zakarya

ZAKARYA is a French quartet founded in 1999. In 2000, John ZORN, leader of New York's musical avant-garde, discovered the compositions of the unclassified accordionist and band's leader, Yves WEYH and proposed to produce their first CD on his prestigious label TZADIK.ZAKARYA released its first album in 2001. Two years later, in 2003, TZADIK produced ZAKARYA's second album, "SOMETHING OBVIOUS".
August 2006 : ZAKARYA releases its third cd produced by TZADIK, "413 A", featuring the guitarist Marc RIBOT.End of 2008 : New release on TZADIK : "THE TRUE STORY CONCERNING MARTIN BEHAIM"