Cheikh Raymond
(1912-1961)
Algerian musician
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Raymond Leyris better known as Cheikh Raymond, (born on 27 July 1912 in Batna of a Judeo-Berber father and French mother and assassinated in Constantine, French Algeria on 22 June 1961) was a renowned Algerian Jewish musician. He specialized in Andalusian music of Eastern Algeria (known as malouf) and was an expert virtuoso player (a "grand master") of oud (the Andalusian lute) and singer with an exceptional vocal range and widely respected by both Jews and Muslims and given the title of Cheikh (elder) as Cheikh Raymond with the accompanying fame and respect.
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27 July 1912 Batna of a Judeo-Berber father and French mother and assassinated in Constantine, French Algeria
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22 June 1961 (aged 48)
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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