2024. Ahmed Abdul-Malik was best known to jazz listeners as a bassist with Thelonious Monk, Randy Weston, Coleman Hawkins, and many others. He made a few records as a leader, with this one being his most exotic. The..

2013.  - e-lail (the night),la ilbky (don't cry),takseem (solo),searchin',isma'a (listen),rooh (the soul),mahawara,el ghada (the jungle),oriental jam,over the rainbow - gene vincent & his blue caps,the whi..

2023. This jazz musician of Sudanese descent shows up here and there on recording sessions from the '60s, including a stint as a member of Thelonious Monk's combo. He also played oud and took part in a variety of at..

2023. 'Sounds Of Africa' is the fourth album by double bassist and oud player Ahmed Abdul-Malik featuring performances recorded in 1962 (with one track from 1961) and originally released on the New Jazz label. This ..

2022. Limited clear vinyl edition of 500 copies! Besides playing with the likes of T. Monk, J. Coltrane, A. Blakey and R. Weston, bassist and oud player Abdul-Malik is mostly remembered as one of the first to explo..

2021. Reissued on vinyl, here's the debut-album by double bassist and oud player Ahmed Abdul-Malik, featuring recordings from late 1958 and originally released on the Riverside label.

2020. A mindblowing mix of jazz and Middle Eastern influences- and rare 60's treasure from Thelonious Monks former bassist! Ahmed Abdul-Malik blends together percussion, bass, and oud with some soulful solo work fr..

2017. The Baladi Blues Ensemble plays the urban Egyptian dance music known as Baladi. Their music echoes the sophisticated yet fast-paced, urban sounds of 1950’s Cairo, whilst emphasising the uncompromising artis..

2012. A superb edition on 180-gram vinyl of an album featuring recordings from a 1958 live performance at the Five Spot in NYC. The players are Thelonious Monk (piano), Roy Haynes (drums), Johnny Griffin (tenor sax)..

2020. Pioneering percussionist Solomon Ilori was one of the first Nigerian artists to record with American jazz musicians, travelling to New York in 1958 to introduce African music to American audiences. After appe..

2019. [Ahmed] -the quartet of Pat Thomas, Antonin Gerbal, Joel Grip and Seymour Wright- make music of heavy rhythm, repetition and syncopation set deep into an understanding of jazz and the obscure depths of its his..

2019. [Ahmed] -the quartet of Pat Thomas, Antonin Gerbal, Joel Grip and Seymour Wright- make music of heavy rhythm, repetition and syncopation set deep into an understanding of jazz and the obscure depths of its his..

2019. 'Enta Omri' is Om Kalsoum's most famous song, composed by Mohamed Abdel Wahab, who is still rightly regarded as a prominent musician and composer in Egypt. The creation of this song was the first long expected..