Tarab

by Rabih Abou-Khalil

Tarab cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Enja
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Length: 1:00:54
  • Community rating: 3.54/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Oud virtuoso Rabih Abou-Khalil continues to explore the profound intersections of traditional Arabic music and contemporary jazz. 'Tarab' features a deeply meditative, atmospheric fusion of microtonal Eastern modalities with masterful Western jazz improvisation, aiming to invoke the titular concept of musical ecstasy.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, improvisation, microtonal, technical, melodic, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Bushman In The Desert (8:00)
  2. After Dinner (5:52)
  3. Awakening (8:06)
  4. Haneen Wa Hanaan (8:07)
  5. Lost Centuries (7:10)
  6. In Search Of The Well (3:37)
  7. Orange Fields (9:38)
  8. A Tooth Lost (5:20)
  9. Arabian Waltz (4:58)

Credits

  • Georges Ghantous - artwork [cover art], calligraphy
  • Glen Moore - bass
  • Ramesh Shotham - drums [south indian drums], percussion
  • Nabil Khaiat - frame drum [frame drums], percussion
  • Selim Kusur - ney [nay]

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