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of page 1 :

Thornton, Phil  & Ramzy, Hossam ('96,'98,'04)

Korshid, Omar ('74,'70s)

Orient Express, The ('69)

John Berberian ('69->'08)

Brian Eno & David Byrne ('81)

Abou-Khalil, Rabih ('96)

Paranoise ('99)

Secret Chiefs 3 ('01,'04,'07,'07,'08)

The Devil's Anvil ('67)

Raguy Danziger ('02,'05,'08)

Djamel Allam ('78)

Cheikha ('95)

Variations ('74)

Habrera Hativit ('79,'80,'82,'85,'88,'91,'93,'96)

Al-Yaman ('04)

V.A. (Sumatra) (?->'07)

East Of Eden ('70s)

Pharaoh's Daughter ('99,02,'04,'04)

of page 2 :

Debu ('07)

El-Zafeer Ensemble ('04)

Gurus, The ('66,'67->'03)

Juan Martín ('96)

Karim Baggili Quartet ('05)

Mohenjo Daro ('00)

No Blues ('05,'07)

Pharaoh's Daughter  ('04)

Sajrawy, Michel ('06)

Simorg Sufi Ensemble ('06)

Souleyman, Omar ('96-'06->'07)

Yuval Ron Ensemble, The ('05)

V.A. (Choubi Choubi) ('70s->'96)

V.A. (Radio Algeria) ('06)

of page 3 :

Bustan Abraham ('92)

Darbuki Kings, The ('07,'08)

Habibiyya, The ('72->'07)

Ishraqiyun ('07)

Mawwal ('08)

Nada ('02)

Raquy & The Cavemen ('02,'05,'08)

Tigrova Mast ('07)

Secret Chiefs 3 ('01,'04,'07,'07,'08)

V.A. : Waking Up Scheherazade ('60s-'70s->'07)

V.A. : Zanzibara 2 ('65-'75->'07)

added later :

see also Suarasama ('98/'08)

see also Esthema ('07)

Tarik & Julia Banzi Al Andaluz ('96)

Tri A Folia ('08)

Salah Ragab (re'08)

Melechesh ('06)

"Heavy Metal In Bagdad" (DVD) ('08)

Titi Robin ('08)

Sarband ('09)

Amir ElSaffar ('07)

Agah Bahari ('09)

Sir Richard Bishop ('09)

V.A. Raks! Raks! Raks! Persia's 60's (60s/70s)

Jacco Müller & Victor Channam ('09)

Eliyahu & The Quadim Ensemble ('09)

V.A. "Eastern Standard Time" (comp.'09)

others mentions...

other worthy mentions :

Polydor                Brian Eno-David Byrne : My life in the bush of Ghosts (UK,1981)****°

One of the first popular items sampling Middle Eastern Music. David Byrne was a real master in compiling rhythms here in dance / "song" structure. Unfortunately the master piece Qu'ran is not reissued on the cd because some idiots found it a blasphemy to God. Hahaha.

Enja Rec.     Rabih Abou-Khalil & The Balanescu Quartet : Arabian Waltz (LEB/..,1996)***°

Popular Lebanese oud player. This is my favourite work of his. Composed Arabian Jazz Fusion music...

Dutch page about this project at http://www.music-meeting.nl/mmrabi-bal1.html

Enja Rec. entry : http://www.enjarecords.com/RAK.htm

ECM entry : http://www.ecmrecords.com/ecm/artists/387.html

A few more pages at http://hallmusic.com/jazz/61.html & http://www.uenyc.com/abou-khalil.htm

Deram                       East of Eden (compilation album)(UK)****°

On various tracks there's a combination of Middle East, jazz, and end sixties jazzy progressive rock, East of Eden were truly a unique group. Steve York studied oriental music in Turkey ?

First three albums are recommended.

Web pages used to be at http://skymarshall.com/htd/east.html & bio at http://music.excite.com/artist/biography/488873 but since they are no longer visible I decided to make a scan of the group taken from 'Mercator Projected CD' : East of Eden picture

a few interesting single tracks :

* Nihil Project's Paria starts with a great psych-techno track with Middle Eastern singing.

Review on next page

* Pochakaito Malko has a fantastic Middle Eastern track on Layla.

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