40 Days and 1001 Nights
Product Description Vibrant, romantic, and passionate. "40 Days and 1001 Nights" invokes Egypt's "Golden Age", mixed with a hint of old Havana. This is belly dance music you won't get tired of dancing to, as well as great listening or ambient music.There are no synthesizers or canned beats. Only real music! The first four songs are arranged to comprise a 20 minute show. Afterward, there are three beautiful compositions. Total length, 50 minutes Review " I usually don't like bellydance music, but this has great melodies and it is especially good." -- Carl Harris, Swing bandleader, Seattle, Wa. "I was so inspired by this music that I stayed up all night writing lyrics to one of the songs". -- Kaaren Mils, Opera Singer, Miami Beach, Fl. "So there's one more thing Tamalyn Dallal can do...Produce great music!" -- Bozenka, World reknown belly dancer, Global From the Artist "40 Days and 1001 Nights" is a multi faceted project, in which I travel to five Islamic countries and live for 40 days in each one, writing a book by the same name, and filming a musical documentary. While living 40 days in the Siwa Oasis in Egypt, a Bedouin man who sells obscure music in the plaza asked "Would you like to hear the music of Zanzibar?" I said "Why not?". He played Ifkar, and I was in love...With the song, which motivated me to spend the next 40 days in Zanzibar. The day after I arrived, I was caught in the rain, and a young man asked "What are you looking for?" Music was all I could think of, and he led me down an alley and up an old wooden staircase to "Ikhwani Safaa". This turns out to be like the "Buena Vista Social Club" of Zanzibar, where master musicians have gathered, in the same humble room for generations to share their love of music. About the Artist Since 1976, Tamalyn Dallal has danced and taught in 28 countries, and has produced numerous theatre shows and dance festivals. She authored the books "Belly Dancing for Fitness", also on Amazon, and "They Told Me I Couldn't. This is her first music production. Ikhwani Safaa Musical Club of Zanzibar was formed 101 years ago when musicians were sent by the sultan to study in Egypt. Generations have continued to create in the same traditions, called "Taarab", and "Bashraf". This group is truly one of Zanzibar's cultural treasures. Juma Hajji Omar- Musical Director/Violin Makame Ali- Violin Nassor Amour- Kanun Hussein Ali- Ney Juma Said- Double Bass Suleiman Habib- Accordion Yussef Abdallah- Rika Ramadhan Muhedin- Dumbek Abeid Mussa- Dumbek Maulid Mohammed Machaprala- Senior Club Mentor See more
Ikhwani Safaa Musical Club of Zanzibar  (Artist, Composer),     Juma Hajji Omar  (Conductor),     Ikhwani Safaa  (Orchestra),     Bellydance Music for Tamalyn Dallal  (Performer)    &                   1                  more   Format: Audio CD
{"Package Dimensions": "5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches; 2.83 Ounces", "Manufacturer": "Tamalyn Dallal", "Original Release Date": "2006", "Date First Available": "October 1, 2006", "Label": "Tamalyn Dallal", "Number of discs": "1"}