Morocco Jewish Tours:Besides travelling…is also the music…Samy Elmaghribi

Morocco Jewish Tours:Besides travelling…is also the music…Samy Elmaghribi

Another great Jewish-Moroccan musician, Samy Elmaghribi, born in 1922 as Salomon Amzallag, in Safi, a seaside Atlantic city south of Morocco. He lived in Paris and Montreal. Originally from Safi, his family moved to Rabat in 1926. He started to familiarize himself with Arab-Andalusian music and taught himself to play the oud. He later perfected his technique by attending the “Conservatoire de Musique” in Casablanca and by following some of the most revered Algerian masters of Andalusian music. In his 20s, he decided to quit his job as a sales manager to devote himself exclusively to music. Having access to the Moroccan palace, he became one of Mohammed V.’s most beloved singers. He left Morocco for Montreal in the 1960s, where he led a synagogue. He also settled in Israel, later to return to Canada. He died on March 9th, 2008, in Montreal.Here I share with you a very nice version of one his most known songs ”Ala Ouhida” interpreted by Neta Elkayam

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