Mahjun

Mahjun was a French group around the singer and violinist Jean-Louis Lefebvre, later known as Jean-Louis Mahjun. It started out as Maajun, made one album under that name and then, as Mahjun, mixed folk, free jazz and Arab influences with satirical lyrics on two albums for Saravah, in 1973 and 1974. The Maajun line-up included Jean-Louis and Cyril Lefebvre, the drummer Jean-Pierre Arnoux and the singer Alain Roux; their album Vivre la mort du vieux monde came out on Vogue in 1971. After the two Saravah records the group released Happy French Band on Gratte-Ciel in 1977.