Depending on who you talk to.Iraqi master Munir Bashir was either the greatest ever master of the prince of instruments (the ud) or really rather overrated.
Not an easy disc to get into, but one that repays the effort.Ī classic rerelease from Ocora is the album L'art du ud by Munir Bashir. The music is *very* earthy, but with overtones of Gamelan from the copper percussion. The album is Hasan al-'Ajami - Le Chant de Sanaa (Ocora C 560173) Hasan al-"Ajani plays a traditional qanbus and is accompagnied by copper percussion. Ocora, in particular, having a purple patch right now with recent wonderful releases from Saudia Arabia Mohammed Aman - La tradition du Hejaz (Ocora C 560158) and an album of music from Sanaa (Yemen) that is extremely interesting to say the least. There is also a good album of Warda's music in the same Arabian Masters series.Īnyone interested in exploring Arab "roots" sacred and secular music and should make a beeline for the labels Ocora (Radio France) and Institute du Monde Arabe (both distributed by Harmonia Mundi). Another Arab vocalist well worth investigating is Warda. Although her recording career started in the 20s, her "best period" is generally thought to be from the late 30s, and it was from this time until the late 40s.There are a number of compilations on various labels available, one of the better introductions is probably Oum Kalthoum - El Sett ( Buda Musique 822442) Fairouz is a singer of epic scale and range, Virgin France have a solid compilation in their "Arabian Masters" series called Fairouz - Beirut (Virgin 724384714420). The last century's most popular Arab singer was Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, who single-handedly (well, almost) reinvented popular Arab music in the 20th century, and was in her way as influential as the Beatles.
To celebrate the return of Summer to Europe and my 100th post on PFM2, I thought I'd try a post on the music of Islam.
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