Jazz Sahara

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Total Tracks: 4   Total Length: 38:43

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Arabic Jazz

JoeAcid

Ahmed Abdul-Malik is one of these guys, who brings classic arabic music together with Jazz elements without been boring. The rythm, vibes and melodies swing into your soul and let you fly on a magic carpet to 1000 and one night. If you like arabic music this is the album for you.

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This CD reissue is an early example of fusing jazz with world music. Abdul-Malik switches between bass and oud; interacts closely with the droning violin of Naim Karacand, Jack Ghanaim’s kanoon (a 72-string instrument), and Mike Hamway’s darabeka (a percussive drum); and mixes in Al Harewood’s drums and (on three of the four selections) the tenor of Johnny Griffin. The music is a qualified success, essentially Middle Eastern folk music with Griffin added in. This set is interesting and, in its own way, innovative but not essential. – Scott Yanow