Rabih Abou-KHALIL - Nafas 1992

Rabih Abou-KHALIL - Nafas  1992
Label: Ecm
Audio CD: (June 19, 2001)

Jazz

The musical traditions of the Arabic world are fused with jazz improvisation and European classical techniques by Lebanese-born oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil. The CMJ New Music Report noted that Abou-Khalil has "consistently sought to create common ground between the Arab music mileau of his roots and the more global musical world of today." Down Beat praised Abou-Khalil's music as "a unique hybrid that successfully spans the world of traditional Arabic music and jazz." Although he learned to play the oud, a fretless, Lebanese lute, as a youngster, Abou-Khalil temporarily switched to the classical flute, which he studied at the Academy of Music after moving to Munich, Germany, during the Lebanese Civil War in 1978. In an attempt to explore new ways to play Arabic music, he returned to the oud and began to incorporate techniques more often played on jazz guitar. In the early-'90s, Abou-Khalil was commissioned by Southwest German radio to write two pieces that were debuted in a performance with the Kronos String Quartet at the Stuttgart Jazz Summit in 1992, and recorded with the Belanescu Quartet four years later. Abou-Khalil has worked with a mixture of Arabic, Indian, and American jazz musicians, including alto saxophonist Sonny Fortune, frame drummer and percussionist Glen Valez, conga player Milton Cardona, harmonica ace Howard Levy, and bassists Glen Moore and Steve Swallow.
By Craig Harris, All Music Guide.
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"Nafas" was recorded in Oslo in February of 1988. Rabih Abou-Khalil relies more on rhythms then he did on his prior release "Between Dusk And Dawn". In addition, this album is much more traditional, and lacks the improvisation of the previous release. For me, this wasn't quite up to the level of his prior work, but it is still worthwhile. "Window" and "Incantation" are my two favorite tracks.
By  Dave.
Rabih Abou-Khalil (Oud),
Selim Kusur (Nay, voice),
Glen Velez (Frame drums),
Setrak Sarkissian (Darabukka).
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01. Awakening 2:07
02. Window 8:57
03. Gaval Dance 4:29
04. The Return I 6:23
05. The Return II 4:24
06. Incantation 6:06
07. Waiting 7:34
08. Amal Hayati 6:49
09. Nafas 1:36
10. Nandi 2:06
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