Results for "Zafer Tawil"

Zafer Tawil

ALMA

By Bárbara Martínez

Label: n/a
Released: 2024
Track listing: 1. Al Alba (At Dawn) 2. El Rosal (The Rosebush) 3. Paradoja (Paradox) 4. Mi Limonero (My Lemon Tree) 5. Interludio (Interlude) 6. Tu Cara (Your Face) 7. Salida (Outro) 8. Paradoja

The Other Shore

By Amir ElSaffar

Label: OutNote Records
Released: 2021

SLM Ensemble: Solo And Chamber Works For Peace on December 7 at The Cell Theatre

November 15, 2015

SLM Ensemble: Solo and Chamber Works for Peace on December 7, 2015 at 8:00pm. $20/$15. The Cell Theatre 338 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011 Ray Anderson, trombone David Taylor, bass trombone Samir Chatterjee, tabla Jane Ira Bloom, soprano saxophone Zafer Tawil, oud, ...

Amir ElSaffar and the Two Rivers Ensemble: Crisis

by Hrayr Attarian
July 20, 2015

On his third album with the Two Rivers ensemble, Crisis trumpeter and composer Amir ElSaffar continues to explore the Arabic Maqam modal system. He uses this melodic type in a context with strong American influences and particularly jazz sensibilities. The result is not merely a superficial, kitschy fusion but true marriage of two improvisational traditions.

Amir ElSaffar Two Rivers Ensemble: Inana

by Troy Collins
October 18, 2011

Born in Chicago to an American mother and Iraqi father, trumpeter Amir ElSaffar put his promising jazz career on hold in 2002 to study traditional Iraqi maqam abroad. His 2007 debut, Two Rivers (Pi Recordings), bore the fruit of his international studies, successfully fusing venerable aspects of the Iraqi classical vocal tradition with advanced improvisation techniques ...