Music from Iraq: Babylonian Fingers

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Label
ARC Music
Release Date
March 31, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MUKHTAR, AHMED
    • PERFORMER
      Ahmed Mukhtar
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 31, 2015
    • UPC
      5019396257122
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      EUCD2571
    • LABEL
      ARC Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works ⌄

    1. Iraqi Jazz

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Hassan Falih, Wasam Khasaf, Hassan Hassan

    2. Illuminations

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Hussain Abbas, Julia Ana Katarina, Hassan Falih, Hassan Hassan

    3. Sama'ai hijaz

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Hassan Falih, Hussain Abbas, Julia Ana Katarina, Hassan Hassan

    4. Babylonian Fingers

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar

    5. Iraqi Gypsy Song

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Shaher Nay, Hikamtov, Hassan Hassan

    6. Alleys of the Old City

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar

    7. Blues of the Oud

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Hussain Abbas, Julia Ana Katarina, Hassan Hassan

    8. Shahrazad darej sama'ai

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Hassan Hassan

    9. Minaret

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Hassan Hassan

    10. Seagull

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar

    11. Nowroz

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Hassan Hassan

    12. Traditional Iraqi Love Song

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar


Born 1969 in Baghdad, Iraq, performer, composer and music consultant Ahmed Mukhtar has played the oud since age ten. He first worked with many traditional music groups and musicians in Baghdad, later studying in both Syria and Britain. From 1990 he's become a performer and teacher, touring the Middle East, Europe and the US. He currently teaches oud, percussion and Arabic music theory at several schools in London. The music on Babylonian Fingers, rooted in rich and complex Iraqi traditions and Middle Eastern music, is based on maqams and rhythms from ancient Babylon to the present.