FREE-CULTURE: Munir Bashir - Maître Du Luth Arabe[3CD SET]

jeudi 19 février 2009

Munir Bashir - Maître Du Luth Arabe[3CD SET]

Irak: MUNIR BASHIR - Maître du luth arabe "Master of the Arab lute"[3CD SET]

As a passionate defender of Arab music, Munir Bachir was in constant rebellion against the misrepresentation of this music and its use for commercial ends. He spent several years fighting to establish his lute as a solo recital instrument and travelled the world as a true ambassador for Arab classical music, bringing it to specialists as well as to a larger audience. Munir Bachir improvised from fully authenticated sources. As much creator as performer, his music was forever evolving, never repetitive.

A master of the mode-based, raga-like Arabic Taqsim, Munir Bashir transformed the oud (Arabic lute) into an important solo instrument. His improvisations inspired comparison to jazz's most inventive players. According to www.rootsworld.com, Bashir's "improvisations (were) elegantly melodic. He (tended) to favor short phrases and certain moments remind me of the kind of development one might find in unaccompanied saxophone solos by Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell." Descended from a long line of musicians, Bashir was shown the basics of the Arab lute, by his father, as a child. He continued his musical training at the Baghdad Institute of Music, which he entered at the age of six. Bashir's musical career was balanced by his experiences as an educator. Receiving a doctorate in musicology in 1955, he began lecturing for the folk arts department of Budapest's Academy of Sciences. He eventually rose to directorial positions at the Higher Institute of Music in Baghdad and the Music Service of Iraqi Public Radio. Previously unreleased recordings found by Bashir's children shortly after his death in October 1997 were released as Raga Roots. Bashir's musical legacy is continued by his son, Omar. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide .

Disc 1 : Munir Bachir live in Paris (1987)
| MP3 192-224 Kbps | Incl. Covers & Booklet | 220 MB |

TRACK LISTINGS
1. Maqam Yekah, Aoudj
2. Maqam Nahawand
3. Maqam Bayat
4. Maqam Hijaz

Disc 2 : Maqâmat (1993)

TRACK LISTINGS
1. Maqam Bashiri
2. Maqam Benjigah
3. Maqamat Mukhalif, Awshar, Sigah, Saba
4. Maqam al-Asil, invocation
5. Maqam Rast

Disc 3 : Meditations (1995)