Francisco Bay Area, where he has played in a
number of pop and North African bands.
In the 1980's, Tim was a member of the Square
Roots, singing and playing upright bass at clubs and
colleges up and down the West Coast.
Since the early 1990's, Tim has specialized in North
African music, playing Oud, Gnawa Gumbri and
Percussion. He is currently a member of Kabyle
singer Moh Alileche's ensemble, and was for years a
memeber of Yassir Chadly's Marhaba Morrocan
band.
Pharoah Sanders, rai singers Cheb Nassro and
Chaba Zahwania, and rock band the Young Fresh
Fellows.
In addition to performing, Tim is pursuing a ph.D. in
ethnomusicology at UC Berkeley. He has conducted
research on Gnawa music in Moroco since 1995,
and is currently writing his dissertation on the music
of the Gnawa lila ceremony.
