Pre-Order: Firas Zreik - Tarabesque [CD] S/Edition

Pre-Order: Firas Zreik - Tarabesque [CD] S/EditionWith Tarabesque, his powerful new album, Firas Zreik delivers his boldest and most visionary work to date. Fearlessly placing the kanun the shimmering Mediterranean harp at the center of a jazz quartet, a hybrid ensemble, and an Arab Takht ensemble, Zreik reimagines the instrument as both a rhythmic engine and melodic force. He builds a world of Maqam driven melodies woven through rich harmonic and modal landscapes that feel fresh, organic, and

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while drums interlock with bass keys to provide a double engine for the eponymous vessel

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biting and brilliantly inventive today as on release

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but reconfigures them into something sturdier: Llobet and Prussack's collaborative language capable of holding contradiction

the Swiss daily Weltwoche's Peter Ruedi described the program as "the leanest

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