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Nabil Amarshi

About Me

Nabil is a Bassist and Composer/Arranger of Tanzanian descent from Vancouver, Canada. Since the age of 18, He has provided the earthy, soulful low-end on numerous performances and recordings ranging from jazz, soul, folk, and pop, to world music, and orchestral settings.

A graduate of Humber College of Performing Arts in Toronto, he began as a sideman with local veteran musicians in various groups.

Since 2007, Nabil has been spending several months of the year in the UAE, where he performs with regional and touring artists as well as composes for film and media. More recently, Nabil has been developing a unique voice in his original compositions, blending uncommon instrumentation while redefining the boundaries of genre. Live performances of this work have been approached as installation pieces, often going un-documented, in an attempt to emphasize the creation of living, breathing art that only truly exists in the present moment.