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Sherhabiel Ahmed: Sudan's king of jazz
Sharhabeel launched a new genre of Sudanese song, melding jazz vocals with a big band sound, and Sharhabeel and his band became Khartoum's most sought after ensemble. It was a popularity that mushroomed.
"We went to Ethiopia to sing before Emperor Haile Sellasie After Ethiopia we toured East Africa, stopping in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and then on to Tunisia and North Africa."
He has performed in Germany, Chad, Somalia, and Ethiopia "countless times", and in the Arabian Gulf where large communities of Sudanese exiles reside.

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Sherhabiel

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Nov 25, 2007

Date Joined

Nov 25, 2007

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King of the Jazz African Kings
Born in Omdurman, Sudan in 1935, Sherhabiel entered the kuttab (Quran school) at the age of four. He was later sent to Babiker Badri, the first public school in Sudan, and matriculated from Al- Abbasiya School.
He grew up in Al- Obeid, capital of Kordofan Province, western Sudan, and eventually enrolled at Khartoum College of Fine Arts where he studied Graphic Design. After graduation he joined the Ministry of Education as an illustrator of textbooks, a job that gave him ample opportunity to explore his musical capabilities.
Sherhabiel launched a new genre of Sudanese song, melding jazz vocals with a big band sound, and Sherhabiel and his band became Khartoum's most sought after ensemble. It was a popularity that mushroomed.
He has performed in Germany, Chad, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Tunisia, Morocco, Nigeria and Ethiopia "countless times", and in the Arabian Gulf where large communities of Sudanese exiles reside Later perform his music in Cairo, Opera Theater

Hometown

Omdurman

Country

Sudan

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Musician

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