Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt

by Sun Ra Arkestra, Salah Ragab, Sun Ra, The Cairo Jazz Band, Sun Ra & His Arkestra

Overview

This important reissue should be greeted joyfully by Sun Ra aficionados, as it fills a hole in his discography, but it is neither stellar Ra nor great jazz. The beautifully packaged CD collects less than forty minutes of the Archestra performing in Egypt with legendary percussionist Salah Ragab, and adds two selections from The Cairo Jazz Band, a short piece by an Egyptian sextet, and an interesting track from The Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble. The music from the Egyptians offers a fascinating peek at an attempt to integrate jazz improvisation with Arab culture. The CD leaflet documents some of the difficulties in bringing the concerts to fruition. On its own, the music should have relatively limited appeal, but as a novelty item, it should whet some appetites. The sound quality is slightly sub-par. ~ Steven A. Loewy

Product Details

Release Date:	06/10/2022
Label:	Strut
UPC:	4062548031171
Rank:	107469

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Salah Ragab   Primary Artist,Drums,Congas
Sun Ra Arkestra   Primary Artist
Sun Ra   Primary Artist,Organ,Melodica,Keyboards
Sun Ra & His Arkestra   Primary Artist
The Cairo Jazz Band   Primary Artist
The Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble   Primary Artist
El Sayyed Dahrouk   Trumpet
Abdel Hakim el Zamel   Percussion,Sax (Baritone)
Sayyed Salama   Sax (Tenor)
Claude Broche   Drums
Mohammed Abdo   Trumpet
Abdel Atey Farag   Trumpet
Khalifa Ismail   Trumpet,Percussion
Wilfried Eichhorn   Percussion,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Zaky Osman   Oboe,Piccolo,Trumpet
El Sayyed el Aydy   Sax (Tenor)
Danny Thompson   Percussion,Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Clifford Jarvis   Drums
John Gilmore   Percussion,Sax (Tenor)
Marshall Allen   Kora,Flute,Percussion,Sax (Alto)
Rollo Radford   Bass,Percussion
Hartmut Geerken   Gong,Conductor,Percussion
James Jacson   Drums,Bassoon,Percussion
Herbert Joos   Flugelhorn,Mellophone,Percussion
Tyrone Hill   Trombone
Khalifa el Samman   Trumpet
Mohammed Abdel Rahman   Tuba,Percussion
Farouk Abdel Rahman   Percussion,Sax (Tenor)
Mahmound Ayoub   Trombone,Percussion
Helmut Zimmer   Piano,Percussion
Ibrahim Wagdi   Trumpet,Percussion
Ronnie Brown   Trumpet,Percussion
Faith Abdel Salam   Percussion,Sax (Tenor)
Toto Abdel Hamid   Nay
Esmat Abbas   Bass
Matthew Brown   Congas
Rudi Theilmann   Drums,Percussion
Moohy El Din Osman   Bass,Percussion
Chris "Chubby" Henderson   Drums
Eric "Samarai Celestial" Walker   Drums
Eloe Omoe   Percussion,Clarinet (Bass)
Khamis el Khouly   Piano
Claus Buehler   Bass,Percussion
Sadeek Basyouni   Trumpet,Percussion
Farouk Abdou   Sax (Tenor)
Sayyed Ramadan   Bongos

Technical Credits

Isabel Seeberg   Translation
Kostas Yiannoulopoulos   Producer
Hartmut Geerken   Liner Notes,Photography
Sun Ra Arkestra   Group
Leo Feigin   Producer
Salah Ragab   Leader,Composer
Sun Ra   Leader,Composer
The Cairo Jazz Band   Group
Lora Denis   Design
Gregory P. Pratt   Dancer
Myriam Broche   Dancer
Mick Ritchie   Mastering
The Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble   Group