Austria, United Kingdom,Singapore, and Malaysia. A versatile musician who has appeared on thirteen CDs (five of which are his solo releases), Az has worked with Grammy winners Flaco Jimenez and Max Baca, singer-songwriters Tara Linda and Reza Salleh, guitarists John Stowell, Stuart Ryan, and Teja Gerken; world music ensemble Bogofusion; electronic jazz-funk group Planet Loop; Cumbia-Dub band Candelaria; and string jazz ensemble JazzMine.
As an educator, Az has been on the faculty of Berklee College of Music's Summer Guitar Sessions and has taught workshops at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut; Culturefest in Pipestem, West Virginia; and The Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, California. His latest release is "love letters EP", an improvised solo acoustic guitar concept album in the same spirit as his 2010 album "Emo Attack" Turtle.
As an educator, Az has been on the faculty of Berklee College of Music's Summer Guitar Sessions and has taught workshops at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut; Culturefest in Pipestem, West Virginia; and The Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, California. His latest release is "love letters EP", an improvised solo acoustic guitar concept album in the same spirit as his 2010 album "Emo Attack" Turtle.
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