Tarab

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Tarab
Studio album by
Released1993
RecordedFebruary 28 and March 1, 1992
StudioSound Studio N, Köln, Germany
GenreJazz, World music
Length60:52
LabelEnja
ENJ 7083
ProducerRabih Abou-Khalil
Rabih Abou-Khalil chronology
Blue Camel
(1992)
Tarab
(1993)
The Sultan's Picnic
(1994)

Tarab is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil, fusing traditional Arab music with jazz, which was recorded in 1992 and released on the Enja label the following year.[1][2]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

The Allmusic review by Kurt Keefner called it " an album that certainly does not lack for atmosphere, but which would have benefited from greater tunefulness. Still, a very worthy effort" but stated it was "not the best place to start one's Rabih Abou-Khalil collection, especially if one is coming from a jazz background".[3]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Rabih Abou-Khalil

  1. "Bushman in the Desert" – 8:02
  2. "After Dinner" – 5:52
  3. "Awakening" – 8:06
  4. "Haneen Wa Hanaan" – 8:07
  5. "Lost Centuries" – 7:10
  6. "In Search of the Well" – 3:38
  7. "Orange Fields" – 9:38
  8. "A Tooth Lost" – 5:20
  9. "Arabian Waltz" - 4:59

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Enja Records main series discography accessed June 18, 2018
  2. ^ Rabih Abou-Khalil discography accessed June 18, 2018
  3. ^ a b Keefner, Kurt. Rabih Abou-Khalil: Tarab – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 18, 2018.