• 1.1. oriental mood
  • 1.2. dawn
  • 1.3. mervat 4.17
  • 1.4. ramadan in space time
  • 1.5. kleopatra
  • 1.6. neveen
  • 1.7. egypt strut
  • 1.8. a tribute to sun ra
  • 1.9. khan al-kaleely
  • 1.10. black butterfly
  • 1.11. latino in cairo
  • 1.12. upper egypt "the king's valley"
  • 1.13. the crossin
  • 1.14. calling you
  • 1.15. kleopatra (alternate take)

ragab, salah/the cairo jazz band

egyptian jazz (remastered)

EGYPTIAN JAZZ
(REMASTERED)

CD  €  14,99
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EGYPTIAN JAZZ
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Strut present the 1973 Egyptian jazz classic, 'Egypt Strut' by Salah Ragaband Cairo Jazz Band. Inspired by a concert in Cairo by Randy Weston in 1967 encouraging Pan-African unity, drummer Ragab, Eduard "Edu" Vizvari, a Czech jazzmusician, and Hartmut Geerken of Goethe Institut vowed to create Egypt'sfirst jazz big band. Following the Arab-Israeli war, Ragab became a Majorin the Egyptian army and had unparalleled access to the military's 3000musicians spanning Upper and Lower Egypt, along with a wide range ofinstruments. Part of the barracks were christened the Jazz House and,following a crash course in jazz history by Geerken, the Cairo Jazz Bandwas born, playing their first concert at Ewart Memorial Hall at the AmericanUniversity in 1969. Further ... read more

 
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