A special edition of the Spanish Jazz radio show Club de Jazz where we feature the new recording by Joachim Kühn, Majid Bekkas and Ramón López trio, Chalaba. During the show we conducted a lengthy interview with Joachim Kühn and Majid Bekkas.

Joachim Kühn (Leipzig, 1944) is one of the most relevant names in the European Jazz scene since the sixties. He escaped in 1966 from the German Democratic Republic and has lived and played also in the United States. During his long career he has played with musicians of the caliber of Daniel Humair, Ornette Coleman, Michael Brecker as well as his brother, the clarinetist Rolf Kühn, in a very differents Jazz styles. Joachim Kühn resides in the spanish island of Ibiza.

Majid Bekkas was born in Salé (Morocco) where he started his musical career in 1972. Bekkas studied classical guitar and oud at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Rabat and in the nineties he created the Gnaoua Blues Band. Starting in 1996 with his first Jazz concert with European musicians in Rabat, he has played with musicians like Peter Brötzmann, Hamid Drake and Louis Sclavis, among others. He continues to live in Salé.

The interview, which was broadcast originally on March, 2th 2011, can be heard here.