I was bowled over by this oud playing from Munir Bashir and would appreciate recommendations for other oud players/albums:
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An oud was the subject of one of those emotional repair jobs on ‘The Repair Shop’ (BBC TV) yesterday. The father of its owner would accompany himself while singing to his eleven children. The repairer, as usual, had done a great job of returning the beautiful oud to pristine condition, and even he was nearly welling up at how much it meant to the owner.Comment
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Thanks for that, JR. I like this track very much although it may not be as classical as Munir Bashir - 'Greetings' by Hamza El Din - I think he's Egyptian.Originally posted by Jazzrook View PostI was bowled over by this oud playing from Munir Bashir and would appreciate recommendations for other oud players/albums:
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Enjoyed that, jc - many thanks.Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
Here's a moving track by Iraqi oudist Naseer Shamma commemorating an American bombing of a shelter in Amiriyya during 1991 where over 400 civilians died:
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For fine contemporary oud playing may I recommend [Le Luth de Baghdad][/I] by Naseer Shamma, an Iraqi oud player who celebrates his 60th birthday this year and is based in Cairo? These live recordings date from the mid-1990s and were made at the Institut du Monde Arabe in paris. I have no idea whether or not the recording, on the Institut's own label (distributed by Harmonia Mundi) is still available - or anything else on that label for that matter.Comment
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Thanks JR - the Oud deserves its own thread....Originally posted by Jazzrook View PostI was bowled over by this oud playing from Munir Bashir and would appreciate recommendations for other oud players/albums:
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You could do a lot worse than have a trawl around The Internet Archive.
This is a good example, and a particulaly atmospheric track:
All credit to the Lyrichord publisher who put this together, and the label is still going in a certain form
Bonus track is a Turkish Oud 78rpm single - Sabah-Taksim-oud-Ile-Hrand, released in the USA.
I love the scratches and hisses almost as much as the plaintive sound.Comment
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For those of an oud interest, there is a concert coming up at the Barbican (actually Milton Hall) on the 10th February by the Britten Sinfonia and Joseph Tawadros:
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