FOR FREE HANDS is perceived as part of the international jazz community living in Berlin with Diego Piñera, Roberto Badoglio, Marc Doffey and Andreas Brunn. The ensemble was a prize-winner of the Studio Jazz Award organized by the Berlin Senate for Culture. Alaa Zouiten is another very interesting instrumentalist who represents the musical traditions of Morocco and modern oud sounds in equal measure.

Anis Hajjam (Telquel – Casablanca) says “This lutenist Alaa Zouiten is one of the most talented of his generation. A devotee of a reflective musical incorporation of many influences, he contributes with a sincerity one would like to see more often.”

Roberto Badoglio (IT) – e-bass
Marc Doffey (D) – soprano & tenor saxophone
Diego Piñera (UY) – drums, percussion
Andreas Brunn (D) – e-guitar
Alaa Zouiten (MAR) – Oud