Thread: Cairo Blue - Egyptian Jazz Fusion

The CD is here.
Cairo Blue


NOW AVAILABLE! - Egyptian Jazz with trumpet and sax. Beladi and beyond - From the streets of Cairo comes this fusion of traditional Middle Eastern rhythms with jazz. For dancers looking for new and unusual inspiration, this album is for you. There are two beladi progressions, sambas, rumbas, saidi, fellahi, maqsoum and the unusual afriqi - that will get your feet moving and put your imagination in overdrive. Yet the album succeeds as listening music as well. The unusual combination of Middle Eastern quarter note thrown into a jazz format is intriguing. Something for everyone. An exploration of rhythms including maqsoum beladi, saidi, rumba, samba, Afriqi and fellahi. Includes 2 complete beladi progressions. Over 70 minutes of original pieces. A wonderful listening experience.

CAIRO BLUE tracks

1. Yasmin Afriqiya sax 4:45
2. Francesca samba sax 5:47
3. Zahour rumba sax 5:29
4. Walad al-belad saidi sax 5:18
5. Ariel Leyalha Afriqi trumpet 4:37
6. Shawq rumba trumpet 3:54
7. Nadia fellahi trumpet 3:15
8. Meshwar samba trumpet 2:47
9. Zamar saidi trumpet 3:24
10. Nesmah rumba trumpet 3:00
11. King Tut’s beladi taqsim trumpet 1:32
12. King Tut’s beladi trumpet 2:25
13. Afreet Afriqiya sax 3:39
14. Dalia rumba sax 5:44
15. Samira samba sax 3:48
16. Bint Beladi taqsim sax 2 :10
17. Bint Beladi sax 3 :03
18. Yasmin Afriqiya (short) sax 2 :37

Oh, that sounds lovely! If Artemis does not already have these at her studio, you may just have to stop by next week to bring some for 'dem Turkophiles ;-)

Originally Posted by steffib

... 'dem Turkophiles ;-)

..l;,

She ordered 10 for you guys.

I would love to hear clips, any available online?

Originally Posted by dunyah

I would love to hear clips, any available online?

CD baby will have them in September. From release date it takes about 2 months for the on-line stuff to be processed and put up. It is also set to release on Amazon 27 Aug.
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Cairo-Hosein-al-Issawi-Ahmed-Ramaah/dp/B003TMJHJQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1279350893&sr=1-1]Amazon.com: Cairo Blue: Hosein al-Issawi;Ahmed Ramaah: Music[/ame]
But the clips and downloads (iTunes, etc.) all go through CD Baby. I have been working on this one for 2 years, on and off, with my students. They used the music to do some wonderful 1950's inspired pieces - fusion - But I wouldn't let them use the music too much in their shows until I released it. Now they can. There's a small piece of Francesca's samba here @ 2:03.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9LPLr4Lxe0]YouTube - Season to be Jolly 2008[/ame]

Originally Posted by dunyah

I would love to hear clips, any available online?

CD Baby was more efficient than I gave them credit for. Cairo Blue is now available for download.

Hosein al-Issawi & Ahmed Ramaah | Cairo Blue | CD Baby