Results for "Michel Sajrawy"

Michel Sajrawy

Born: November 8

Michel Sajrawy is a guitarist, composer and producer from Nazareth, Israel, whose distinctive musical language brings together Middle Eastern Music, jazz, fusion and contemporary sounds. His work explores the meeting point between the modal traditions and melodic character of Middle Eastern Music and the harmonic, rhythmic and improvisational language of jazz.

A central element of Sajrawy’s music is his innovative approach to performing quarter tones on the fretted electric guitar. Rather than adding extra frets or using a fretless instrument, he developed his own technique of producing quarter-tone intervals through controlled string bending. This allows him to preserve the freedom of the conventional guitar for jazz chords, lines and improvisation while incorporating the microtonal language of Middle Eastern Music. The technique gives his playing a distinctive expressive quality, combining the nuances of Middle Eastern melodic tradition with the character and flexibility of the electric guitar.

Musical Crime

By Michel Sajrawy

Label: Dasam Studio
Released: 2026
Track listing: Batumi; Farha; Alchemy; Bayat Funk; Land Of The Midday Stars

Soul Fingers

By Michel Sajrawy

Label: Dasam Studio
Released: 2019

Floating City

By Michel Sajrawy

Label: Hevhetia
Released: 2016
Track listing: Floating City; Bride Of The Galilee; On The Road; Life Smiles Back; Absence; Zanjaran; Earth, Wind, & Fire; I’m Not Sure; Sahra.

Michel Sajrawy: Floating City

by James Nadal
March 9, 2017

In his ongoing quest to create a singular jazz alignment bridging traditional and contemporary music of his homeland, Israeli guitarist Michel Sajrawy explores the multicultural background of the city of Nazareth, in Floating City. Though Jerusalem gets all the headlines and global attention, Nazareth stands apart as a city epitomizing co-existence in a region ravaged by ...

Tipat Mazal

Featuring the music of Michel Sajrawy
Duration: 4:18
July 8, 2013

Arabop

By Michel Sajrawy

Label: Ozella Music / Dasam Studio
Released: 2012
Track listing: Tojann; 1 Count Before 40; Arabop; Syncretic Beliefs; Batumi; Hal Asmar Ellon; Ya Lel; Invention; Longa Farah Faza.

Bride Of The Galilee

October 2, 2012

Album: Writings On The Wall
By Michel Sajrawy
Label: Ozella Music
Released: 2009
Duration: 6:51

Michel Sajrawy: Arabop

by James Nadal
September 27, 2012

Arabian music is distinguished by its historical documentation as far back as the seventh century. If performed and heard today, it is readily identifiable for its distinct configuration or format, based on maqamat (modes) and jins (sets of notes), which provide its unique ethnic sound. Enter into this equation guitarist Michel Sajrawy, who catapults Arabian-derived music ...

Tojann

Featuring the music of Michel Sajrawy
Duration: 6:00
September 12, 2012