Roots & Sprouts

by Rabih Abou-Khalil

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: MMP
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Length: 55:30
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Continuing to pioneer the integration of Middle Eastern classical traditions with modern jazz, the Lebanese oud virtuoso released this intricate instrumental collection. Accompanied by prominent Western jazz instrumentalists, the highly rhythmic performances bridge Levantine folk structures with deep, exploratory improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, rhythmic, atmospheric, fusion, improvisational, saxophone

Tracklist

  1. Remembering Machgara (7:10)
  2. Walking On Air (9:03)
  3. Nida (6:38)
  4. Revelation (5:38)
  5. Wordless (8:05)
  6. Sweet Rain (4:59)
  7. Outlook (8:25)
  8. Caravan (5:32)

Credits

  • Glen Moore - bass
  • Mohammad Al-Sous - darbouka [darabukka]
  • Glen Velez - frame drum [frame drums]
  • Selim Kusur - ney [nay]
  • Yassin El-Achek - violin

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