Bukra
by Rabih Abou-Khalil
- Type: Album
- Released: 1989
- Label: MMP
- Country: Lebanon
- Length: 42:05
- Community rating: 4/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The virtuosic oud player pioneers a seamless integration of complex Middle Eastern rhythmic traditions with the fluidity of Western jazz improvisation. Accompanied by a stellar cast of international musicians, 'Bukra' achieves a profound, organically realized cross-cultural synthesis.
Genres
Descriptors: Folk, Fusion, improvisation, folklore, instrumental, fusion, improvisational, saxophone, rhythmic
Tracklist
- Fortune Seeker (4:52)
- Bukra (7:58)
- Kibbe (8:16)
- Remember... The Desert (7:10)
- Nayla (9:24)
- Time (4:25)
Credits
- Sonny Fortune - alto saxophone
- Glen Moore - bass
- Georges Ghantous - cover [cover art], artwork [cover art], calligraphy
- Ramesh Shotham - drum [south indian drums], percussion
- Glen Velez - frame drum [frame drums], percussion, overtone voice [overtone singing]
- Henry Riedel - lacquer cut by