Amir ElSaffar's Two Rivers at Firehouse 12

Amir ElSaffar : trumpet
Carlo DeRosa : bass
Nasheet Waits : drums
Tareq Abboushi : buzuq, percussion
Zafer Tawil : dumbek, oud, violin

Described by BBC World as "harrowing to absorb; full of as much beauty as pain, Amir ElSaffar's Two Rivers is a powerful emotional journey through Iraq's glorious and tragic past and present. The compositions of this suite invoke Iraqi Maqam melodies, each of which is believed to have a unique spiritual essence and to contain an aspect of Iraq's history and society, and set them to heavy grooves, free jazz-like ensemble playing, and multi-layered sound textures."...

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Amir ElSaffar : trumpet
Carlo DeRosa : bass
Nasheet Waits : drums
Tareq Abboushi : buzuq, percussion
Zafer Tawil : dumbek, oud, violin

Described by BBC World as "harrowing to absorb; full of as much beauty as pain, Amir ElSaffar's Two Rivers is a powerful emotional journey through Iraq's glorious and tragic past and present. The compositions of this suite invoke Iraqi Maqam melodies, each of which is believed to have a unique spiritual essence and to contain an aspect of Iraq's history and society, and set them to heavy grooves, free jazz-like ensemble playing, and multi-layered sound textures."

Two Shows
8:30p $18.00
100.p $10.00

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