Club d'Elf Tickets

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Club d'Elf

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Club d’Elf, hailing from Boston and NYC, fuses jazz, hip hop, and world music with Moroccan trance. Key figures include Brahim Fribgane and Mike Rivard. Known for unique covers and originals, their album "You Never Know" reflects influences like Gnawa and Frank Zappa.

Concert Info

Genre: Rock, Pop

Join the Club d'Elf concert in Portsmouth at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club on Sunday, June 22, 2025, at 7:30 PM. Tickets still available.

For over 25 years, Club d'Elf has blurred boundaries with its hypnotic fusion of Moroccan gnawa, jazz, dub, and electronica. Anchored by bassist/composer Mike Rivard, the band features a rotating cast of top improvisers from Boston, NYC, and beyond.

Awards and Recognition

Named Jazz Act of the Year at the 2023 Boston Music Awards, Club d'Elf's music is a genre-defying journey through trance, funk, hip hop, and the avant-garde. Longtime member Brahim Fribgane, who passed in early 2024, helped shape the group's deep connection to Moroccan music. His influence lives on in Rivard's sintir playing, learned under Fribgane and Gnawa masters Hassan Hakmoun and Mahmoud Guinia.

Latest Album

Their latest album, You Never Know (2022), hit #2 on the Relix chart and was praised as "a wide-ranging romp" full of serenity, chaos, longing, and peerless musicianship" (Afropop Worldwide). A new album is on the way in Summer 2025.