From www.passionate-music.com:Drummer and multi-instrumentalist Salah Ragab was a central figure in the history of jazz in Egypt. A sometime collaborator with Sun Ra, Ragab founded the Cairo Jazz Band in 1968, the same year that he became the head of the Egyptian Military Music Department. The Cairo Jazz Band was Egypt's first big band, mixing American jazz with North African music, combining jazz instrumentation and musical style...
Monday, February 28, 2011
Ahmed Abdul-Malik Sheet Music
Here are some transcriptions of the tunes from Ahmed Abdul-Malik's 1958 record Jazz Sahara. My impression is that Abdul-Malik didn't really "write" these tunes, but arranged them from themes that he had heard in traditional Arabic pieces.The charts are "lead sheet" style, with a simple version of the melody. Ornaments and rhythmic variations...
Friday, February 25, 2011
Karim Naguib - Omrak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g113AyF4GmYendofvid[starttext]كريم نجيب - عمرك [endte...
Mido Mounib - Ana Mashy ~2011~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfFK6rgE7L0endofvid[starttext]ميدو منيب - أنا ماشي[endte...
Majida el Roumi - Matrahak bi Albi
Enjoy one of the best Arabic songs Matrahak bi Albi by the Lebanese singer Majida el Roumi. Enjoy the best of Arabic music & video songs. More songs for Majida el Roumi:Majida El Roumi Wedding SongMajida El Roumi Habibi (My Love) Save and share Matrahak bi Albi for Majida el Roumi Want to share this song with your family and friends? Click the button below to send them an email or save this to your favorite social...
Majida el Roumi - Matrahak bi Albi
Enjoy one of the best Arabic songs Matrahak bi Albi by the Lebanese singer Majida el Roumi. Enjoy the best of Arabic music & video songs. More songs for Majida el Roumi:Majida El Roumi Wedding SongMajida El Roumi Habibi (My Love) Save and share Matrahak bi Albi for Majida el Roumi Want to share this song with your family and friends? Click the button below to send them an email or save this to your favorite social...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Ahmed Ziad - Mn Tanwy An Takoun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXejdcay2yUendofvid[starttext]أحمد زياد - من تنوي أن تكون [endte...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Mohamed Nour - OM EL Shaheed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tctNc35G7hgendofvid[starttext]محمد نور - أم الشهيد[endte...
Monday, February 21, 2011
Myriam Faris - Ya Alem Belhal (English subtitles) Live Performance
Enjoy best Arabic music & video songs by Myriam Faris - Ya Alem Belhal (English subtitles) Live Performance.More of Myriam Faris Songs: KhalaniEnta El HayatMosh AnaneyaBetrouhEih Elly ByehsalNadiniSave and share Ya Alem Belhal for Myriam FarisWant to share this song with your family and friends? Click the button below to send them an email or save this to your favorite social netwo...
Myriam Faris - Ya Alem Belhal (English subtitles) Live Performance
Enjoy best Arabic music & video songs by Myriam Faris - Ya Alem Belhal (English subtitles) Live Performance.More of Myriam Faris Songs: KhalaniEnta El HayatMosh AnaneyaBetrouhEih Elly ByehsalNadiniSave and share Ya Alem Belhal for Myriam FarisWant to share this song with your family and friends? Click the button below to send them an email or save this to your favorite social netwo...
Myriam Faris - Khalani
Enjoy best Arabic music & video songs by Myriam Faris - Khalani More of Myriam Faris Songs: Enta El HayatMosh AnaneyaBetrouhEih Elly ByehsalNadiniAna Wel Shou'Save and share Khalani for Myriam FarisWant to share this song with your family and friends? Click the button below to send them an email or save this to your favorite social netwo...
Myriam Faris - Khalani
Enjoy best Arabic music & video songs by Myriam Faris - Khalani More of Myriam Faris Songs: Enta El HayatMosh AnaneyaBetrouhEih Elly ByehsalNadiniAna Wel Shou'Save and share Khalani for Myriam FarisWant to share this song with your family and friends? Click the button below to send them an email or save this to your favorite social netwo...
