Showing posts with label Traditional. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Traditional. Show all posts

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Bahrain - Musical Atlas v. 23 - Unesco Collection





Unesco Collection - Musical Atlas
Bahrain - Traditional Folk and Ceremonial Music
EMI Italiana - 3C 064-18371 - P. 1979



Side A

A1 Harvest Song
A2 Saut
A3 Armuti'
A4 Nayel Kurdi
A5 Haflah

Side B


B1 Mkholfi
B2 Saut Arabi
B3 Ishab-Tayyeh-Khayali
B4 Ardah









This is a very good record with several hard to find musical traditions represented. Among the music there are some good tracks of sawt my favourite tracks are b2 & b3 but in general it is an interesting recording that should be brought back to a new audience. Many thanks goes to the good hunter zwan who's generous sharing of all vinyl prey is most appreciated. In this case however the hunt is not for the kill but the exact opposite, to bring back to life! How many have seen this LP before? Raise your hands now. I was not one of them. But there are many more good ones in this series so any help to collect them are most welcome! Below are but a few listed on the back of the sleeve. I'll post a more complete list here on Anthems of Luobaniya later.




Wednesday, May 12, 2010

EMI Pathé - Arabesques 4 - Jamil Bachir - 'Ud traditionnel en Iraq





Jamil Bachir - 'Ud traditionnel en Iraq - évocations modales - Arabesques 4
EMI Pathé - 2C 066-95.160 - P.1974

Side A

A1 'Orfa 3'45
A2 Husayni 2'55
A3 Churi 2'50
A4 Dacht 2'00
A5 Awchar 2'25
A6 Madmi 2'20

Side B

B1 Lami 2'45
B2 Swehli 1'50
B3 Abudhiye 2'05
B4 Awj 3'10
B5 Mukhalef 2'45
B6 Riqbaniye 3'10






Jamil Bashir, 'Ud


Jamil Bashir was born in Mosul, Iraq in 1921 and is the brother of Munir Bashir. His father, who was a singer, oud player and oud maker, started to teach him the oud when he was around six years old. When the Iraqi Music Institute opened in 1936, Jamil enrolled to learn oud with Sherif Muheddin Haydar and violin with Sando Alio. He finished his oud study in 1943 and his violin study in 1946, graduating with honours degrees in both instruments, and then worked at the Institute as an oud and violin teacher. At the same time he became the head of the Baghdad Radio Orchestra and then the Baghdad Radio Music Department. He also wrote a two-volume book on oud method. Jamil Bashir was also a good singer, but he did not continue singing as he preferred the oud. He died in London on 24th September 1977. There are currently no CDs of his work available, but you can listen some more audio files of his oud and violin playing at Zeryab.com

You can also hear Jamil Bashir on the "Rare Recordings" page at www.mikeouds.com
Above text quoted from David Parfitts site Oud eclipse
Many thanks to Ahmed al-Salhi (Kuwait) Hi Ahmed! :-) and Juneid Jamil Bashir (USA) for biographical information.