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Rachel Z or Rachel Z Hakim | |
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| Birth name | Rachel Nicolazzo |
| Born | New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz,jazz fusion,alternative rock,rock |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Keyboards |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Columbia,GRP,NYC,Savoy,Tone Center,Chesky |
| Website | www |
Rachel Carmel Hakim (née Nicolazzo), better known asRachel Z, is an Americanjazz androck pianist and keyboardist. She has recorded 13 albums as a leader and jazz musician. Her musical style, especially her improvisation, has been described as adjacent toHerbie Hancock andMcCoy Tyner.[1]
In 1999, Hakim was a part of ajazz fusion project byStanley Clarke andLenny White. The project, entitledVertú, also featured such artists asKaren Briggs on violin andRichie Kotzen on guitar and resulted in an album of the same name that year. She experimented with her own rock group Peacebox as a vocalist. During this time, she was also working with the Neapolitan pop musicianPino Daniele, with whom she first began working in 1996 and toured with until his death in 2015. She toured withPeter Gabriel during his Growing Up tours from2002 to2006, which gave Rachel the opportunity to widen her fan base and work with bassistTony Levin. Her project, entitled "Dept. of Good and Evil", on Savoy received positive reviews.[2][3]
Hakim and her husbandOmar Hakim formed the OZExperience, now "Ozmosys" (Omar and Rachel Z), and in 2019, the new group recorded an EP Eyes to the Future Vol.1 atPower Station. The five-track EP was released on November 4, 2019 withKurt Rosenwinkel on guitar and Linley Marthe on bass, with J. C. Maillard on additional guitar and voice. The band was hailed at the opening night of the 2019 London Jazz Festival inJazzwise:
Is Ozmosys heralding or part of a new wave of jazz? Who can fairly say? But this quartet exudes a chemical energy which is invigorated by the jazz canon - without feeling shackled by it - to gaze ahead....Each player is at their unrestrained best. From the potentially explosive timbral variety of Hakim which feeds the thunderous rhythms and eternal dexterity of Marthe, to the harmonic sophistication and (at times) Metheny-esque melodies served up by Rachel Z and Rosenwinkel. The unit of Hakim/Marthe is the rhythmic driving force that tempers the conjuring of Z/Rosenwinkel: it preserves and strengthens the infectious nuggets of melodic and harmonic gold without compromising their complexity. Most fascinatingly of all, it is not just the audience who undergo an osmosis.[4]
WithPino Daniele
WithAl Di Meola
WithPeter Gabriel
With others
With Peter Gabriel
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