It was a pleasure and a delight for me to work with Jose Luis. He is such
a dedicated artist, a talented musician, a well seasoned performer, a
captivating soloist and amazing rhythm guitarist and brilliant studio
producer. A dear friend who taught me how to explore the world of true
Flamenco and showed me the anchoring points where ancient Arabia met
with the Spain of today.
The result is yet another special work
of art that combines both world together. This album crosses all the
barriers between the Middle Eastern sounds and the world of Flamenco
music, song and dancing.
We attempted to bring history into the
present. Moorish migrations, North African flavours, Passionate Flamenco
with Egyptian Tabla, Palmas (clapping), Oud, Nay, Guitar, Qanun Violin
solos that melt the heart. Personally, I found that many of the
Flamenco rhythms, in 3, 6 or 9, crossed over quite noticeably into some
of our Egyptian, Moroccan and North African Shaabi
(Folkloric/Popular)rhythms. Not only that, but they also had influences
from the Arabian Golf and the Arabian Bedouin Dessert Tribal
Polyrhythmic combinations.
These rhythms have quite a strong
Arabian, African and Indian influences. Composing, arranging recording
this album with Jose Luis was like being in Groove Heaven. I felt that I
was having a celebration with a group of beautiful Angels, dancing to
music and beats created from sounds collected from all the corners of
planet earth and the neighbouring planets. With Lots of Rhythm Hossam
Ramzy Flamenco Arabe 2, A Captivating Crossover of Middle Eastern Sounds
and Passionate Flamenco.
The long awaited follow up to our
international best seller Flamenco Arabe released back in January 2003.
Flamenco Arabe 2 is a unique recording by master Egyptian percussionist,
composer and arranger Hossam Ramzy (Peter Gabriel, Ricky Martin, Chick
Corea, Loreens McKennit, Rober Plant/Jimmy Page) - “Sultan of Swing”
Rhythm (UK), and celebrated Spanish flamenco guitarist Jos Luis Montn -
“…a stunningly intuitive musician…” ABC (Spain).
This
exhilarating CD fuses pulsating Arab rhythms and percussion with fiery
Andalusian flamenco. The result is a captivating and romantic
Spanish/Arabian sound.
Recorded in Egypt, Spain and UK, this
album crosses all the barriers between the Middle Eastern sounds and the
world of Flamenco music, song and dance. It attempts to bring history
into the present. Moorish migrations, North African flavours, passionate
flamenco with Egyptian tabla, palmas (clapping), oud, nay, guitar,
qanun and violin solos that melt the heart. The album features top-class
musicians; Mara Toledo - vocals, Aziz Jorge - violin, Mohammed Fouda –
nay, Mohammed Naiem and, Saber Abdel Sattar - qanun, Hazem Shaheen -
oud, Miguel Rodrigaez - double bass, and Atef Sobhy - bass and
programming, Ossama Al Hendy - keyboards bass and Wael Naggar –
accordion.
Trackliste:
01. A Caballo (Intro)
02. A Caballo (On Horseback)
03. Awtar W' Haneen (Strings and Longing)
04. Nilo (Nile)
05. Men Teeba l' el Andalus (From Thebes to Andalusia)
06. La Casa de Barry (Intro)
07. La Casa de Barry (Barry's House)
08. Sahret Ghawazy (Gypsy Night of Celebration)
09. Arena (Sand)
10. El Hombre y el Saidi (Intro)
11. El Hombre y el Saidi (The Macho Man, The Saidi)
12. Pensando en Ti (Thinking of You)
13. Amil
14. Trompetta (Baby Trumpet)
