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Gad Elmaleh

Gad Elmaleh is a French-Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian, actor and who musician who achieved notoriety in France, Morocco and United States. He is most famous in the French-speaking world and more recently in the United States.

He has starred in several feature films, including "Coco", "Priceless", "La Doublure" and "Midnight in Paris". Voted the funniest person in France, he was named knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Minister of Culture; he was also named knight of the National Order of Quebec. Elmaleh is often referred to as the "Seinfeld of France." In 2015 and 2018, Elmaleh did national comedy tours across the United States. In 2019, he released the Netflix series "Huge in France".

In 2020 he launched "Gad Partagé" a radio show on Paris' premiere radio station, TSF Jazz, and he released his Blue Note Debut "Dansez sur moi", a tribute album to French singer-songwriter Claude Nougaro.

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Gad Elmaleh, Tino Tracanna, Elephant9, Ill Considered & More New Releases

Read "Gad Elmaleh, Tino Tracanna, Elephant9, Ill Considered & More New Releases" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Never one to rest on his laurels, Franco-Moroccan comedian Gad Elmaleh dives into a new adventure with his remarkable and alluring Blue Note debut album which opens an equally adventurous set of new and upcoming albums from all around the world.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Gad Elmaleh “Armstrong" Dansez sur moi (Blue Note) 0:16 Host talks 3:21 Johan Lindström Septett “Twenty Twenty" On the Asylum (Moserobie) 6:08 Gabriel ...

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