Album US 1975 on Monitor Records label
World
This recording is intended to give the listener the basic rhythms of belly dancing. It incorporates a variety of instrumental melodies originating in Egypt, Greece and the Near East. The uncomplicated rhythms and melodies are pleasant to the Western ear. Belly dancers from beginners to advanced will find this album ideal to complement their dancing. The musicians in the ensemble are professionals who have accompanied well known belly dancers in Egypt and the Middle East. Among the musical instruments heard on this recording, one of the most common to Middle East music, is the Oud, a deep-bowled short necked string instrument resembling a large mandolin which is plucked by an eagle feather. The Oud has 11 strings and can produce quarter tones common to Arabic music. Then there is the Bouzoukee, a long delicate-necked mandolin-like instrument, played with a plectrum on metal strings; the bouzoukee is popularly heard at Greek dances and night clubs all over the world. Another instrument used is the Def, a kin of the tambourine. There are three drums on this recording: the Tabla, a small pottery-made, hourglass-shaped drum with one end open and a very thin fish skin head; the Derbecki, a small ornate brass drum like the tabla with goat skin drum head; the Dumbeg, a larger and deeper sounding drum, also hourglass-shaped. Various sounds from high pitches to deeper tones are brought out by the fingers of the drummers on these three drums. The clarinet, flute and violin enrich the melodies with their articulate Eastern Flavor. The Musicians Salah Abdel Fattah: Oud and Violin Adel Sokkary: Tabla and Def Mark Macres: Bouzoukee Kico Rangel: Clarinet and Flute Jim Roth: Accordion Chris Kalogerson: Derbecki and Dumbeg Leader of the Ensemble Sharqi: Chris Kalogerson
Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi , album by | |
Jim Roth acc, accordion | |
Mark Macres bouzouki | |
Kico Rangel fl, cl, clarinet, flute | |
Adel Sokkary perc, daf, def | |
Chris Kalogerson dr, drum, dumbeg, derbecki | |
Salah Abdel Fattah oud, vn, oud |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration | |
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1 | Raksat Ala Al Oud (Dance To The Oud Sound) | Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi | 5:24 | ||
2 | Rampi-Rampi | Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi | 4:33 | ||
3 | Shish-Kabob | Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi | 3:46 | ||
4 | Monaagh (Arabian Serenade) | Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi | 3:46 | ||
5 | Haso-Eliniko (Greek Hasapiko) | Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi | 3:11 | ||
6 | Banat Iskandaria (The Girl Of Alexandria) | Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi | 3:48 | ||
7 | Raksat Al Souk (The Market Dance) | Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi | 4:13 | ||
8 | Maharayias (The Maharajah) | Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi | 4:48 | ||
9 | Baklava | Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi | 3:45 | ||
10 | Opa | Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi | 3:42 | ||
11 | Raksat Al Neal (Dance Of The Nile) | Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi | 4:12 | ||
12 | Mustafa | Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi | 3:49 |
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