Jazz / Vocal
Alan Bates Executive Producer
Daoud David Williams Percussion
Ichiro Onoe Drums
Jamie Cullum Author
Malcolm Addey Mastering, Engineer
Mina Agossi Vocals, Remixing, Composer, Producer, Artistic Consultation, Arranger
Philippe Combelle Arranger
Rob Henke Trumpet
The greatest introduction to the Mina Agossi experience is to witness her perform live. Mina's music has always been suited and to some extent, created for the live environment. 'Who Wants Love?' beautifully captures Mina and her band's innovative and forceful live show.
The recording recently made over two sellout nights at one of New York's most important jazz venues, The Jazz Standard, which was recently named "best club" in New York Magazine. These two nights were part of Mina's last US tour which saw her perform to full houses in Boston, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and of course, New York.
Mina Agossi
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: 1972 in France
Genre: Vocal
Styles: Vocal Jazz
Born in 1972, the half-French, halfhttps://www.cdbt.hu/m_c.html?wtd=cat_albumedit&aid=822686-Beninese Mina Agossi spent much of her youth studying in and traveling to places like Niger, Morocco, and Ivory Coast. While in school for theater in France, a local saxophonist gave her 500 francs to sing on-stage with him, and although Agossi had had no formal experience in music, she immediately fell in love with performing and decided to pursue singing as a career. In 1993 she joined her first group, a swing and New Orleans jazz band that played gigs in France and Ireland. As she became more interested in modern jazz, the young singer decided to start recording under her own name, releasing a few bare-boned jazz albums in Europe. Bringing her own interpretation to jazz brought Agossi her fair share of critics and fans alike, and she began receiving offers to sing with artists like Archie Shepp, Mukta, and Adam Pieronscyk. In 2001, soon after September 11, Agossi recorded her live album EZ Pass to Brooklyn with Alexander Hiele on bass and Bertrand Perrin on drums, the same group that accompanied her on her next record, Carrousel. In 2004 the British label Candid signed Agossi, releasing Zaboum!! in Europe the following year and Well You Needn't in 2006.
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