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Makram Aboul Hosn: The Spirit Lives

by Ian Patterson
April 22, 2021

Music does not have the power to right the wrongs of the world, but when it works its magic, it can soothe troubled souls and uplift battered spirits like few other things. Lebanese bassist/composer Makram Aboul Hosn's second album, Transmigration (Self Produced, 2021) is proof of that. It is a fine album, steeped in swing as well as more contemporary hues, and brings together some of Beirut's best jazz musicians. For many reasons, the odds were stacked against ...

Album Review

Makram Aboul Hosn: Transmigration

Read "Transmigration" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
April 16, 2021

It is testament to bassist/composer Makram Aboul Hosn's tenacity that Transmigration has seen the light of day at all. Awarded a grant from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture at the end of 2019, the Lebanese bassist had been all set to record the album in Europe with an international line-up. Then Covid-19 struck, adding to the already extreme political, social and economic chaos plaguing Lebanon. Unbowed, Aboul Hosn rewrote the music and went into the studio on August ...