Zikrayat at Joe's Pub as part of Brooklyn Maqam

In March of this year, the Brooklyn Arts Council (www.brooklynartscouncil.org) produced an amazing month-long festival featuring almost all of the performers of Arabic music in the New York City area, called Brooklyn Maqam.  Zikrayat, my group, was honored to perform, alongside Safaafir, at Joe's Pub, on March 20th.

This is a complete recording of our set.  performing are:
myself, violin
Dimitri Mikelis, oud & accordion
Tareq Abboushi, buzuq
Johnny Farraj, percussion
Nikolai Ruskin, percussion

and featuring vocalists Salah Rajab (2,3) and Gaida (5,6,7)

Here's the program:

1.  Pickles, by Tareq Abboushi

2.  Gameel Gamal, by Farid el-Atrash
originally sung by Farid el-Atrash in the film Lahn il-Khulud ("Immortal Melody")

3.  Ana Lak Ala Tool, by Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab
originally sung by Abdel-Halim Hafiz in the film Ayyam wu Layali ("Days and Nights")

4.  Yasmeen, by Hussein Ahmed Ali
a dance piece for Naima Akif from the film Tamr Hinna

5.  Lughat iz-Zuhuur ("Il-Wardi Gameel"), by Zakaria Ahmed
originally sung by Umm Kulthum in the film Fatima

6.  Imta Hataaraf, by Mohamed el-'Asabgi
originally sung by Esmahan in the film Gharam wu Intiqam ("Love and Revenge")

7.  Min Hubbi Fiik Ya Gaari, by Atia Sharara
originally sung by Hurriyya Hassan in the film Ahibbak Ya Hassan ("I love you Hassan")