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Osama Afifi is a bassist since 1985. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...

Afifi records and performs live with many artists, including U.S. and Canadian tours with Yanni; a European and Canadian tour with French artist Vanessa Paradis, and a TV show on VH1 called Storytellers with The Doors. He worked with Grammy-nominated jazz vocalists Kurt Elling and Nnenna Freelon, The Fifth Dimension, The Cadillacs, jazz saxophonist Gary Herbig, singer Debbie Boone, former Miles Davis keyboardist Kei Akagi, Doors drummer John Densmore, Brazilian style guitar duo Hugo Jojo, and jazz trumpeter Tony Guerrero. Yanni (born Yiannis Chrysomallis, Greek: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης, on November 14, 1954) is a Greek keyboardist and composer. ... Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born December 22, 1972 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France) is a French singer and actress. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... This page is about the Rock band. ... Kurt Elling Kurt Elling (born November 2, 1967) is an American jazz vocalist. ... Nnenna Freelon is an American jazz singer. ... The Fifth Dimension The Fifth Dimension (also known as The 5th Dimension) is an American popular music vocal group, whose repertoire also includes R&B, soul, and jazz. ... The Cadillacs were an American rock-and-roll and doo-wop group from Harlem, New York; active from 1953 to 1962. ... Debby Boone on the cover of her 2001 collection You Light Up My Life: Greatest Inspirational Songs Debby Boone (b. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (26 May 1926 – 28 September 1991) was one of the most influential musicians of the latter half of the 20th century. ... Kei Akagi(born 1953) is a Japanese American jazz pianist most known as a sideman. ... John Densmore (born John Paul Densmore, December 1, 1944, in Los Angeles, California) was the drummer of the rock group The Doors from 1965 to 1973. ...

For several years he has been the bassist for the B Sharp Jazz Quartet, who have been recognized by numerous national and regional magazines and newspapers. The Quartet toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe. They performed at the North Sea, Istanbul, Nice, Brecon, and Monterey Jazz Festivals, to name a few. Afifi ventured into composition, co-writing a song entitled "Nami" that is featured on the group's CD Searching for the One. The song was quoted as "a future Jazz standard" by Billboard Magazine. KLON, a Los Angeles jazz radio station, chose "Nami" to be on their latest compilation CD. The Monterey Jazz Festival is a yearly festival of jazz music that takes place at the Monterey Fairgrounds in Monterey, California the third full weekend in September. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

His education included studies at the Dick Grove School of Music. He also studied with Jeff Berlin and Gary Willis. Jeff Berlin (born January 17, 1953) is an American electric bass player. ... Gary Willis is an american electric bass player most famouse for his work with Tribal tech. ...

External links

• Osama Afifi at All Music Guide
• B Sharp Jazz Quartet at Mamajazz.org
• B Sharp Jazz Quartet at Variety.com
• Osama Afifi at MySpace