Results for "Makram"

Article: Profile

A Brief Guide To Lebanese Jazz

by Ian Patterson
October 22, 2024

Lebanon is known for many things--its lush valleys, a fertile coastal plain and a 170 km-long mountain range carpeted with cedar, oak and pine. Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon, Tyre, Byblos and Baalbek--its cities' names resonate with history's vibrations. These are cities that have borne more history than most. It is a country renowned for its ...

Album

Makram

By Joe Locke

Label: Circle 9
Released: 2023
Track listing: Love For Sale; Raise Heaven (For Roy); Makram; Elegy For Us All; Tushkin; Shifting Moon; Song For Vic Juris; Interwoven Hues; Lush Life.

Article: Album Review

Joe Locke: Makram

by Neil Duggan
April 20, 2023

One of the leading vibraphone specialists of the 21st century, Joe Locke has won multiple awards and performed with artists as diverse as the Beastie Boys and Ron Carter. It's not just his musicianship on the vibraphone that sets him apart. He is a highly versatile arranger, incorporating soul and international influences. Named after the Lebanese ...