#2118: Program #2118

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

It’s a cross-cultural hour of music on this New Sounds program. Hear a piece from the Orchestre National de Jazz featuring oud player Anouar Brahem, plus a trio work from a record by percussionist Yousif Sheronick. Also, joining us live in the studio is the East-West Ensemble, the boundary-blurring Israeli band which mixes the melodies and structures of Jewish, Arab, Asian, rock, and jazz idioms.

PROGRAM #2118 Cross-Cultural Music, with the East-West Ensemble (First aired on 1/31/03)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
The East-West Ensemble	Imaginary Ritual	Bandari, excerpt [1:30]	Released on Third Ear Records (Israel), available at www.digital-music-archives.com
Orchestre National de Jazz	Charmediterraneén	Montbeliard Trio [2:00]	ECM #1828 www.ecmrecords.com OR available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Yousif Sheronick	Silk Thread	Jubb Jannin [7:00]	Bribie #YS 2816 www.yousifsheronick.com
Divahn	Divahn	Ta Ribon Alam [3:30] Yodukha Rayonai [5:30]	Miz Rocky Records, available from www.divahn.com
The East-West Ensemble	Live	Imaginary Ritual on the Ethiopian - Persian Border [7:00] Bandari [5:00]	See above.
Mahagita	Harp & Vocal Music of Burma	Longing In A Forest Glade [3:30]	Smithsonian Folkways #40492 www.folkways.si.edu
Burma Wind (Robert Bassara)	The Spirit Of Lama	Autumn Day, excerpt [1:30]	Gorgon Productions #037, gorgon@newmex.com

*, ** Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page

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