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Edition MAWi
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Remembering Machghara View on Youtube
07:14
Popularity 10/10 -
Walking On Air View on Youtube
09:07
Popularity 10/10 -
Nida View on Youtube
06:43
Popularity 9/10 -
Revelation View on Youtube
05:42
Popularity 8/10 -
Wordless View on Youtube
08:08
Popularity 8/10 -
Sweet Rain View on Youtube
05:02
Popularity 9/10 -
Outlook View on Youtube
08:27
Popularity 8/10 -
Caravan View on Youtube
05:36
Popularity 9/10 -
Dreaming Of A Dying City View on Youtube
11:05
Popularity 7/10
The tracks are nicely constructed, and the improvisations are not allowed to run amok or become shapeless. The tunes are, as usual with Abou-Khalil, Middle Eastern melodies with phrases and turns that nod at Western notions of what "Oriental" music sounds like. This conceit paves the way for the extremely rare event of Abou-Khalil covering someone else's song. And which did he choose? Duke Ellington's "Caravan," the all-time most famous faux-Arabic jazz number! The song turns into a duet between El-Achek's violin and Selim Kusur's nay (Arabic flute). It's fun but lightweight compared to the album's originals. All the instrumentalists are in fine form, particularly Glen Velez, who really shakes his tambourine as well as pulling out his snare drums for several numbers. Abou-Khalil has never been better as a performer, especially on the opening of "Remembering Machgara," where he makes his oud sound like an electric guitar. It helps that the album is unusually well-arranged, even for Abou-Khalil, and well-recorded, even for Enja, everything sounding wonderfully present and defined. This album represents the expatriate Lebanese composer-musician in his prime. ~ Kurt Keefner
1. Remembering Machghara
- Performer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
- Composer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
2. Walking On Air
- Performer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
- Composer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
3. Nida
- Performer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
- Composer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
4. Revelation
- Performer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
- Composer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
5. Wordless
- Performer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
- Composer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
6. Sweet Rain
- Performer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
- Composer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
7. Outlook
- Performer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
- Composer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
8. Caravan
- Primary Artist
- Rabih Abou-khalil
- Composer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
- Artist
- Rabih Abou-khalil
- Music Publisher
- Enja European New Jazz Musikgesellschaft Mbh
9. Dreaming Of A Dying City
- Performer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
- Composer
- Rabih Abou-khalil
Technical Specifications
- Volume
- 1 volume only
- Tracks
- 9 tracks available
- Type
- ALBUM
- Format
- Digital Media
- Duration
- 1 hour, 7 minutes and 10 seconds
- Explicit
- None
- Coverart
- Available and up to 3000x3000 px
- Booklet
- Not available
- Max Quality
CD Quality (Lossless)
16bit / 44.1 kHz
Stereo
- Audio Extension
Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF
Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA
- Archive Format
- Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR
- Lyrics
- No lyrics found
- Synchronized Lyrics
- No synced lyrics found
- Genres
- Jazz, World Fusion
- Label
- ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann
- Music Distribution Service
- Kontor Records GmbH
- Country
Germany
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Popularity
- Popularity 0/10
- Release Date
- Jan 30, 1994
- Track Preview
- Available
- Delivery Charge
- Free
- Delivery Method
- Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site
- UPC
- 63757937326