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Mohamed Abozekry & Heejaz Extended: Ring Road

July 30, 2015 By guillaume

Mohamed Abozekry & Heejaz Extended: Ring Road

Born in Cairo in 1991, Mohamed Abozekry is a young virtuoso on the oud whose intricate compositions borrow equally from the Arabic Maqam (the traditional system of modes and scales used in oriental music), blues, jazz and world music. Released in … [Read more...] about Mohamed Abozekry & Heejaz Extended: Ring Road

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz, World Tagged With: Mohamed Abozekry, oud

Anouar Brahem: Souvenance

March 18, 2015 By guillaume

Anouar Brahem: Souvenance

Since the late 1980s and through an impeccable discography with the Munich-based ECM Record Label, Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem has been flirting with jazz improvisation, fusion, modern classical or chamber music while recording solo, with small … [Read more...] about Anouar Brahem: Souvenance

Filed Under: Modern Classical, World Tagged With: Anouar Brahem, oud

Anouar Brahem: Le Pas du Chat Noir

June 21, 2014 By guillaume

Anouar Brahem: Le Pas du Chat Noir

Introducing Le Pas du Chat Noir (2002), Tunisian oud master and composer Anouar Bahem notes that the music on the record emerged as A tempo passed on to me by the movement of a tree I could see from my window, swaying gently in the breeze.  Anouar … [Read more...] about Anouar Brahem: Le Pas du Chat Noir

Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical, World Tagged With: accordion, Anouar Brahem, oud, piano

Dhafer Youssef: Whirling birds ceremony

November 7, 2013 By guillaume

Dhafer Youssef: Whirling birds ceremony

Tunisian composer, oud player and singer Dhafer Youssef is a wandering musician constantly migrating from one country to another within Europe and North Africa, having lived and worked in Tunisia, France, Austria, Norway or Turkey over the years. … [Read more...] about Dhafer Youssef: Whirling birds ceremony

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz, World Tagged With: clarinet, Dhafer Youssef, fusion, oud, voice

Dhafer Youssef: Les ondes orientales

February 28, 2013 By guillaume

Dhafer Youssef: Les ondes orientales

Time Out provides an excellent introduction to Dhafer Youssef: "...the Tunisian vocalist and oud virtuoso juxtaposes the ancient, mystical, hypnotic music of Islamic Sufism with the textures of electric jazz." While Dhafer Youssef's electronic side … [Read more...] about Dhafer Youssef: Les ondes orientales

Filed Under: Jazz, World Tagged With: Dhafer Youssef, fusion, oud, piano, voice

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