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HOSSAM RAMZY AND FRIENDS
ROCK THE TABLA
SAMPLE TRACKS
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Media Type: CD
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TRACK INFORMATION
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Arabantana
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Cairo to India
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Six Teens
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Ancient Love Affairs
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Shukran Arigato
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Rock the Tabla CD by Hossam Ramzy and Friends offers world music with lots of percussion.
Rich and lushly worked, Rock The Tabla opens with a combo of styles incorporating flamenco, Arabian and Greek influences with a dash of Cairo street music thrown in for good measure on “Arabantana” before swinging into the slick and sassy “Cairo to India” with A.R. Rahman at the keyboards. Arabic flash with jazzy overtones “Six Teens” hits the spot with Billy Cobham on drums, Mr. Ramzy on Egyptian and world percussion, Ossama El Hendy on keyboards, sequencers and bass, Phil Thornton on e.bow guitars and Mohammed Ali on electric violin and oud.
Other goodies on Rock the Tabla include the sizzling “Ancient Love Affairs” with Elhamy Ezzat on vocals, Jimmy Waldo on keyboards, sequencers and bass, Tim Pierce on guitar, the Hassm Ramzy String Ensemble as well as Mr. Ramzy himself, the kick ass percussion track “Shukran Arigato” with Mr. Ramzy and Joji Hirota and the West African inspired “Bluesy Flusey” with Mohammed Ali on electric violin and Sayed Al Hosseiny adding that special something on mizmar. “Sawagy” is truly inspired with vocals by Houda El Sombaty and some flash provided by Abdalla Helmy on nay. “Dom & Doumbia” is just as spectacular with Nahini Doumbia on bjimbe, djundjun and African conga against Mr. Ramzy’s Egyptian percussion on this rhythm saturated stunner. Dipped in swirling colors of keyboards, Egyptian percussion, some incendiary guitar lick and Omar Faruk Tekbilek on mizmar, title track “Rock the Tabla” … well, it just doesn’t get any better than this.
Rock The Tabla is crazy good.
So rarely in life we are given exactly what we want. For musicians those dream collaborations are just that – dreams. Well, Hossam Ramzy , Egypt’s Ambassador of Rhythm, got a whole CD worth of those dream collaborations for his Rock The Tabla CD. And, we’re taking collaborations with the likes of A.R. Rahman, Billy Cobham, Manu Katche, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Jimmy Waldo, Chaz Khoshi, Phil Thornton, John Themis and Joji Hirota. That’s a whole lot a dreams come true. If the collaborations are anything to go by, Mr. Ramzy must have a fairy godmother in his closet or something.
Starting out his early career as part of England’s 70s jazz scene with performances with Andy Sheppard and Geoff Williams, Hossam Ramzy began to explore his own Egyptian drumming roots and a flavored Middle Eastern repertoire with Peter Gabriel on the recordings of Passion and Us. Working with the likes of Joan Armatrading, Mari Wilson, Cheb Khaled, Rachid Taha and Faudel, as well as teaming up with Arabic musicians for Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on the reunion recording No Quarter – Unledded, Mr. Ramzy has kicked the music world square in the rhythm section.
His film music credits are just as impressive with work on such movies as Stargate, The Saint, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Stealing Beauty and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. He also has a 2007 concert with Chick Corea, Isaac Hayes and Mark Isham to his credit and has worked on Shakira’s She Wolf as an arranger and musician.
Rock the Tabla TRACKS:
1. Arabantana Manu Katche - 5:07
2. Cairo to India A. R. Rahman - 5:50
3. Six Teens: 6 Teens Billy Cobham - 4:30
4. Ancient Love Affair Jimmy Waldo - 5:29
5. Shukran Arigato Joji Hirota - 3:52
6. Bluesy Flusey Phil Thornton - 5:04
7. Billy Dancing Billy Cobham - 4:32
8. Sawagy Jimmy Waldo - 4:04
9. Dom and Doumbia Nahini Doumbia - 3:02
10. Rock the Tabla Omar Faruk Tekbilek - 5:33
11. This Could Lead to Dancing A. R. Rahman - 5:54
Enjoy Rock the Tabla CD by Hossam Ramzy and Friends? See below for more world music, Middle Eastern music and drumming music.
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Musicians
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omar faruk tekbilek [more info]
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phil thornton [more info]
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