Habib Faye

Quick Facts

Full Name	Habib Faye
Occupation	Musician
Date Of Birth	Nov 22, 1965(1965-11-22)
Age	59
Date Of Death	April 25, 2018, Paris, France
Birthplace	Dakar
Country	Senegal
Birth City	Dakar Region
Horoscope	Scorpio

Habib Faye Biography

Habib Faye is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on November 22, 1965 in Dakar, Dakar Region, Senegal.

He played the bass and produced music for Super Etoile since 1984 or earlier. He was believed to have picked up the bass when he was 13, but started his musical exploration at the age of nine, thanks to his older brother, Vieux Mac Faye, who is an accomplished guitarist himself. His other brothers are musicians as well. Lamine Faye is one of Senegal’s most popular and respected guitar players, and for a long time was a member of Super Diamono, before he left to form his own band, Lemzo Diamono, in 1991. Adama Faye, who died in 2005, is regarded as one of the pioneers of keyboard playing in Senegal. He was one of the founding members of Super Diamono and also played keys for Super Etoile back in the 1980s. The Faye brothers are, in many ways, very similar to the Wooten Brothers, although they never formed a band.

In 1996, Mickey Hart hired him to play bass parts on his Mystery Box [1] album. Habib Faye’s resume also includes playing alongside a wide range of artists like Manu Katche, Mokhtar Samba, Joe Zawinul, Paco Sery, Gilberto Gil, Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler, Branford Marsalis, Poogie Bell, David Sancious, Lionel Loueke, Tania St Val, Jacob Devarieux, David Sanborn, Brazil’s Carlinhos Brown, just to name a few. He had produced albums for Senegal’s top- selling artists such as Viviane Ndour and Kiné Lam.

Habib Faye Net Worth

Habib Faye is one of the richest Musician from Senegal. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Habib Faye 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Habib Faye (November 22, 1965 – April 25, 2018) was a bassist, keyboardist, guitar soloist, arranger, composer and Grammy-nominated producer from Senegal. He was mostly known as the musical director for Youssou N’dour’s Super Étoile de Dakar. He was one of the most talented African bassists of the last quarter-century.

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In March 2008, Faye continued his jazz experiments when he brought Lionel Loueke, Herbie Hancock’s guitar player, and Mokhtar Samba, one of Africa’s premier drummers, to Dakar for a series of Afro-jazz concerts. The act was dubbed the “trio magique”.

Facts & Trivia

Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Senegal. Habib Faye celebrates birthday on November 22 of every year.

On Wednesday April 25, 2018, he died aged 52, in Paris, where he was being treated for a lung infection. His death sent shockwaves throughout his native country of Senegal and the musical world. This forced Youssou Ndour to cancel his concert in Kigali to fly back home with the rest of the Super Etoile in order to pay tribute to their fallen brother.