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Journey to the Centre of an Egg
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Journey to the Centre of an Egg
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by Rabih Abou-Khalil
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Oud Master Rabih Abou-Khalil Continues To Break New Boundaries With His Latest Enja/Justin Time recording, Journey To The Centre Of An Egg.
For nearly a quarter century, Lebanese-born oud master Rabih Abou-Khalil has defied all of the artificial boundaries and labels to create a musical world entirely his own. With Journey To The Centre Of An Egg, his latest release on Justin-Time/Enja, Rabih once again proves that to the truly visionary artist, creativity offers a canvas of unlimited possibilities.
Even many of the most singular and iconoclastic musicians will establish a foundation niche upon which they construct their adventurous explorations. Rabih refuses to be bound even by his own previous designs. With Journey To The Centre Of An Egg – his 11th Enja production and the second to be licensed to Justin Time for North America (following up on the heavily acclaimed Mortons Foot) – Abou-Khalil brings the piano into his unique musical world for the first time on record. Most appropriately, he has chosen the extraordinary German pianist/composer Joachim Kühn, one of Europes most accomplished and respected jazz musicians since he arrived on the scene in the early 1960s.
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The oud is a small, pear-shaped stringed instrument that dates back about 5,000 years. It is widely considered to be a precursor of the English lute. It is fretless and typically has 11 strings, 10 of which are paired in courses of two. In the jazz world, the oud has had precious few full-time practitioners. For most listeners, exposure to the instrument in the genre has likely been when it is used for effect or coloration. Rabih Abou-Khalil is noteworthy as a stylist who has straddled the instrument's indigenous Middle Eastern world music and jazz to create an exotic musical hybrid. "Journey to the Centre of an Egg" is Abou-Khalil's 11th disc for Justin Time and the first to feature him in the company of a pianist- Joachim Kuhn. Boasting a strong jazz pedigree, Kuhn proves to be an enlightened choice. Equally adept at playing Bach as he is at free-jazz, this combination of breadth in style and ability serves as a primary catalyst for Abou-Khalil's latest exploration of fresh terrain as he continues to be unencumbered by the confines of arbitrary boundaries. The duo shares songwriting credits for the disc's eight tunes, the centerpiece of which is the mid-disc pair of "I'm Better of Without You" and "Notwasheh and Kadwasheh," which clock in at 11 and 13 minutes respectively. The former opens with a flourish of vintage Kuhn before giving way to an extended passage that matches Abou-Khalil with just the accompaniment of drummer Jarrod Cagwin. The latter tune ebbs and flows as it traverses a broad emotional and artistic expanse and includes the additional rhythmic pulse of a second drummer as well as alto saxophone solo from Kuhn. These two pieces are bookended by a half-dozen performances that also spotlight the trio mining wonderfully fertile compositional and improvisational territory. "Shrewd Woman" conjures up an earthy blues vibe, "No Plastic Cups, Please" is a stream-of-consciousness piece that features our two protagonists engaging one another in a spirited musical dialogue. The Spanish-tinged "Mango" is sculpted in the spirit of John Coltrane's "Ole," and includes some of the duo's most intense soloing and interaction.
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