Qarar Izala
Oriental Jazz | Egypt | 2006
When a group of seven young, talented, and highly inventive musicians get together to rehearse daily for six months on the first floor of a derelict building, the end result is ‘Qarar Izala’, the first album from Egyptian/Syrian band Dor el Awal. Their name is a pun on the Egyptian expression for ‘the first floor’, as well as a reference to this promising band’s first musical foray.
Meshing their different musical backgrounds together, they have succeeded in creating an intensely personal tapestry of sounds, one that fuses oriental ‘Taqassim’ on qanoun and flute, jazzy improvisations on saxophone and flute, as well as Spanish/flamenco meanderings on two tracks.
Tracklisting:
01. Blue Hair 2:00 / 02. Qarar Izala 7:44 / 03. Bossa 2:48 / 04. Hawiyya 5:23 / 05. Hawdag 8:17 / 06. Rehla 2:44 / 07. Iskandaria 7:32 / 08. Megansa 10:42 / 09. Sohba 4:00
Total Time: 51'10
Listen to Samples:
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Blue Hair
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Bossa
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Iskandaria
Credits & Product details:
Featuring: Ahmed Omar - Bass Guitar | Bob - Percussion | Fady Badr - Keyboard and Qanoun | Mizo - Percussion | Mohamed Samy - Violin and Beat box | Nour Ashour - Saxophone | Naïssam Jalal - Flute
Guest Wael Hamad - Riq
Music: All tracks by Ahmed Omar except (4,5) by Ahmed Omar & Mohamed Samy, (2) by Mohamed Samy & (7) by Nour Ashour
Music production: El Dor El Awal & Tony Sfeir for incognito
Format: Jewel Case
No. of Discs: 1
Year of Release: 2006
Label: Incognito
Country: Egypt
