#3263: Near Eastern Jazz

New Sounds | Feb 17, 2014

There's an hour of Near Eastern Jazz for this New Sounds Program. We'll listen to Iraqi jazz from Amir Elsaffar's Two Rivers Ensemble and Turkish jazz from Okay Temiz & Saffet Gundeger. Plus, Ethiopian jazz from Mulatu Astatqe, and world jazz from Rabih Abou-Khalil (specifically, "Levant jazz" from areas including Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan.) All that, and more.

PROGRAM # 3263, Near Eastern Jazz (First aired on 10/28/2011)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Rabih Abou-Khalil	Between Dusk and Dawn	Dusk, excerpt [2:00]	MMP 170886 / Enja www.enjarecords.com
Amir Elsaffir & Two Rivers Ensemble	Inana	Journey to the Underworld [15:12]	PI Recordings 41 www.pirecordings.com
Mulatu Astatqe	Ethiopiques 4 - Ethio Jazz & Musiques Instrumentale 1969-1974	Yekermo Sew [4:16]	Buda Musique # 829642 www.budamusique.com
Mahmoud Ahmed	Ere Mela Mela	Bemen Sebeb Letlash [4:34]	Now reissued as Ethiopiques, Vol. 7, Buda Musique # 829802 www.budamusique.com
Okay Temiz & Saffet Gundeger	Okay Temiz & Saffet Gundeger	Kabak Aga [5:02]	Organic Music OM 5 LP Urspar 1984. Out of print.
Rabih Abou-Khalil	Between Dusk and Dawn	Dusk [14:00]	See above.
Amir Elsaffir & Two Rivers Ensemble	Inana	Al-Badia [5:00]	See above.

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