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Shereen Kattar Khairi
Enjoy best Arabci music & video songs by Shereen - Kattar Khairi More of Shereen Songs:enkatably 3omr 2010Batamenak Garh TaniMafeish Marraharabic music new Save and share Kattar Khairi for Shereen Want to share this song with your family and friends? Click the button below to send them an email or save this to your favorite social netwo...
Shereen Kattar Khairi
Enjoy best Arabci music & video songs by Shereen - Kattar Khairi More of Shereen Songs:enkatably 3omr 2010Batamenak Garh TaniMafeish Marraharabic music new Save and share Kattar Khairi for Shereen Want to share this song with your family and friends? Click the button below to send them an email or save this to your favorite social netwo...
Shereen - enkatably 3omr 2010
Enjoy best Arabci music & video songs by Shereen - enkatably 3omr 2010. More of Shereen Songs:BatamenakGarh TaniMafeish Marraharabic music new Save and share enkatably 3omr for Shereen Want to share this song with your family and friends? Click the button below to send them an email or save this to your favorite social netwo...
Shereen - enkatably 3omr 2010
Enjoy best Arabci music & video songs by Shereen - enkatably 3omr 2010. More of Shereen Songs:BatamenakGarh TaniMafeish Marraharabic music new Save and share enkatably 3omr for Shereen Want to share this song with your family and friends? Click the button below to send them an email or save this to your favorite social netwo...
Friday, February 18, 2011
Farah - Mannak Ma'y ~New~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7izwDrh7zacendofvid[starttext]فرح - منك معي[endte...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Tamer Hosny Sabah L Kher Ya Masr 15-2-2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPGDRsFl2sUendofvid[starttext] تامر حسني صباح الخير يا مصر[endte...
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Mohamed Munir - Raise Your Voiceمحمد منير - علي صوتكAlli Sotak
Updated translation and mediaThe translation in the youtube video is good too, but there are some added words that I'm not sure are really in the lyrics, that is, it is a translation designed to convey to the viewer a similar meaning, but with added words to make it sound better.Muhammed Munir is a musician and actor from Nubia, in Upper...
Amr Diab - One of Usعمرو دياب - واحد مناWahed Menena
This song was made for Hosni Mubarak, FORMER President of Egypt. Congratulations Egypt that you can finally watch this video and laugh.Amr Diab - One of UsHe who sacrificed for his country in order to bring back the day (this could be "the one who" or "those who," i.e. generic genderless third person but we know it's about him)And for whom the name of Egypt represented strength and victoryHe whose dream is our dreamHe whose joy...
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Joseph Tawadros
Joseph Tawadros is a stellar young oud player. He was born in Egypt and grew up in Australia. He has a number of recordings, but this is his first foray into Arabic jazz. The Hour of Separation, a recent release, has an all-star lineup of great jazz musicians.Joseph Tawadros, oudJohn Abercrombie, guitarJohn Patitucci, bassJack DeJohnette,...
Chaouki Smahi
Chaouki Smahi was born 1963 in Morocco and brought up in Algeria. He now lives in Switzerland. He is an accomplished oud player and violinist and percussionist. He has a few recordings, most of which involve jazz musicians.Sadaka is my favorite of his recordings. Straightforward arrangements and recording, with the focus on oud, saxophone...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Rima Khcheich
Rima Khcheich is a talented singer from Lebanon. Here she teams up with stellar Dutch jazz saxophonist Yuri Honing and his trio in a live performance. Highly recommended: their Arabic version of Bjork's "Isobel" is alone worth the price of the cd. They perform versions of several classic Arabic songs ("Emta Hata'araf", "La Enta Habibi",...
Anouar Brahem Sheet Music
Here are some transcriptions I have made of Anouar Brahem's music. Brahem is well-known as one of the foremost Arabic jazz oud players and composers. His work (especially his more recent recordings) tend to be meditative in tone, but he can still surprise with fiery intensity on occasion.Note: These transcriptions are my own work, which...
Rabih Abou-Khalil, part 2
A couple of other nice recordings by Abou-Khalil: <A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?rt=ss_w_mpw&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Farabicsccom-20%2F8014%2Feaec4959-fdf8-4b5e-a2c3-265671bf0edc&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com...
