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Peninsular

Label: Edict Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Indisar; Hala Land; Samrias; Qumairah; Al Qorbi Nasnas; Gate of Tears; Peninsular; Rastprints; Ayyala Cubana.

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Tarek Yamani: Peninsular

Read "Peninsular" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


On his third release Peninsular, pianist and composer Tarek Yamani continues to explore the amalgamation of Arabic music and American jazz. His work is more than a simple juxtaposition of disparate styles as it is built upon shared elements in both genres. On the current album, commissioned for the Abou Dhabi festival, Yamani's focus is folk ...

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Lisan Al Tarab

Label: Edict Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Hibbi Zurni; Ah Ya Zein; Lamma Bada Yatathanna; Fi Hulal Al Afrah; Zarani Al Mahboub; Lahn Al Shayalin; New Dabke; Beirut Zahra Fi Gheir Awanha; Chemali Wali.

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Tarek Yamani: Lisan Al Tarab

Read "Lisan Al Tarab" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Pianist Tarek Yamani's second release Lisãn Al Tarab is a sublime and innovative exploration of the common ground between Jazz and Arabic musical heritage. The title loosely translates as “Language of the Music" although there is no equivalent word to tarab in English. Tarab is the unique concept of music fused with its ecstatic, emotional impact, ...

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Ashur

Label: Edict Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Passegiatta; 26-2; Sama’I Yamani; East of the Sun; Giant Trane; Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime; Ashur; Dexterity; Dabke in Eb Nakriz; Prelude No. II in C Minor.

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Tarek Yamani Trio: Ashur

Read "Ashur" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Accolades often disappear in the mists of time but Tarek Yamani who won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composer's Award 2010, for “Sama'i Yamani," stamps his credentials in no uncertain terms on Ashur. Born in Lebanon, he is a self-taught pianist who found his groove in several styles including hip-hop, Afro-Cuban and flamenco music. He began ...

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Siberian Bear

Label: Edict Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Basically Actually Eventually; Decision to Make; Only Passing is Eternal: Part 1, Part2; It's For You; The Cockroach; Siberian Bear Suite: Statement 1, Interlude, Statement 2.

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Kristijan Krajncan Ensemble: Siberian Bear

Read "Siberian Bear" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Kranj, Slovenia-born drummer Kristijan Krajnčan first studied the violincello before going on to jazz drumming. The move turned out to be astute for he had now found his niche. On his way to graduating in jazz drumming, and even later, he won several European prizes, and was active on the jazz scene playing in groups that ...


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