A French trumpeter of Lebanese descent born in Beirut on November 5, 1980,
Ibrahim Maalouf won numerous conservatory awards before becoming the regular
accompanist for -M- (Matthieu Chedid), Arthur H, Amadou and Mariam, Vincent
Delerm, and Lhasa. His jazz-funk-infused albums—Diasporas in 2007, Diachronism
in 2009, and Diagnostic in 2011—delight fans of eclectic jazz. The following
album, Wind, released in 2012, serves as the musical score for René Clair’s
silent film La proie du vent. His fifth album, Illusions, released the following
year, is rooted in jazz fusion. In search of ...