093074053324

When The Soul Is Settled: Music Of Iraq

Rahim Alhaj with Souhail KasparRahim Alhaj

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Format: CD

Cat No: SFW40533

Release Date:  24 October 2006

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093074053324

Genres:  World Music  

  • Description

    As received from his teachers and transformed by his considerable musical gifts and life experience, Rahim Alhaj carries on a significant strand of Iraqi musical tradition toward future generations—in his own way, in his own time. Alhaj studied music in Baghdad with Munir Bashir and other great teacher-performers. His extended improvisations on the oud, accompanied on Near Eastern percussion by Souhail Kaspar, include uniquely Iraqi pieces. Together they represent a proud tradition's meeting with modernity. This album received a 2007 GRAMMY Award Nominee for Best Traditional World Music Album. Extensive bilingual notes, 32-page booklet. 73 minutes.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Taqsim Maqam Ajam
      • 2. Taqsim Maqam Mukhalif
      • 3. aqsim Maqam Sika
      • 4. Taqsim Maqam Kurd
      • 5. Taqsim Maqam Bayyat-Husayni
      • 6. Taqsim Maqam Hijaz
      • 7. Taqsim Maqam Lami
      • 8. Taqsim Maqam Sharqi Rast
      • 9. Taqsim Maqam Saba