The Rough Guide to Arabian Jazz | Limited Edition Vinyl & Download Card

Many of the key pioneers in the history of jazz had looked
Eastwards in their explorations; Alice and John Coltrane,
Yusef Lateef, Ahmed Abdul-Malik being some of the
early trail-blazers. Beyond, tracing the ancient journey of
what we know now as jazz runs into deep explorations
of the links between the Maghreb, Andalusia, flamenco,
gypsy culture, the organology of stringed lutes.. the
list goes on. This Rough Guide explores the complexly
bound relationship between jazz and the Arab world
and is a lovingly crafted collection of some of the finest
contemporary work on the international scene today.
Joseph Tawadro's oud opens the album with Forbidden
Fruit. Born in Cairo and living in Sydney since he was
a toddler, Tawadro has made his international name
melding the traditional Egyptian tagasim method of
melodic improvisation with jazz harmony.
Akim El Sikameya plays fiddle and sings, the latter as
mooth groove Ya Waadi. Hailing from Algeria,
ic audibly adventures on North Africa's cultural
to Europe and deals lyrics of exile direct from
50nal experience.