Amir ElSaffar

Jazz Trumpeter | Composer | Iraqi Maqam Singer | Santoor Player

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Monthly Archives: June 2014

Amir ElSaffar listed in Downbeat’s “80 Coolest Things in Jazz Today”!

Posted on June 3, 2014 by amirelsaffar.com

Along side the likes of Gerald Clayton, Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding and Ambrose Akinmusire, Amir ElSaffar was listed as one of the “coolest” artists of the next generation of jazz. Read more in Downbeat.

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