KZ
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Algerian drummer
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Male
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Birth:
1966(Algiers, Algiers Province, Algeria)
The details
Biography
Karim Ziad (born 1966) is an Algerian musician. A percussionist, drummer, singer and composer, Ziad's music melds influences from North African music and jazz. Ziad was involved in a hard rock band in his youth in Algiers, before moving to Paris to study biology, where he became a well known jazz drummer for Cheb Mami, Khaled and Idir, among others.