''Tarab'' is an album by the Lebanese

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player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil, fusing traditional Arab music with jazz, which was recorded in 1992 and released on the

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label the following year.Enja Records main series discography
accessed June 18, 2018
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Reception

The

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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".

Track listing

All compositions by Rabih Abou-Khalil # "Bushman in the Desert" – 8:02 # "After Dinner" – 5:52 # "Awakening" – 8:06 # "Haneen Wa Hanaan" – 8:07 # "Lost Centuries" – 7:10 # "In Search of the Well" – 3:38 # "Orange Fields" – 9:38 # "A Tooth Lost" – 5:20 # "Arabian Waltz" - 4:59

Personnel

* Rabih Abou-Khalil – oud *

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– bass *

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– South Indian drums, percussion *Nabil Khaiat – frame drum, percussion

References

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