He describes himself as an intuitive musician whose main concern is to foster spiritual awareness, healing and the emotional state of joy.
Wood described him as a good musician who played the organ and lute and was a composer.
He was described as a gifted musician and composer.
Also describing him as an accomplished musician who meditates with music.
Billboard Magazine described Naiff as "a musician of great promise".
He once described himself as "a middlebrow musician who does quality show music," and critics over the years seemed to agree with that assessment.
In various British accounts "I have been described as a musician who hoped to be a conductor," he told me.
Ms. Uenishi, who has lived in the city for 16 years, describes herself as an interpretive musician.
He was described as respectable in beheavior, and a very accomplished musician.
In Mali, such a speaker can be described as a poet, a storyteller, a praise singer or a musician.