Nassim Maalouf - Improvisations Orientales (1994) {Club Du Disque Arabe AAA116}
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© 1994 Club Du Disque Arabe | AAA 116
World / Arab Music / Jazz / Classical / Microtonal Music / Quarter-Tone Trumpet
My recent review of Ibrahim Maalouf's "Diasporas", made me search for his father's Nassim Maalouf's "Improvisations Orientales" from 1994, the first solo trumpet CD with his quartertone trumpet, and of which I now found a copy. For this trumpet he added a fourth valve, half the length of the second valve, which is played by the index finger of his left hand. On this CD he demonstrates how Arabic scales or "maqamat" can be played with the trumpet. But the record brings more than just a demonstration. It brings music of a purity seldom heard.
If you like Frank London's Invocations, you may like this one even more; it does with Arabic music what London did for jewish prayer songs, turning it into a moving solo trumpet incantation. Most of the music is very spiritual, slow, melancholy and sad, but luckily some dances are included as well, breaking the monotony. On some tracks he is accompanied by Adel Chams Eddine on frame drums. His playing is exceptional, and so is the music.
Personnel
Nassim Maalouf - the arab quartet-tone trumpet
Track Listing
01 Les Vepres
02 Les Grandes Complies
03 Priere de Minuit
04 Les Laudes
05 Ouverture des Prieres ''Al-Fatiha''
06 Priere de Louanges ''Psaume 150''
07 Cadence (Bayat)
08 Tarab (Rast)
09 Cadence (Sigah)
10 Invocation
11 Son de Cloches
12 Tarab
13 Defis
14 Seance de Zajal
15 Poeme
16 Danse de la Mariee
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1 | 0:00.33 | 4:24.30 | 33 | 19862
2 | 4:24.63 | 2:09.05 | 19863 | 29542
3 | 6:33.68 | 2:10.45 | 29543 | 39337
4 | 8:44.38 | 3:57.60 | 39338 | 57172
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14 | 43:59.00 | 4:16.55 | 197925 | 217179
15 | 48:15.55 | 1:22.45 | 217180 | 223374
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Nassim Maalouf / Improvisations Orientales
Used drive : ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U Adapter: 1 ID: 0
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Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.33 | 4:24.30 | 33 | 19862
2 | 4:24.63 | 2:09.05 | 19863 | 29542
3 | 6:33.68 | 2:10.45 | 29543 | 39337
4 | 8:44.38 | 3:57.60 | 39338 | 57172
5 | 12:42.23 | 1:30.70 | 57173 | 63992
6 | 14:13.18 | 5:31.55 | 63993 | 88872
7 | 19:44.73 | 2:58.50 | 88873 | 102272
8 | 22:43.48 | 7:41.65 | 102273 | 136912
9 | 30:25.38 | 2:57.40 | 136913 | 150227
10 | 33:23.03 | 3:14.70 | 150228 | 164847
11 | 36:37.73 | 2:37.32 | 164848 | 176654
12 | 39:15.30 | 1:46.68 | 176655 | 184672
13 | 41:02.23 | 2:56.52 | 184673 | 197924
14 | 43:59.00 | 4:16.55 | 197925 | 217179
15 | 48:15.55 | 1:22.45 | 217180 | 223374
16 | 49:38.25 | 2:29.45 | 223375 | 234594
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