Anouar Brahem, part 2
Astrakan Café - 2000 Anouar Brahem : oud Barbaros Erköse : clarinet Lassad Hosni : bendir, darbouka Le Pas du Chat Noir - 2002 A very subdued album that rewards repeated listening. Brahem's oud playing does not dominate, but blends with the piano and accordion, with echoes of Bill Evans, Philip Glass, Schubert and Chopin.Anouar Brahem...
Issa Hassan
Issa Hassan is a Kurdish musician who primarily plays buzuq. He has lived in Lebanon and currently lives in Paris. He has a couple of albums with jazz influences:Issa Hassan, buzuq and compositionElie Maalouf, piano and compositionAdel Shams-el-Din, percussionwith Haroun Teboul, Emek Ev...
Tareq Abboushi
Abboushi has been playing the buzuq starting at the National Conservatory of Music in Ramallah, Palestine, and continuing in New York City. He also is an accomplished jazz pianist, having studied at William Paterson University. His band Shusmo has a self-titled release that is well worth getting, with a great mix of original tunes and improvisations. Clarinetist Lefteris Bournias is a fiery complement to the more introspective...
Amir ElSaffar
Iraqi-American trumpeter, santour player, vocalist, and composer Amir ElSaffar grew up in River Forest, IL, a suburb west of Chicago; he was first exposed to jazz recordings by his father, and his mother taught him to sing and play American folk songs on ukulele and guitar when he was nine. He eventually found his calling with the trumpetAfter moving to New York in 2000, he became more involved with studying the Arab and specifically...
Simon Shaheen
A Palestinian, born in the village of Tarshiha in the Galilee, Shaheen's childhood was steeped in music. His father, Hikmat Shaheen, was a professor of music and a master 'oud player. Simon began playing the oud at the age of five and the violin shortly thereafter. Most of Shaheen's recorded output is on the more traditional side. His jazziest disc, Blue Flame is somewhat reminiscent of the music of John McLaughlin or Paco DeLucia....
Anouar Brahem
All of Brahem's available releases are on ECM. He has a simpler, more contemplative style than most oud players, and has on occasion shown his more traditional side. He rarely plays microtonal maqamat. Selected discography: Barzakh - 1991With spare instumentation, much of the album is quite understated, though not without flights of virtuosity.Anouar...
Rabih Abou-Khalil
Lebanese oud player, one of the first to work extensively with jazz musicians. A prolific composer, Abou-Khalil is known for his rhythmically intricate compositions that (unlike traditional Arabic music) frequently change meter in a free-flowing way, often several times within a phrase or section. He does not use any of the microtonal maqamat (modes, sing. maqam in his music. He generally performs with Western musicians, most...
Ahmed Abdul Malik
Amazon.com WidgetsJazz Sahara (1958)Ahmed Abdul-Malik (oud, bass); Jack Ghanaim (qanun); Naim Karacand (violin); Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone); Al Harewood (drums), Mike Hamway, percussion Amazon.com WidgetsEast Meets West (1958)Ahmed Abdul-Malik (bass, oud); Lee Morgan (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Benny Golson and Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophones); Ahmed Yetman (qanun); Naim Karacand (violin); Bilal Abdurrahman,...
Welcome to the Arabic Jazz blog!
Ahlan wa sahlan!Welcome to my blog. I've created this blog to share information and news about music that mixes elements of jazz and Arabic music. I'll also share scores and transcriptions etc. for musicia...
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Hussein El Jasmi - Feqatek
Enjoy Hussein El Jasmi ij his song Feqatek. Best Arabic music and video songs. More Arabic Songs: Ma Yeswa - Hussein al JasmiHusien El Jasmi New 2010 * ayam-fe-7ayaty *Hussien El Jasmi - 6 El Sob7 Save and share Feqatek for Hussein El Jasmi Want to share this song with your family and friends? Click the button below to send them an email or save this to your favorite social netwo...
Hussein El Jasmi - Feqatek
Enjoy Hussein El Jasmi ij his song Feqatek. Best Arabic music and video songs. More Arabic Songs: Ma Yeswa - Hussein al JasmiHusien El Jasmi New 2010 * ayam-fe-7ayaty *Hussien El Jasmi - 6 El Sob7 Save and share Feqatek for Hussein El Jasmi Want to share this song with your family and friends? Click the button below to send them an email or save this to your favorite social netwo...
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