Album Liner Notes
Queen of Sheba
Release date: June 24, 2022
Queen of Sheba - Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf
All tracks produced, composed and arranged by Ibrahim Maalouf All lyrics by Angélique Kidjo
Angélique Kidjo - Voice
Ibrahim Maalouf - Trumpets, Piano
Francois Delporte - Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar Mohamed Derouich - Acoustic guitar
Stéphane Galland - Drums
Magatte Sow – Percussions
Zachary Ostroff - Bass guitar
Frank Woeste - Fender Rhodes
Conductor - Ibrahim Maalouf
Orchestra manager - Thibault Mortegoute
Violin -
Cyril Baleton, Martin Blondeau, Lison Favard, Akémi Fillon, David Galoustov, Anne Gravoin, Marie-Alix Grenier, Sarah Khavand, Mathilde Klein, Abigel Kralik, Pauline Lavacry, Manon Phillipe Laude, Arnaud Pieniezny, Nikola Nikolov
Viola -
Julien Gaben, Tess Joly, Clara Lefèvre, Béatrice Nachin, Mathis Rochat, Eva Sinclair
Cello -
Adrien Bellom, Charbel Charbel, Sophie Chauvenet, Eric-Maria Couturier, Johann Lamarre
Double bass -
Etienne Durantel, Edouard Macarez, Blanche Stromboni
Choirs -
Sankofa Unit
Audrey Audel, Noémie Bouskila, Chloé Bretenstein, Laura Jacquin Celini, Yann Morgan Colonette, Adeline Crouard, Adam Garnit, Magdalen Geffrard, Sarah Griche, Yasmine Hafa, Dorian Kateb, Claudia Lacerda, Agathe Leclercq, Katia Mevil, Cédric Randrianaly, Marc Antoine Scialom, Joby Smith, Jennifer Thevenot, Emma Scialom
Main Engineer - Oscar Ferran
Angelique’s vocals recorded by Jean Hebrail
String orchestra recorded by Oscar Ferran & Martin Antiphon assisted by Igor Prince at studio Ferber (Paris - France)
Drums, guitars, Fender Rhodes, piano, trumpets recorded by Oscar Ferran at studio Diasporas (Ivry-sur-Seine - France)
Electric bass recorded by Oscar Ferran & Sébastien Viguier at studio Diasporas (Ivry-sur- Seine - France)
Percussions recorded by Noah Dresner at Revival Studio (Los Angeles - USA)
Choirs and trumpets recorded by Vincent Joinville assisted by François Longo at Studios Babel (Montreuil - France)
Mixed by Dom Morley at Flint Barn studio (Oxford - UK)
Mastered by Emily Lazar assisted by Chris Allgood at The Lodge (New York - USA) Graphic design: Paul Ritter
Photos: Brantley Gutierrez
Management for Angelique Kidjo: Kevin Morris, Nate Erwin, Tia McLewee for Red Light Management
Agents : Oliver Gluzman, Les Visiteurs Du Soir except for North America : Tom Chauncey, Partisan Arts
Public Relations: Agence Sébastien d'Assigny (France), Sally Reeves (UK) Shorefire (US) Web site: Kidjo.com
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter : @angeliquekidjo
TikTok : angelique_kidjo
Angelique’s special thanks to Ibrahim, Jean Louis and Thomas, to Fans, Friends and Family, to my Team and to Jean Claude Perru.
Management for Ibrahim Maalouf : Jean-Louis Perrier, Thomas Duport (Quincy Jones Productions)
Web site: ibrahimmaalouf.com
I would like to thank everyone who supported this beautiful project. Thank you Angélique, Jean, and thanks to every artist who has contributed to making this album, a very special album.
Executive producer: Ibrahim Maalouf Produced by Mister Ibé
Published by Mister Ibé & AYE SARL Digital distribution: IDOL
(P) & (C) Mister Ibé