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Born in Rabat, Morocco, French saxophone player Faïz Lamouri began the study of saxophone and music at a very early age. After eight years of classical studies, he became interested in jazz through musicians like Paul Desmond, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley and John Coltrane. In 2004, at 18 years old he enrolled at the American school of modern music in Paris where he studied under the direction of American jazz musicians such as Peter Giron and Steve Browman. During his time in Paris, Faïz Lamouri emerged quickly as a leading figure of the Parisian jazz scene

Album

Innner Light

By Mike DiRubbo

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: JK in NYC; Scrollin’ and Trollin’; The Muse; Bethune Street; Love the Same; Inner Light; Brand New; Straight Street; The Moment Before Sunrise; Campania; Dearly Beloved.

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Inner Light

By Faiz Lamouri

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2020

Article: Album Review

Faiz Lamouri: Inner Light

Read "Inner Light" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
October 13, 2020

Inner Light is tenor saxophonist and composer Faïz Lamouri's follow-up to his promising debut, Wonders (Soprane, 2016). It does not disappoint and begs the question, why have we had to wait four years? Moroccan-born, Lamouri moved to Paris in 2004, where he studied at the American School of Modern Music until 2008. He ...

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Wonders

By Faiz Lamouri

Label: Soprane Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Open Dream; Onyr; Blue Waltz; Songe; Project 13; Alice in Wonderland; Bustling; Reveries; Wanderer.

Article: Album Review

Faiz Lamouri: Wonders

Read "Wonders" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
August 12, 2016

One of the many pleasures of listening to jazz is heard in the mystical connection between a musician and their instrument exampled in saxophonist Faïz Lamouri's debut Wonders. The Moroccan born/French saxophonist plays with songbird quality--sumptuous tone and darting flight paths which speak of his arduous studies and experience playing in popular France jazz clubs Sunset/Sunside ...