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| The Cactus of Knowledge |
| Rabih Abou-Khalil |
első megjelenés éve: 2002
67 perc |
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| (2007)
[ DIGIPACK ]
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CD |
| 6.321 Ft
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| 1. | The Lewinsky March
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| 2. | Business As Usual
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| 3. | Fraises Et Creme Fraiche
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| 4. | Got To Go Home
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| 5. | Oum Said
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| 6. | Maltese Chicken Farm
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| 7. | Ma Muse M Amuse
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| 8. | Pont Neuf
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Jazz / World Fusion
Rabih Abou-Khalil oud, composition
Eddie Allen trumpet
Dave Ballou trumpet
Gabriele Mirabassi clarinet
Antonio Hart alto saxophone
Ellery Eskelin tenor saxophone
Tom Varner french horn
Dave Bargeron euphonium
Michel Godard tuba
Vincent Courtois cello
Jarrod Cagwin drums
Nabil Khaiat mizhar, riq
Rabih Abou-Khalil's music transcends the definitions of Arabic traditions, American Jazz and European Classical Music while still rooted in all of these. Since his first recordings in the early 80s, Lebanese composer and oud player Abou-Khalil has gone a long way creating a new genre of his own. Two years after the calm and reflective "Yara" (a multi-award winner), he presents his long awaited new album featuring a high voltage line-up that includes no less than eight horn players. For his most ambitious project to date, Abou-Khalil incorporated six American jazz greats into a novel Transatlantic "big band" mixture and presents eight new compositions which are among the most intricate he has written so far. The music on "The Cactus Of Knowledge" offers constantly changing rhythms, thrilling dynamics and an endless flow of Oriental-flavored melodies in a nearly orchestral context new to our ears.
Beside the compositional innovation, this music features the corporate effort of an intercontinental ensemble of great improvisers whose stylistics range from straight-ahead jazz to new classical music. Italian Gabriele Mirabassi is among the leading clarinet virtuosos worldwide and has also become a member of Abou-Khalil's touring band. The orchestra's unprecedented rhythmic force is provided by the extraordinary "bass team" of Michel Godard (well known for his "Castel del Monte" project) and Dave Bargeron (an American legend since his recordings for Blood Sweat & Tears). The outstanding rhythm section is completed by French experimental cello player Vincent Courtois, young American drummer Jarrod Cagwin and Abou-Khalil's long-time partner, Syrian percussionist Nabil Khaiat.
Rabih Abou-Khalil
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: World Fusion
The musical traditions of the Arabic world are fused with jazz improvisation and European classical techniques by Lebanese-born oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil. The CMJ New Music Report noted that Abou-Khalil has "consistently sought to create common ground between the Arab music mileau of his roots and the more global musical world of today." Down Beat praised Abou-Khalil's music as "a unique hybrid that successfully spans the world of traditional Arabic music and jazz." Although he learned to play the oud, a fretless, Lebanese lute, as a youngster, Abou-Khalil temporarily switched to the classical flute, which he studied at the Academy of Music after moving to Munich, Germany, during the Lebanese Civil War in 1978. In an attempt to explore new ways to play Arabic music, he returned to the oud and began to incorporate techniques more often played on jazz guitar. In the early-'90s, Abou-Khalil was commissioned by Southwest German radio to write two pieces that were debuted in a performance with the Kronos String Quartet at the Stuttgart Jazz Summit in 1992, and recorded with the Belanescu Quartet four years later. Abou-Khalil has worked with a mixture of Arabic, Indian, and American jazz musicians, including alto saxophonist Sonny Fortune, frame drummer and percussionist Glen Valez, conga player Milton Cardona, harmonica ace Howard Levy, and bassists Glen Moore and Steve Swallow.
---Craig Harris, All Music Guide |
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