Rabih Abou-Khalil: The Cactus Of Knowledge (2009)
Video: PAL, MPEG-2 at 15.5 Mbps, 720 x 576 (2.370) at 25.000 fps | Audio: AC-3 6ch. at 448 Kbps, PCM 2ch. at 1 536 Kbps
Genre: Jazz, World Music | Label: Enja Records | Copy: Untouched | Release Date: 10 Mar 2009 | Runtime: 82 min. | 3,97 GB (DVD5)
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, Arabic, German
Video: PAL, MPEG-2 at 15.5 Mbps, 720 x 576 (2.370) at 25.000 fps | Audio: AC-3 6ch. at 448 Kbps, PCM 2ch. at 1 536 Kbps
Genre: Jazz, World Music | Label: Enja Records | Copy: Untouched | Release Date: 10 Mar 2009 | Runtime: 82 min. | 3,97 GB (DVD5)
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, Arabic, German
| “ | The musical traditions of the Arabic world are fused with jazz improvisation and European classical techniques by Lebanese-born oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil. The CMJ New Music Report noted that Abou-Khalil has "consistently sought to create common ground between the Arab music mileau of his roots and the more global musical world of today." Down Beat praised Abou-Khalil's music as "a unique hybrid that successfully spans the world of traditional Arabic music and jazz." Although he learned to play the oud, a fretless, Lebanese lute, as a youngster, Abou-Khalil temporarily switched to the classical flute, which he studied at the Academy of Music after moving to Munich, Germany, during the Lebanese Civil War in 1978. | ” |