Rabih Abou-Khalil, Odd Times - 1h 4m 18s

Tracks & Durations

1. The Sphinx And I	5:44
2. Dr. Gieler's Prescription	5:15
3. Elephant Hips	10:15
4. Q-Tips	4:34
5. Son Of Ben Hur	11:29
6. The Happy Sheik	9:32
7. One Of Those Days	10:31
8. Rabou-Abou-Kabou	6:52

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Review

Lebanese oud virtuoso Rabih Abou-Khalil confounds notions of authentic world music. On Odd Times, Abou-Khalil again expands the oud's language into a jazzy realm, with Micheal Godard's tuba and Mark Nauseef's drums providing some post-bebop rhythmic elements. But along the instrumental roads of Odd Times,Nabil Khaiat's frame drums offer a more flexible, rolling set of rhythms, bringing the styles of Turkey, Lebanon and other Middle Eastern musical cultures to bear on Abou-Khalil's tunes. The net result is a roiling tumble of styles, all propelled by Abou-Khalil's at once fast and elastic oud plucks. The large lute makes for a fine musical trampoline off of which the drums and, importantly, Howard Levy's harmonica bounce and get into playful jousting matches. Abou-Khalil's music has rarely sounded as liquid as on Odd Times, a testament to their alchemical powers between seemingly divergent musical streams. --Andrew Bartlett

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Odd Times

Tracks: 8, Disk length: 1h 4m 46s (+0m 28s)

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