Jazeera Nights (Folk and Pop Sounds of Syria)
by Omar Souleyman
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 11 May 2010
- Label: Sublime Frequencies
- Country: Syria
- Length: 49:16
- Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The nine tracks of 'Jazeera Nights' are live recordings made between 1995 and 2009 and transferred from cassette, compiled and edited by Mark Gergis as Omar Souleyman's third collection for Western listeners. They capture the raw wedding party sound of the Jazira region, bouzok and keyboards at full tilt, before his later studio collaborations carried the music further afield.
Genres
Descriptors: live, dance, party, percussive, lo-fi
Tracklist
- Hafer Gabrak Bidi (I Will Dig Your Grave With My Hands) (06:25)
- Ala Il Hanash Madgouga (The Bedouin Tattoo) (05:00)
- Hot Il Khanjar Bi Gleibi (Stab My Heart) (06:37)
- Kell Il Banat Inkhatban (All The Girls Are Engaged) (03:41)
- Labji Wa Bajji Il Hajar (My Tears Will Make The Stones Cry) (04:20)
- Dazeitlak Dezzelli (I Signal, You Deny) (04:53)
- Li Raja Behawakom (I Beg You, Baby) (03:55)
- Mandal - Metel Il Sukkar Ala Il Shai (I Don't Know - Like The Sugar In The Tea) (10:15)
- Eih Min Elemkom (From The Day That I Told You) (04:10)
Credits
- Omar Souleyman - primary artist, voice
- Rizan Sa'id - keyboards, percussion
- Ahmed Al-Samer - words by [poetry]
- Hassan Hamadi - words by [poetry]
- Mahmoud Harbi - words by [poetry]
- Hamid Souleyman - bouzouki [bouzouk]
- Arshia Haq - liner notes [copy editing]
- Raed Yassin - liner notes [translation and assistance]