Taqasim Music Cd

The Marcels - Taqasim

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Taqasim      Artist : Marcel Khalife      List Price : $16.95 USD        Your Price : $16.95 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2006-11-06      Studio : Nagam Records, Inc.      Label : Nagam Records, Inc.      Avg. Customer Rating : (2 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Taqasim      Music for the Soul      Rating:      Words do not do justice to what you hear on this disc; it is beyond sound. The playfulness and mesmerizing collaborations make one realize that feeling is an integral part of music; for the musician and the listener. I have had to return the disc a second time due to a defect on the third track and am hopeful that I will be able to listen to Taqasim without defect.     Customer Reviews for Taqasim Cd      Universal Oud Virtuoso for the 21st Century      Rating:      This recording is something different. . . and wonderful. I am late in hearing the compositions and dazzling oud of Marcel Khalife. [Kudos to Amazon for leading me to him.] Largely in the 1980s and early 1990s, the then novel jazzlike, world music explorations of fellow Lebanese oud player Rabih Abou-Khalil reached American ears via ECM and Enja recordings (which I had collected), but Khalife's works are in another, more universal class. While certainly rooted in Arabic tarab art-music, they are close in spirit and form to classical Western chamber compositions or even modern free jazz (like the group Oregon or Keith Jarrett's solo piano improvisations). This recording is not fusion nor Europop-influenced music; rather it is truly modern Arabic music. Khalife's music, however, is unique and original; it defies precise categorization. Much appreciated in North Africa and the Middle East, Kahlife's audience will sure expand, and this booklike album will help. I especially recommend his earlier 2-CD 2-oud quartet release, "Jadal", which will astonish you and which I rate *****. Editorial Reviews for Taqasim Audio Cd      Product Description      Marcel Khalife's new composition Taqasim is a duo for oud and double bass accompanied by Near Eastern percussion. Khalife is accompanied by Peter Herbert on double bass and Bachar Khalife on percussion.